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Cholesterol - You Can Improve Your Cholesterol Profile By Making Lifestyle Changes....
Your lifestyle And cholesterol level can lead to, or prevent, a heart attack or stroke. What you can do to reduce your chance of having a heart attack or stroke is to stop unhealthy habits that can contribute to the development of cardiovascular disease. Some risk factors are unavoidable, like race, gender, family history of heart disease and stroke. If you are 60 and above. However, there are some risk factors you can change like smoking, excessive alcohol, obesity, stress, diabetes, high blood cholesterol, and high blood pressure. Your risk of a heart attack or stroke becomes higher as your cholesterol levels rise. A diet high in saturated fat and cholesterol raises blood cholesterol and can cause the buildup of fatty deposits on the inner walls of arteries. This buildup of plaque is the cause of atherosclerosis. Your body needs cholesterol to function properly. Its cell walls, or membranes, need cholesterol to produce hormones, vitamin D, and the bile acids that help to digest fat. There are two types of cholesterol. low density lipoproteins, or "bad" cholesterol, can cause buildup of plaque on the walls of arteries. The more LDL there is in your blood, the greater the risk of heart disease. Whereas the high density lipoproteins, or "good" cholesterol, helps the body get rid of bad cholesterol in the blood. The higher the level of HDL cholesterol, the better. Very low density lipoproteins is similar to LDL cholesterol because it is made up mostly of fat and little protein. Triglyceride is another type of fat that is circulated in the blood by very low density lipoproteins. It is interesting to know that excess calories, alcohol, or sugar in your body are converted into triglycerides and stored in fat cells throughout the body. You can improve your cholesterol profile by making changes in your daily life. By reducing the amount of saturated fat and cholesterol in your diet. Also, losing weight can help lower your LDL and total cholesterol levels, as well as increase HDL cholesterol.
Dr. Michael Ledet, MD helps patients reach “good and bad” cholesterol goals to reduce their significant risk of new or recurrent vascular disease. He says:
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Truth About High Cholesterol