This is known as hypercholesterolemia or "high cholesterol."
There are many risk factors involved in having high cholesterol.
These risks shouldn't be taken lightly as high levels of cholesterol
greatly increase the risk of stroke, atherosclerosis, and
coronary heart disease. There
are different ways you can develop high cholesterol. Your
body, mainly the liver, can produce too much cholesterol
and a poor diet will almost always do it. You MUST take
on permanent, healthy lifestyle changes to take control
of your
cholesterol. This includes:
1)
Becoming more active. Physical activity plays an important
role in reducing and maintaining healthy cholesterol levels.
Just 30 minutes per day can have a positive impact.
2)
Eating foods that are low in saturated fat and cholesterol.
3)
Maintaining a diet rich in soluble fiber. Soluble fiber
binds with cholesterol in the intestine and takes it out
of the body.
There
are also many natural alternatives that can be used to compliment
a healthy lifestyle. In most situations, you can reduce
high cholesterol without the use of a statin drug which
is a prescription strength cholesterol lowering medication.
Statin
medications work by interfering with an enzyme that is necessary
for the body to manufacture cholesterol. However there can
be some serious side effects when using statin medications
ranging from mild to very serious.
Before
making the decision to start statin therapy, you may want
to consider trying natural alternatives first. Natural alternatives
are not only much safer than using prescription drugs but
also a lot cheaper. Some natural alternatives may even be
as effective as using a statin.
About the Author
At the age of 27, Frank Mangano is an author, researcher
and dedicates his life to finding solutions for people.
Frank is the author of The 60 Day Prescription Free Cholesterol
Cure available at: 60
Days To Lower Cholesterol
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