How to Lower Your Cholesterol by Catherine Edison - HTML preview

Lowering The Instant Rise In Bad Cholesterol Levels

Studies show that the genes we inherit are closely related to the high rise in the cholesterol levels of our body.

This rise in the cholesterol levels also comes due to several other factors like:

1. Unhealthy lifestyle
2. Saturated fat intakes & calories
3. Unhealthy eating habits
4. Lack of exercises
5. Excessive drinking
6. Menopausal stage among women – it is when estrogen goes on a brink to diminish
7. Age factor – senior citizens often suffer this ailment.

The key cause of heart diseases as the doctors suggest is cholesterol. High cholesterol level in the blood can not only lead to heart attacks but also several weight problems. Let us first understand what this cholesterol is – It is a waxy fat-like substance naturally made in the liver of our body. Though cholesterol holds a thorough 'bad guy image,' surprisingly it serves many vital functions for our healthy living.

Basically, cholesterol is of two types:

vi. Low Density Lipoprotein or LDL

vii. High-Density Lipoprotein or HDL

Low Density Lipoprotein or LDL

3. It is the actual bad guy. It is this type of cholesterol that clogs the blood vessels leading to increased risks of heart attack and other heart diseases.

4. The researchers have now proved that diet comprising of highly saturated fats increase the level of LDL cholesterol in our body, though it is only a dietary cause for the same.

High-Density Lipoprotein or HDL

This is 'the good man' or to be more specific, the favorable type of cholesterol.

1. It clears 'the bag guy' that is the LDL cholesterol from our blood stream, thereby, reducing the risk of all heart ailments.

2. Researches have shown that a diet rich in fruit and vegetables along with average levels of omega-3 from fish oil greatly helps raise HDL cholesterol levels.

In the absence of any remedial measures, the rising levels of LDL cholesterol can lead heart ailments, high blood pressure, etc. Here are some solutions to lower your cholesterol levels instantly:

1. Many people believe that exercising regularly, eating the right diet with out saturated animal fats, diary and lard, they could get some final solutions to treat the high cholesterol levels. Well, going through these foods' lipid sources shows that they can not create any instant suspension of the unwanted elements of the body. Though they make no side effects on various cardiovascular diseases & disorders in the artheroma degeneration related to arterial walls.
2. To instantly decrease the rising cholesterol level in blood, 'statins' are considered quite effective. It is considered to be an effective medication, state the very reliable Medical Groups.

CRESTOR (rosuvastatin calcium) is the statin - this medicine puts a halt on the very high bad cholesterol levels. It reduces them by 52% with a 10mg dosage, as compared to 7 mg placebo. Crestor increases HDL cholesterol or the good cholesterol by 14%, versus 3% up HDL cholesterol of the placebo.

It works both the ways, reducing LDL cholesterol, and increasing HDL cholesterol. So it’s a real significant pro-life saving drug.

You must inform your licensed physician regarding the factors given below in order to undergo an effective treatment. At the same time, some of these factors he would come to know all by himself during the examination:

1. liver & kidney problems
2. Pregnancy among women
3. Excessive or normal drinking – liver is highly affected by alcohol
4. Family history – the high cholesterol cases
5. Your current position of the problems like thyroid functions, diabetes and hypothyroidism
6. Any recent incidents of heart and/or hypertension attack
7. Other disease that are not pertaining to the problem of high cholesterol
8. The Chinese and/or Japanese ancestry
9. Consumption of the counter medicines that are antacids
10. All your other prescriptions.

The side effects of crestor are as follows:

1. Constipation
2. Muscle aches
3. Abdominal pain
4. Weakness
5. Nausea.

Though these are all quite mild symptoms and all go away with time.

The patients in such cases must take care that they minimize their intake of fatty unsaturated substances. In this regard here are some important points:

1. Cooking in olive oil is the best for such patients as it reduces the fatty unsaturated acids to a great extent.
2. A report made by Dr. P. Rethinam & Mohartuyo from Asian and Pacific Coconut Community Press that was quoted in the Jakarta Post on June 18, 2003, confirms that coconut oil is best among all the other vegetable oils present on hand like corn, sunflower, soy, rapeseed, cottonseed, palm kernel, etc. Coconut oil they say is the best medium to control bad cholesterol in the body.