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What Causes High Cholesterol Inspite Of Having Unhealthy Diet?
how fast can cholesterol levels change? I had a physical and my cholesterol was very high, but I ate very poorly over the weekend while I was watching football. I normally do not eat like that, so can there be a big difference? I only fasted for 12 hours
Fri, 27 Jun 2014
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I have gone through your query.High cholesterol is not always related to diet.It can be due to metabolic diseases like Hypothyroidism or Diabetes Mellitus, sedentary life styles or even genetic predisposition.In such case controlling of root cause as well as statin drug therapy is needed.You should have a proper exercise with well balanced diet.It is advisable to avoid smoking and alcohol also.Hope this may help you.
Let me know if you have any further query.
Thank you for asking HCM
I have gone through your query.High cholesterol is not always related to diet.It can be due to metabolic diseases like Hypothyroidism or Diabetes Mellitus, sedentary life styles or even genetic predisposition.In such case controlling of root cause as well as statin drug therapy is needed.You should have a proper exercise with well balanced diet.It is advisable to avoid smoking and alcohol also.Hope this may help you.
Let me know if you have any further query.
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