By Jhon Napier
 High cholesterol is invisible dangers which can cause severe damage to human body and to measure high cholesterol doctors examine the level of HDL, LDL and triglyceride levels in body. The bad cholesterol or the LDL cholesterol accumulates in the inner walls of arteries and it can block the passage whereas the HDL cholesterol is helpful in preventing blockages.
Cholesterol level determination
To test cholesterol the lipid level is examined in which the total cholesterol is measure in milligrams per deciliter. The LDL cholesterol should not exceed 100 mg per deciliter and triglycerides should be less than 150 mg per deciliter. The cholesterol level is mostly determined by the diet and the living style. Cholesterol is a kind of wax like substance found in most of the food products. Food products such as dairy product, meat, fish, and poultry contain a good amount of dietary cholesterol. Fish has less cholesterol and food products made from certain plants grains, nuts and seeds have almost no cholesterol.
Cholesterol is not fat but it can be found in high quantity in food products |
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By Petrona Alexon
 Here's something that you need to know: any sudden increase in your fibrous food intake might actually do you more harm than good. Even though you are in a hurry to lower your blood cholesterol, you do have to ease into the program, not force it upon yourself. Everything in life that is worth doing, is worth starting slowly. When you get started, it will obviously become easier.
You know, there are a lot of diseases that exercise cannot heal, but there are only a few that it cannot prevent. If you maintained a daily or weekly workout routine, you should be able to reduce your body cholesterol to levels where diseases that could have stemmed otherwise are kept at bay.
When you do your groceries next time, try to look for higher fiber foods. The types with soluble fibers are especially good for maintaining lower cholesterol levels in your system. Now, you know that is totally worth your while, isn't it? It sure is.
Beans, beans, beans; never could stand the thing. And now the doctor say I gotta |
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