Treating High Cholesterol
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Treating high cholesterol should not have your
medical costs skyrocket. Your cholesterol depends
entirely on your heritage, gender or your lifestyle . By taking care
of your cholesterol, you will certainly live healthier, longer lives.
It is important to maintain cholesterol at the right
level.
Even young,who are physically fit
can suffer from high cholesterol, but chances
of higher levels amplify due to certain factors. It is possible to alter some of
these factors, while others require
a more serious treatment, which includes cholesterol-lowering
medication. Being even a little overweight usually increases the
level of "bad" cholesterol.
Are you one of those who do not know that there is both good cholesterol
(HDL) and bad cholesterol (LDL)? Those efforts made to
provide an easy explanation of cholesterol measurement actually
misrepresent it. Improve your own HDL-to-LDL (good and bad cholesterol) ratio by
exercising regularly, jogging, walking and eating a balanced diet (including low fat foods).
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There are various things can affect your cholesterol levels and
a good controlling method. would be taking care of your diet. It is
proven that saturated fat and cholesterol in the
food make your blood cholesterol level rise. Saturated fat is
the main culprit, but cholesterol in foods also play a role.
Therefore, reducing the quantity of saturated fat and cholesterol in
your diet helps lower your blood cholesterol level.
Medication used to lower your cholesterol are more effective when
combined with a proper diet. Thus they are meant to supplement, not
restore, a low-saturated fat, low-cholesterol diet. Try to eat
less fatty foods (especially those high in saturated fat) and
replace part of the saturated fat in your diet with unsaturated
fat. Eat less high-cholesterol food by eating high in complex carbohydrates with
starch and fiber.
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TODAY'S NEWS:
To the editor: September is National Cholesterol Awareness Month. High cholesterol is one of the major controllable risk factors for coronary heart disease, heart attack and stroke. As blood cholesterol rises, so does the risk of coronary heart disease. When other risk factors, such as high blood pressure and tobacco smoke, are present, this risk increases even more.
I took glucosamine and chondroitin for about seven months. I had gotten little relief for my back pain, but I was willing to continue it to see if eventually it would help. Around that time, I had blood work done and found that my cholesterol had jumped from under 200 to 239. I had made no changes in lifestyle or diet other than these supplements. I haven't taken any since.
Cholesterol is that waxy, fatlike substance that occurs naturally in all parts of your body.
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Keep a diary of the foods you eat during a week and have your
cholesterol check to see whether these foods affect your readings. Herbal drugs,
like gugulipid, may render some
prescription drugs for lowering your cholesterol ineffective.
Avoid eating some red meat, because it is high in saturated fat and
cholesterol, which can raise your blood cholesterol - this does not mean
that you
need to stop eating it completely, because red meat is
a significant source of protein, iron, and other vitamins and
minerals.
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