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| − | Here Are A Few Basic Steps To Bringing Down Your Cholesterol
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| − | When it comes to high cholesterol you will realize that this is something that effects millions of folks. Should you suffer from high cholesterol you will see that there are ways to lower it, regardless of what the principal cause of your high cholesterol is. There are of course many people out there that take prescription medication which has been prescribed by medical doctors. One thing you must understand is that nearly all of these drugs will end up causing unwanted side effects even though they can help lower your cholesterol. Whether or not you make a decision to take the prescription medication, you will want to reduce your cholesterol as you will realize that doing nothing can end up causing even more dangerous ailments. In fact the problems that can be caused from high cholesterol can actually lead to death. In this article we will be covering some ways to reduce your cholesterol without medicines.
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| − | Something you are going to want to start doing is watching exactly what foods you end up eating. One thing you are going to learn is that every little thing you eat can be bringing about your high cholesterol. The foods from the fast food places are generally the first thing that you are going to need to cut out of your daily diet. Normally you will notice that these foods will be loaded with cholesterol. This will not mean that you can eat anything you would like when you are at home, you still need to watch what you eat. So getting on a diet of low fat and low cholesterol foods will be the 1st step to lowering your cholesterol.
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| − | One more thing you can do is to start exercising on a regular basis. Exercise on it's own is not going to help all that much with decreasing your cholesterol, but when you add physical exercise along with eating healthy you will see that it can help a lot. When you begin getting physical exercise you will additionally be strengthening your cardiovascular system as well as your circulatory system. Which will help reduce the damaging side effects of your high cholesterol.
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| − | Now for something different that you will should do is to quit smoking, if you're a smoker. Clogging your arteries is one of the things that occur when you have high cholesterol, and cigarette smoking makes the clogged arteries a whole lot worse. Smoking can cause your arteries to build up with increased plaque than if you just had high cholesterol on it's own. If your arteries are clogged you will find out that your heart will be operating harder, which in turn will cause strain on your heart. And what the huge problem is that these stopped up arteries can wind up causing stokes as well as heart attacks, which of course can lead to death and permanent disabilities
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| − | Another thing you may still want to do is to talk about this problem along with your doctor and inform him or her that you do not want any of the prescription drugs. Your doctor can assist you to design an exercise and eating plan that can help you to lower your cholesterol. You will see that not all physicians will end up being insistent on medicines and they will usually be happy to help you with this task. So if you choose to stick to the suggestions in this post will find that drugs are not really necessary to reducing your cholesterol.
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