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Suggest Remedy To Improve Ldl Levels

I am female with age 45, my cholesterol total is 221 and Ldl is 138, Hdl is 70. I am 1.66m tall and 54kg of weight. I do exercises everyday and eat healthy too. So how to improve my Ldl because I have really healthy lifestyle and nothing to change, I believe.
Tue, 21 Oct 2014
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Hi, dear.
I have gone through your question. I can understand your concern.
Your LDL is slightly increased. It is risk factor for coronary heart disease. You should take low fat diet with high amount of polyunsaturated fatty acid and high fiber diet. You can also take atorvastatin like drug according to your doctor's advice.
Hope I have answered your question, if you have doubt then I will be happy to answer. Thanks for using health care magic.
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Suggest Remedy To Improve Ldl Levels

Hi, dear. I have gone through your question. I can understand your concern. Your LDL is slightly increased. It is risk factor for coronary heart disease. You should take low fat diet with high amount of polyunsaturated fatty acid and high fiber diet. You can also take atorvastatin like drug according to your doctor s advice. Hope I have answered your question, if you have doubt then I will be happy to answer. Thanks for using health care magic.