Integrity Score 1220
No Records Found
No Records Found
Cholesterol has been wrongly associated with all fat, which is wrong. You may wonder isn't fat bad for you, but your body needs some fat from food. Fat is needed to build cell membranes, the vital exterior of each cell, and the sheaths surrounding nerves. You need to make wise choices of food and exercise.
•Some foods deliver soluble fibre to our digestive tract and it binds cholesterol, and and drags them out of the body through the digestion process before they get into circulation.
•You need to know what foods are good for your cholesterol balance and control.
Having high cholesterol can make your body feel like a ticking time bomb. While we cannot see that waxy substance getting glued on the inside lining of our blood vessels, cholesterol is silently continuing its march as a risk factor for both heart disease and stroke.
No one invites disease and ill-health knowingly. But as we go about the paces of life, sometimes regular check-ups are given the miss and that is when the silent killers creep in. High cholesterol, like elevated blood sugar, is a silent thief which siphons off health gains before you notice, thus causing lots of damage.
Not all cholesterol is bad. These fats (lipids) are needed in small quantities for several vital functions like:
•Building the structure of cell membranes.
•Making hormones like oestrogen, testosterone and adrenal hormones,
•Helping our metabolism work efficiently,
•To help the body to produce vitamin D, etc.
The villain of the piece is low-density lipoprotein or LDL (bad) cholesterol which contributes to plaque buildup along with triglycerides, another kind of lipid. Plaque can threaten the blood supply to the heart, brain, legs or kidneys, leading to heart attack, stroke or even death. The other kind of cholesterol is the high-density lipoprotein, or HDL (good) cholesterol which works counter to the LDL and discourages plaque buildup.
Read more- https://www.timesnownews.com/amp/health/article/7-tips-for-lower-cholesterol-nutrition-exercise-heart-health-ldl-hdl-triglycerides-saturated-fats-lipids-unsaturated-monunsaturated-polysaturated/835896