5 Tips For Keeping Cholesterol In Check

Often we hear about cholesterol free food products. Ever wondered why is it important for us to keep our cholesterol in check? Cholesterol is produced in our body by the liver and it also comes from the food we eat. The cholesterol produced by the liver is enough to produce hormones, vitamin D and bile acids.

High cholesterol levels cause blockage of arteries, reducing the blood flow through the arteries and give rise to heart problems. Maintaining your cholesterol level is important if you want to remain in good health. Discussed below are a few tips for keeping your cholesterol in check.

1. Keep your body fit. Every doctor would agree that for a strong heart, you need to work out. Exercising helps your body in more ways than you can be aware of. Apart from the benefits of a fit body, exercise helps reduce your “bad” cholesterol level and increases level of “good” cholesterol. To maintain your cholesterol levels, you need to lose some weight. Body weight exercises like running, jogging can help you keep your body in shape. People are increasingly opting for boot camp exercises. These exercises push you more than you can push yourself in gym alone. The best part about a boot camp program is that you work as a team with a group of people motivating each other to work towards one goal.

2. Our body produces cholesterol in liver while the rest of our cholesterol is contributed by the animal products such as meat, fish, cheese, butter, milk. Plants don’t have cholesterol. Some people genetically make more cholesterol than the rest of us, raising their cholesterol levels. If you want to keep your arteries from blocking and prevent heart diseases, boot camp exercises alone wont help. You need to incorporate healthy foods in your meal. You need to make sure you eat more vegetables and less diary products.

3. If your cholesterol level is not reduced by the change in lifestyle, then your doctor might prescribe cholesterol lowering medications such as statins, bile acid sequestrants, cholesterol absorption inhibitors, nicotinic acid agents, and fibrates in addition to lifestyle changes.

4. Although lifestyle changes and medicines can successfully treat your cholesterol level, a new study at the 27th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) presented that gastric bypass surgery can help improve your “good” cholesterol and reduce “bad” cholesterol.

5. National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) recommends that you should get your cholesterol level checked at least once every 5 years if you are above 20 years by. You should get check ups more often if you have family history of high cholesterol. You need to keep track of your cholesterol levels and know what to work on.

American Heart Association stated that 1 in 5 adults have high cholesterol level in America and heart attack is one of the major causes of death. Americans spend $10 millions per year on a drug called Lipitor which is prescribed to lower the cholesterol level. In 2001, the statin drug Baycol was banned due to its toxic effects.

Why take a risk with your life when you can maintain your cholesterol level with a few changes in your diet and lifestyle? Statistics show that cholesterol can be reduced by 40% without any drug usage over a year’s time. Help your body to work naturally without any drugs and make life better.

By: Kya

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Dan Clay is a Sydney boot camp instructor and personal trainer.If you would like to register a Coogee Boot Camps consultation, go to Sydney Boot Camps.