1. 4 Ways to Lower Your Cholesterol
4 Ways to Lower Your Cholesterol
The reason you don't want high cholesterol is that it builds up in your arteries, putting you at higher
risk for strokes and heart attacks. If your cholesterol is below 200, you're probably okay. If it's above
240, it's time to address the problem.
You should also be aware that high-lipid cholesterol is actually good for you - it actually removes the
fatty low-lipid cholesterols from your system. We'll talk about that more as we go along - how you
can increase your good cholesterol and get rid of the bad cholesterol.
There are four big things that help to lower cholesterol. You can choose to work on any or all of
these things - the truth is that the first two will help you with the third one, and the last should only
be your solution if the first three options aren't helping.
1. Exercise
Exercise helps the body to produce good, high-lipid cholesterol and get rid of bad, low-lipid
cholesterol. Healthy diet alone will help to lower your overall cholesterol level, but limiting fats
significantly will also lower the good cholesterol in your body. By lowering your fat intake and
exercising, you'll continue to lower the bad cholesterol even more.
2. 2. Diet
To keep your cholesterol low, your fat intake should be limited to 25-35% of your total diet. That may
sound like a lot, but the other caveat is that it should mostly be good fats - mono- and
polyunsaturated fats and omega-3 fatty acids. These are the kinds of fats found in vegetables and
fish rather than the fats found in eggs, meats and dairy. By limiting your intake of fats in general and
focusing on good fats rather than saturated and trans fats, you can lower your cholesterol
significantly.
However, just because the good eating and exercising didn't work to completely fix the problem
doesn't mean it should be abandoned in favor of pills. Any medication you take won't be as effective
if it has to cope with a diet of saturated fats and couch potato-hood.
A healthy lifestyle consisting of good eating andexerciseis a good idea for anyone, even if he or she
has not been diagnosed with high cholesterol - but if you know you have it, the time to change your
habits is now, before your first heart attack.
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