Dietary Approaches To Reduce Blood Cholesterol Levels - Part 2

Paragraph 1rn, Reasons why you should be concerned about cholesterol and what some of the recommended levels of total serum cholesterol were discussed. Here in Part 2, things that can affect your cholesterol level and one of those things that you can do something about and you can not do anything about, and things to consider in a cholesterol-lowering plan. What affects cholesterol levels in the blood? A variety of things can affect cholesterol levels. These are things that you can do something about:and diet. Saturated fat and cholesterol in the food you eat make your blood cholesterol level go up. Saturated fat is the main culprit, but cholesterol in foods also matters. Reduce saturated fats and cholesterol in your diet helps lower your blood cholesterol levels.Weight and Obesity is a risk factor for heart disease. It also tends to increase your cholesterol. Losing weight can help lower LDL and total cholesterol, as well as increase your HDL and lower your triglyceride levels.and physical activity. Not physically active is a risk factor for heart disease. Regular physical activity can help lower LDL cholesterol and raise HDL cholesterol levels. It also helps you lose weight. Most health care professionals recommend that you try to be physically active for 30 minutes most, if not all, days. What you can not do anything about also can affect cholesterol levels. It includes: age and gender. As women and men get older, their cholesterol levels rise. By the age of menopause, women have lower total cholesterol levels than men of the same age. After the age of menopause, women's LDL levels tend to rise.and heredity. Your genes partly determine how much cholesterol your body makes. High blood cholesterol can run in families. rnYou can reduce your cholesterol with cholesterol reduction plan Cholesterol reduction plan, the main goal is to lower your LDL level enough to reduce your risk of developing heart disease or having a heart attack. The greater the risk, the lower your LDL goal will be. There are two main ways to lower your Cholesterol: Restaurants and cholesterol-lowering diet, being physically active and manage your weight. This is an effective way to lower your LDL level your goal. The National Cholesterol Education Program (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) recommends cholesterol-lowering diet that is low in saturated fat, low cholesterol diet plan that has less than 7% of calories from saturated fat and less than 200 mg of dietary cholesterol per day . She recommends only enough calories to maintain the desired weight and avoid weight gain. If your LDL did not reduce enough to reduce your saturated fat and cholesterol intakes of soluble fiber diet may be increased. Supplementing your diet with certain nutrients, such as vitamin C, can also help reduce your cholesterol levels. Losing weight if you are overweight can help lower LDL and is especially important for those with a cluster of risk factors that includes high triglyceride and / or low HDL levels and being overweight with a large waist measurement (more than 40 inches for men and more than 35 cm for women ). Regular physical activity (30 minutes at the most, if not all, days) is recommended for everyone. It can help raise HDL and lower LDL and is especially important for those with high triglycerides and / or low HDL levels who are overweight with a large waist measurement. If lifestyle changes in diet, physical activity and weight management are not effective to reduce your LDL to an acceptable level, and your healthcare provider can determine the cholesterol-lowering drugs that are used in addition to diet, physical activity and weight management plan.