What High Cholesterol Blood Tests Mean & How to Avoid High Cholesterol

Heart and blood vessel diseases, reduces the quality of life and becomes a huge burden on both society and the taxpayers can be avoided if only people will start to take more responsibility for preventing heart disease healthy eating and better living habits and regular physical activity approved by your doctor.

In addition, you should consider including appropriate use of dietary supplements, such as high-quality daily multi-vitamin every day and getting enough essential fatty acids, eating a healthy wild salmon fish (not farmed raised), at least 2 to 3 times per week (or ) quality fish oil supplements. There is also a high-quality nutritional supplements and natural enzymes that can help improve circulatory health. (See below)

About cholesterol

Although the inflammation occurs in the body and high levels of homocysteine ??and C-reactive protein levels are still your most important tests to determine if it is probable candidate for a heart attack (see next week's blog about these two issues), if your cholesterol levels are extremely high, is usually listed as more than 240 mg, then usually those levels should be reduced to a more moderate 200 mg or less. Remember that cholesterol is essential for the body and mind to function well and studies have shown that lower your blood cholesterol level is too low (less than 160 mg), in fact, can help shorten your life.

When you visit your doctor for your annual exam, he or she will likely do a simple blood test to check your cholesterol levels. Do you know what the numbers mean?

First, it must be basically need to understand that cholesterol can not normally be terminated in the blood, but certain supplements and natural digestive enzymes (nattokinase, bromelain), fish oii, garlic and lecithin can help. (In addition, the product is called at the end of said circulatory support may help). Cholesterol generally must be transported to and from the cell carriers called lipoproteins. Low-density lipoprotein, or LDL, is known as "bad" cholesterol. High-density lipoprotein, or HDL, is known as "good" cholesterol. These two types of lipids, along with triglycerides, your total cholesterol number.

LDL (bad) cholesterol

When too much LDL cholesterol circulates in the blood, it can slowly build up feeding the heart and brain arteries inside the walls. Together with other substances it may create a plaque, a thick, hard deposit that can narrow the arteries and make them less flexible. This condition is called atherosclerosis. If a clot forms and blocks the narrowed artery, heart attack or stroke can result.

HDL (good) cholesterol

About one-fourth to one-third of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol in the blood. Known as the "good" cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, because high levels of HDL seem to protect against heart attack. Low levels of HDL (less than 40 mg / dL) also increase the risk of heart disease.

Triglycerides

Triglyceride levels in the body in the form of fat is also a lot of people with heart disease and / or diabetes have high triglyceride levels.

Here are a few of the American Heart Association guidelines:

Your Total Blood (serum) cholesterol

Less than 200 mg / dL: Desirable

If your LDL, HDL and triglyceride levels are also desirable levels and you have no other risk factors for heart disease, total cholesterol levels below 200 mg / dL puts you at relatively low risk of developing coronary heart disease. However, even with a small risk still smart to eat a heart-healthy diet, getting regular physical activity and avoiding tobacco smoke.

200-239 mg / dL: Borderline high risk

If your total cholesterol is between 200 and 239 mg / dL, your doctor will evaluate your levels of LDL (bad) cholesterol, HDL (good) cholesterol and triglycerides. This is borderline high total cholesterol numbers with normal levels of LDL (bad) cholesterol balanced high HDL (good) cholesterol.