Dealing With High Cholesterol

Posted by Jay Coleman

September 12, 2008

High Cholesterol

You can find out using a home testing kit, what the levels of cholesterol in your body are and in case you find that you have high cholesterol, or close by it being high, it’s time for you to visit your physician who will then perform a more appropriate blood test to help pinpoint the accurate level of cholesterol in your body including both good (HDL) or bad (LDL) cholesterol.

First thing your doctor will advise you about when it is found that you have high cholesterol is to ask you to make changes to your lifestyle, though certainly, each case will have its own merits and when there’s exceptionally high cholesterol levels in your body, you may even need taking medicines for bringing down the levels to more manageable levels.

However, it’s normal for you to first be a borderline case and a simple change in your lifestyle should be sufficient as well as efficient enough to bring down the levels of your cholesterol problem.

Your lifestyle changes would warrant that you change what you eat and also take to living a more active life, and you may need to switch to eating lean meats that do not have much fat or skin and even switch to chicken and fish in order to bring down your cholesterol level rather than eat red meat or meats that are fatty such as lamb or pork.

In addition, it would be compulsory to switch from frying your food to baking or broiling, which is preferable as too is steaming, roasting or grilling your food.

You should also do plenty of exercises, running, and walking including jogging and even dancing or other similar activities can help bring down your high cholesterol levels and keep you in better shape.

Of course, you need to begin off in a small way and work your way up as you become more attuned to each level of exercise, and you can also get advice from your dr. in this regard.

As a final option, you may be using prescribed medicines to bring down your high cholesterol levels and using Statins which has gained in popularity which is quite effective in bringing down the level of cholesterol, though of course, this should be your last option.

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