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Question: how can one lower cholesterol and plaque
Brief Answer:
healthy lifestyle and drugs
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
here are some measures to help improve your lipid profile:
- a healthy body weight (loosing weight improves cholesterol levels)
- increased physical activity helps to reduce body weight and improves metabolism. It also increases the beneficial cholesterol (HDL) which is protective against cardiovascular disease.
- proper diet: avoiding red meat (eating less than once every 10 days), eating fish as much as possible, eating vegetables and fruits every day, poultry 3-4 times per week, avoiding snacks with high saturated fat content like biscuits, cakes, etc. The total caloric intake should be such that your body weight remains within acceptable levels.
- certain supplements in food may help. Phytosterols in yogurt, milk, butter, etc help.
- finally, drugs have the higher impact in cholesterol levels. Drugs may reduce cholesterol levels by as much as 50%.
Damage done to the blood vessels cannot be reversed in most cases, but further damage can be prevented. In this regard, managing other risk factors for cardiovascular disease like smoking, hypertension, diabetes, etc are very important. Your goal should be to reduce your risk!
I hope you find my comments helpful!
Kind Regards!
healthy lifestyle and drugs
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
here are some measures to help improve your lipid profile:
- a healthy body weight (loosing weight improves cholesterol levels)
- increased physical activity helps to reduce body weight and improves metabolism. It also increases the beneficial cholesterol (HDL) which is protective against cardiovascular disease.
- proper diet: avoiding red meat (eating less than once every 10 days), eating fish as much as possible, eating vegetables and fruits every day, poultry 3-4 times per week, avoiding snacks with high saturated fat content like biscuits, cakes, etc. The total caloric intake should be such that your body weight remains within acceptable levels.
- certain supplements in food may help. Phytosterols in yogurt, milk, butter, etc help.
- finally, drugs have the higher impact in cholesterol levels. Drugs may reduce cholesterol levels by as much as 50%.
Damage done to the blood vessels cannot be reversed in most cases, but further damage can be prevented. In this regard, managing other risk factors for cardiovascular disease like smoking, hypertension, diabetes, etc are very important. Your goal should be to reduce your risk!
I hope you find my comments helpful!
Kind Regards!
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