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list of foods low in cholesterol
Major Risk Factors That Affect Your LDL Goal * Cigarette smoking * High blood pressure (140/90 mmHg or higher or on blood pressure medication) * Low HDL cholesterol (less than 40 mg/dL) * Family history of early heart disease (heart disease in father or brother before age 55; heart disease in mother or sister before age 65) * Age (men 45 years or older; women 55 years or older) * If your HDL cholesterol is 60 mg/dL or higher, subtract 1 from your total count.
Use lemon juice, low sodium soy sauce or herbs to season vegetables.
Diagnosing cholesterol levels require a simple blood test to determine the levels of LDL and HDL. Cholesterol tests can be tricky, however. Simple screening that is done without “fasting,” measures only the total cholesterol and the HDL, the “good” cholesterol. It will give you a ballpark figure, but far from accurate.
A recent study found that men with high cholesterol are twice as likely to be impotent as men whose cholesterol levels are normal or low.
The processing of fat begins when it gets absorbed in the intestines. From there it heads to the liver. The fat requires a delivery system to the rest of the body to be used immediately but also to be stored in fat cells for future use.
* Fibric acid derivatives--Used mainly to lower triglycerides, Lopid (gemfibrozil) and Tricor (fenofibrate) can also increase HDL levels.
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