High Cholesterol | Prevention and Treatment
Duration
If your cholesterol level is high, you should make an effort to decrease the long term. Can significantly reduce cholesterol levels by following a diet low in saturated fat, fruits and vegetable fats and substituting “bad” fats “good”. Changes in diet should be permanent to maintain lower cholesterol levels. Daily exercise is important because it can raise HDL (good) and lower total cholesterol.
Prevention
Could prevent high cholesterol by maintaining a healthy diet and exercise daily. Avoid foods high in fat (eggs, red meat with fat, palm oil or coconut and dairy based whole milk). Instead, eat fruits and vegetables, breads and grains, and lowfat dairy products.
Treatment
Cholesterol can be treated by a diet low in fat and cholesterol and taking drugs to lower cholesterol. The specific treatment plan depends on your level of cholesterol (including LDL cholesterol) and its history of coronary artery disease or risk factors for this disease.
Diet
The National Cholesterol Education recommends the following diet:
- Saturated fat: less than 7% of calories.
- Monounsaturated fats: approximately 20% of calories
- Polyunsaturated fats: approximately 10% of calories
- proteins: approximately 15% of calories
- Carbohydrate: Approximately 50% of calories
- fiber: about 25 grams per day
- cholesterol: less than 200 milligrams per day
- Avoid all trans fats.
To maintain an ideal weight, you should only consume the amount of calories your body burns per day. If you need to lose weight, you need to eat fewer calories than you burn.
People who do not know how to eat, sometimes seek help from a health professional as a nutritionist, doctor or nurse.
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