High cholesterol is one of the risk factors for atherosclerosis along with smoking, overweight and having high blood pressure. High cholesterol is defined according to your age, so what’s high for you may not be high for your parents.
High cholesterol is defined as a total cholesterol level higher than 5.2 mmol/L which is 200 mg/dL in American units. It’s confusing for most of us.
There are two types of cholesterol in your blood – the good and bad. High cholesterol is sometimes known as a silent disease because there are often no visible symptoms – until something serious happens.
If high cholesterol is left untreated high colestrol can lead to serious complications, sometimes even death. That makes it very important to have your colestrol checked – properly – by your doctor. It won’t go away on its own. However, before you think about taking medication you may want to consider lifestyle changes – they can be easy to make and can have dramatic results and you can also avoid the so-called statin side effects
LDL is called the bad cholesterol and it has a higher fat-to-protein ratio than HDL – which is usually called the good cholesterol. Cholesterol from LDL is the main source of buildup and blockage in your arteries. So the more LDL cholesterol your blood contains the greater your risk of heart disease.
Lowering your cholesterol levels can slow, stop, or even reverse the buildup of plaque. It can also reduce your risk of a heart attack. It’s well worth learning all you can about high cholesterol foods.
As with anything medical, you should consult your physician for his advice before you consider making any changes, or taking any medications. General texts like this are not intended as a substitute for competent, professional medical advice.
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There's more cheerful news from a different study:Fitness is less belly fat at any weight
The higher a man's cardiorespiratory fitness, the less fat he has in his abdominal cavity, Dr Jean-Pierre Despres of Hopital Laval Research Centre in Quebec and colleagues found. The relationship held true regardless of body mass index (BMI), a ratio of weight to height typically used to gauge overweight and obesity.
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High waist circumference combined with high triglyceride levels signal a substantially increased risk of heart disease and diabetes, he explained.
Evidence shows fit people are at reduced risk of heart disease, even though they may be overweight or even obese based on their BMI, Despres and his team note in the Archives of Internal Medicine. At the same time, people of normal weight with bulging bellies risk heart disease.
I note that the emphasis on how “fat people can too be healthy!” does tend to cast fat people who are unhealthy as outsiders and lesser, and that's still a problem, because they're still humans deserving dignity. Maybe if we can demolish some of the most pervasive fat-hating myths though the unhealthy fat people will also be subjected to less fat-hatred.
TWEETHEART — I think some people find it easier to throw money at it rather than exercising and eating a little better.
SANDY — Yes and no. The thing to remember is that we get health benefits from fiber. It keeps us regular, can lower the risk of heart disease and can lower the risk of some types of cancers. I am not aware of any benefits like these from gelatin.
TOTALTRANS — Yes, it DOES sound nasty, doesn't it?
Brian
Who? Jones or the fat lard with the chick?
i already did one before i went to melbourne… i have high colestrol… teeehee
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y? about the high colestrol thing?
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