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Things that can raise your LDL include: Genes. If someone in your family has high cholesterol, you’re more likely to get it too. Age. Cholesterol tends to get higher over time. That’s because the body has a harder time clearing out cholesterol as you get older. ...
LDL cholesterol targets – how low to go? R Bulbulia,J Armitage - 《Current Opinion in Lipidology》 被引量: 0发表: 2012年 LDL Cholesterol Goals in High-Risk Patients: How Low Do We Go and How Do We Get There? It is widely recognised that low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) ...
High-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol is called the "good" cholesterol because it absorbs LDL "bad" cholesterol and carries it back to the liver, which helps remove it from your body. Just knowing your total cholesterol isn't enough. Not only does the total cholesterol number need to be...
LDL cholesterol takes cholesterol from the liver out to the peripheries of the body, whereas HDL collects cholesterol from the peripheries and carries it to the liver for breakdown and removal. The thinking is is that if your LDL is higher than your HDL, then you have more cholesterol being ...
LDL Cholesterol: 'Bad' Cholesterol Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, often referred to as "bad" cholesterol, is the type that tends to deposit on the walls of the arteries. White blood cells combine with the LDL cholesterol, forming artery-narrowing plaque, which restricts blood flow....
How often should I have my cholesterol levels checked? If you are over the age of 20 and don’t have heart disease, you should have your levels checked every 4 to 6 years. You may need to get your cholesterol checked more often if you’re at risk for heart disease, have high cholest...
When you’re trying to learn how to lower LDL cholesterol, it’s important to know that most of the cholesterol in your blood is made in the liver. The prescription cholesterol-lowering medicine CRESTOR® (rosuvastatin) works to help lower cholesterol in 2 ways: ...
A report in the Journal of Nutrition showed that adults who included one avocado in their diet each day for five weeks had lower levels of oxidized LDL cholesterol than when no avocado was consumed. This comes on the heels of other research that found the trendy fruit can help tamp down to...
Choosing the right energy foods and timing meals are the secrets to boosting energy naturally. Don’t wait to get sleepy or fatigued to power up with foods that give you energy. Kathleen ZelmanSept. 12, 2024 Top Environmentally-Friendly Foods ...