Cholesterol is a substance that is included in the group of fats or lipids, and very abundant in animal tissues. It has been found that the increase in the blood, coupled with other factors (hypertension, snuff, overweight, alcohol, sedentary life) can cause arteriosclerosis.
The normal amount of cholesterol in the blood of a healthy individual did not exceed the 200 mg / dl. Cholesterol itself is not bad, makes essential functions (synthesis of hormones, formation of cell membranes). What is harmful is its excess. There are two types of cholesterol, LDL that is bound to lipoproteins, LDL, bad cholesterol, when there is an excess is deposited in the arteries forming atheromas. HDL cholesterol, which is bound to lipoproteins, HDL is called good cholesterol, transported to the liver to make bile salts.
General care for lowering cholesterol :
1 .- Diet appropriate, to minimize the excess cholesterol foods (eggs, butter, sausages, offal, pork, beef, lamb and game, seafood, cheeses and semi-dried, whole milk) and triglycerides of saturated, increasing unsaturated (olive oil, seeds, fish, blue or white).
2 .- If you are overweight, the diet should be low in calories.
3 .- If it is hypertension, diet should be low in salt.
4 .- Reduce your consumption of snuff.
5 .- Reduce alcohol consumption.
6 .- Perform moderate physical exercise on a regular basis
7 .- Take medication:
- – Take medications at the same time.
- Put them in the light, lest we forget.
- Remember the Time.