Cholesterol Tip # 1: Eating FRESH is GREAT! Fruit, vegetables, and grainswill help you maintain optimal health. These foods typically have 0%cholesterol.
Therefore, it is possible to NOT fall into the trap of high levels of cholesterol and you have a role to play, by choosing the right kind of foods to pass from fork to mouth.
If you do opt for a healthier diet and lifestyle you have already made a giant leap in taking control of not only your cholesterol, but your heart health, life and future!
If you do eat right and better, you are in a better position to get your health backand lower your risk for heart disease and stroke. SIMPLY LOWERING YOUR
CHOLESTEROL BY 1% CAN MAKE A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE AND IS WORTH THE EFFORT!
YOU CAN PERMANENTLY DEAL WITH YOUR CHOLESTEROL PROBLEM. Monitor your levels regularly and discuss them with your doctor. YOU DO NOT ONLY HAVE TO
RELY ON MEDICATIONS, there are healthier choices, options, lifestyle changes that you can make that can have a great lowering effect too. We will take a closer look at these as we go along.
The advice and recommendations given in this book is for informational and education purposes, providing you with alternative, healthier and natural options for ‘treatment’ . It is NOT to substitute medical diagnosis and treatment. For this, discuss your plan with your doctor.
Again understanding more about cholesterol, the different types and manifestations of it as well as the effects and risks it carries, is of importance. We will pause to reflect on them briefly.
There is more than ONE ‘type’ of cholesterol, although we just refer to them as cholesterol. They have different functions in the body and are even different types of ‘substances’, with their own characteristics and qualities.
Like other fats, cholesterol CANNOT be absorbed or dissolved in your blood. They are carried in your system from cell to cell. Transported if you will. They consist mainly of an outer layer of protein and an inner core of both cholesterol and triglycerides - another form of fat and highly dangerous, as we will continue to discover. Here is a summary on what these different types of cholesterol are and do
in the body.The two main types of lipo-proteins are: High density and Low density lipo-proteins When we refer to our cholesterol ‘levels’ and test results, we imply all/both of the above. These are also referred to in the common language as good and bad cholesterol.
BUT, WHAT CAUSES CHOLESTEROL EXACTLY? WHERE DOES IT COME FROM?
In a continued attempt to understand and handle cholesterol effectively, we need to know and probe more. You could have extremely high levels of bad cholesterol, despite the fact that you are healthy and thin. Due to heart risk and health factors, some individuals will require a very aggressive approach, which includes medical treatment and cholesterol lowing medication. More on this a little later. It is a serious condition and intervention and action has to be immediate!
Lifestyle issues, diet and high cholesterol:
FAST-FOOD high in saturated fats and opting deliberately for convenience meals above nutrition are some of the bad choices and habits we will have to take up and change quickly to turn the tide in our favor and get rid of our cholesterol-inducing habits a priority!