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Elevated blood cholesterol is one of many risk factors for the future of serious health problems.
Cholesterol is not bad, your body needs of the masses for the proper functioning of cells, nerves and hormones. It 'an essential part of every cell in our body, and life would be impossible without them.
Too much cholesterol can increase the risk of heart disease and stroke. Inhibiting the movement is too much of this substance also leadGallstones, impotence, blood pressure, and loss of mental acuity.
To distribute the cholesterol in the body, transported as lipoproteins, substances in the blood. A class of lipoproteins, such as low-density lipoprotein, LDL, or short, takes cholesterol from the liver, where it is produced and the cells that need them. Another type of lipoprotein called high density lipoprotein, or HDL, take the excess cholesterol from the cells and transports it to the liver,where it is mined and processed by the body or excreted. A large squares and checks and balances.
Under normal conditions, levels of lipoprotein cholesterol, keep in balance. But the carefully calibrated system can be overwhelmed if the body is that HDL cholesterol can produce the scan. After the cells need to remove existing HDL that can, and the excess cholesterol in the blood is simple. Then, when cholesterol is (though not oxidized) (including LDLCholesterol) and fastened to the wall of the artery, opening the way for the inflammation of the arteries. This chronic inflammation contributes to the development and deposition of cholesterol plaques on the inner walls of arteries. This is called building which narrows the arteries and restricts the amount of blood that can pass through them, the conditions of atherosclerosis or hardening of the arteries. Atherosclerosis is the first step of heart disease, if untreated, willtime lead to a heart attack or stroke.
Symptoms
Often, there is no sign of high cholesterol, it is important that your doctor will do a blood test have been scheduled. A sign of high cholesterol is an accumulation of rings of cholesterol on the skin under the eyes. If cholesterol or heart problems in your family, or if you take one of the following appointments:
* Dizziness
* Mental confusion and apathy
* Circulatory
Difficulty *Breath after less effort
Causes
* Poor diet, particularly high levels of cholesterol, saturated fat and refined carbohydrates
* Idle
* An inherited tendency to high cholesterol
* Diabetes, insulin resistance
* Hypothyroidism
* Stress
That malnutrition is a major cause for high cholesterol, are changes in the diet is one of the best ways to treat it. An important key to the balance of cholesterol is to eat a diet high inFiber. This means that increasing the amount of vegetables, fruits, nuts, seeds and whole grains in your diet. Soluble fiber is a good choice. This type of fiber does not dissolve in water and cholesterol binding, since it passes through the gastrointestinal tract. Oat bran is an excellent example of soluble fiber, and shows more than a dozen studies that total and LDL cholesterol when consumed daily reduced. A bowl of oatmeal can lower cholesterol by 8 to 23 percent in less than three weeks.Pectin, present in the skin of the apple, is also effective because it is ground flaxseed.
Not all fats are forbidden for people with high cholesterol. Essential fatty acids actually have a protective effect heart, they incorporate in your diet:
* Cold-water fish like salmon and mackerel
* Linseed
* Olive oil
* Omega-3 Supplements
* Garlic and onions
* Nut, like nuts
But it's hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated (which) Process, oilseeds and vegetable fats or soft solid towers should be avoided. The researchers discovered that molecules of the modification process called hydrogenation, trans fatty acid products. These substances seem to pack a double blow:
* Not only increase LDL (bad)
* Reduce HDL (good) and free radical damage
Even the butter is not the kind of damage to the arteries.
Red yeast rice has been shown to increase cholesterol levels and reduceHDL.
Guggul, the herb reduces cholesterol and increases HDL.
