Dangers of high cholesterol

Cholesterol is a fat like, lipid, produced by the liver and manufactured by the foods we consume.  Half of heart disease deaths in the US have been a result of raised cholesterol and lipid levels.  So what exactly does raised cholesterol do to us?  Higher levels of cholesterol result in the arteries eventually becoming narrower due to calcification and in elasticity preventing oxygen from the blood getting to the heart.  Angina can result from this and eventually even heart attack.  Smaller plaques might rupture causing blood clots.  These blood clots can eventually block the arteries and cause a heart attack.

Preventing high cholesterol

High cholesterol can be prevented easily by following these simple steps.

Take cholesterol lowering supplements-

• Vitamin E
• Green tea
• Fish oils
• Garlic
• Folic acid

Eat healthy foods

Exercise regularly to burn off fat

Watch how you cook your food for example steaming vegetables and avoiding battered foods

If you follow these simple steps you will lower your cholesterol level making you live a much healthier life.  You should follow each step not just one, you don’t necessarily need to take all the supplements recommended but should certainly take some of the supplements, exercise regularly and eat healthily.  Cholesterol takes so many lives unlike alot of ways to die which we can not change dieing of cholesterol can be prevented so make a change today to keep your body and heart healthy.

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