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Everyone knows about triglycerides and how they can be bad, so what causes high triglycerides even when avoiding foods high in cholesterol? Is there a secret to all this? Or is it a genetic thing? And how to lower triglycerides if and when they are increased?

What causes high triglycerides is the food that we take. Especially when the type of food that we overly enjoy, the home cooked meals that mom makes that brings us back memories of gathering around the breakfast nook, talking and just having fun. The excessive eating alone will make the triglycerides increase, especially when we start drinking along with the eating. This bad combination will not only overwork the liver, but the overwork will make the liver fat as well, a condition called fatty liver.

Other foods that can increase triglycerides are those which have a high fat content. These fats are already triglycerides and taking in more will only make it harder for the liver to process anything. At the risk of sounding like giving a lecture, triglycerides are simply fat. Fat or the excess of it in the body is still fat, not love handles, not jelly bellies, they are fat and these may answer the question of what causes high triglycerides.  Read more...

A high blood cholesterol level is something that needs to be taken very seriously because it is one of the main risk factors for increased chances of arteriosclerosis, heart disease, and stroke. One of the best ways to deal with this medical condition is through diet and for most people that means finding a list of low cholesterol foods.

Fortunately it is relatively easy to separate food types into those that contain cholesterol and those that don’t. Any food that comes from an animal source contains cholesterol because it is a primarily used to create and maintain cell wall membranes along with hormone production.

Food from plant sources or derived from plant sources are for the most part cholesterol free and eating fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and nuts can help significantly lower blood cholesterol levels. There is a big but that goes along with this because food preparation can significantly change whether or not that healthy food suddenly becomes a ticking cholesterol time bomb.  Read more...

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Cardio-vascular diseases top the list of major diseases the world over. Medical experts opine that a high cholesterol level in the bloodstream is the single major causative factor in this group of diseases. So what causes high levels of cholesterol in the blood, and what can you do to prevent that from happening to you? Let’s find out.

The name “cholesterol” refers to a family of compounds that are found in the body. Some of these cholesterols may be good (HDL), others may be bad (LDL) for you. The trick is to maintain a decently high level of the good and reduce the bad cholesterol.

A high level of cholesterol is no disease in itself. The actual diseases are born out of this condition. When there is an excess of bad cholesterol in the blood, the circulatory system gets stressed and consequently the heart is strained. This leads to clogging of the arteries, a condition known as atherosclerosis. That apart the heart also begins to falter, a condition known as cardiac arrhythmia. High blood pressure, stroke, and heart attack are results of the condition brought on by high levels of LDL in the blood. So keeping LDL in check will protect you from these diseases. If you already have any of these problems, keeping a check on LDL will reduce their severity. Read on to find out how you can keep LDL in check.  Read more...

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Cholesterol in right quantities is a basic requirement for healthy living. Our liver produces the cholesterol from the fat in our diet. The more saturated fats we consume,the more cholesterol is produced by the liver and circulated through blood. Cholesterol is a blood borne fat compound essential in production of cell membranes,hormones and nerve fibers. Only when the amount of cholesterol in your blood gets high,it becomes harmful.

For healthy living,cholesterol level in our blood should be 5.20 milli moles per liter mmol/L in short. When we consume excess saturated fats,our liver produces excess cholesterol. Over a period of time,this excess cholesterol gets deposited in arteries and hardens. This hardened cholesterol deposit is called ‘atherosclerotic plaque’. This condition might lead to heart problems and stroke. Other cholesterol problems are diabetes and under performing thyroid.

The types of cholesterol are LDL and HDL . Among these, LDL type is harmful to health hence called bad cholesterol. HDL is called good cholesterol since it is not harmful to our health. When LDL levels are high in our blood we are more prone to heart problems. High level of HDL in our blood is in fact good for our health since it carries the cholesterol back to the liver where it is metabolized and removed from our body through excretion. The optimum level of LDL cholesterol should be less than 3.5 mmol/L. For HDL the optimum level should be 1 mmol/L or more. The total cholesterol level should be less than 5.2 mmol/L.  Read more...

If you want to learn about how to lower your cholesterol levels, then you need to understand how cholesterol actually affects your body, as not all cholesterol is bad. When most people discuss cholesterol, specifically high cholesterol, we usually refer to the bad type of cholesterol called LDL. By learning more about LDL cholesterol you can better understand how cholesterol interacts with your body and so keep yourself more healthy, lower your cholesterol and help prevent heart attacks and strokes – both of which can be fatal. So read on to find out how cholesterol affects your body.

Our bodies need cholesterol for all kinds of important reasons…

Believe it or not, cholesterol is actually needed by the body. It is a soft, waxy fat which can be found in the blood stream and is used for the production of things such as cell membranes and certain hormones. Without a small amount of cholesterol we could die. The thing is our liver produces enough cholesterol, so we rarely need to take in any extra in order to survive. The problem however in modern society is that many of our foods contain very high cholesterol levels, which has lead to a new problem of hypercholesterolemia, or more simply, high cholesterol.  Read more...

So you just found out you have high cholesterol and have been told to start a low cholesterol low fat diet immediately. But what does this mean? Should you eliminate all high cholesterol foods or eliminate all fats? No and no. Read on to find out about the most common myths of a low cholesterol low fat diet.

Myth #1 of a low cholesterol low fat diet

Focus on cholesterol content

Most people think that in order to lower cholesterol, they need to lower cholesterol intake. Dietary cholesterol (the cholesterol you consume) has nothing to do with your serum cholesterol. The two main culprits that raise serum cholesterol are saturated fat and trans fat. Saturated fat is high in foods such as fatty cuts of meat, bacon and sausage and solid fat sources such as butter and lard. Trans fat is found in many packaged products including but not limited to ramen noodles, biscuit mix, cookies and especially in fast food.

Myth #2 of a low cholesterol low fat diet

Eliminate all foods high in fat

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