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Learn about High Cholesterol and how to Control it

However, high level of cholesterol in the body may let the fat to be remained in the arteries of heart, consequently making them narrowing and blocking the walls of arteries causing various heart problems.

Apparently, high cholesterol has no symptoms. Most of the times, it comes with hereditary and life style, if fated diet is more in use. In some cases, skin from certain parts of the body, particularly face, starts to get white spots or skin nearby the eyes gets arousing dots. Sometimes, it can only be revealed in a routine blood test when there are no apparent symptoms. In the test, LDL cholesterol level describes bad level whereas, HDL depicts that cholesterol is present at good level in the body. Women have lower cholesterol level than that of men of same age which becomes higher after the age of 50 years than the men of same age.

The common causes of the high cholesterol may be several drugs and diseases. These diseases include over weighting, use of alcohol and mental stress. Heredity and food containing fat are also included in the general causes.
High cholesterol treatment is involved use of drugs depending on risk factors to heart diseases. Apart from medical treatment experts suggests some home care tips which involves balanced diet. Balanced diet should be comprised of total fat less than 30% calories, saturated fat less than 7% calories, polyunsaturated fat less than or equal to 10% of calories, monounsaturated fat Approximately 10-15% of calories, cholesterol less than 200 milligrams per day, carbohydrates 50 to 60% calories Likewise, stanol esters and monounsaturated fat should be included in the diet to reduce LDL in the body. Furthermore, some people may control high cholesterol with the use of vegetarian diet.

Moreover, a healthy life style should be adapted to reduce the risks of heart diseases. Regular exercises, morning or evening walk, drinking plenty of water, avoiding alcohol and smoking are essential steps for long term healthy body. The combination of medicines for lowering cholesterol and adopting healthy life style can help a lot to control rapidly on the high cholesterol level and preventing heart diseases in general.

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