I've been told that to reduce your LDL you need to modify your diet, quit smoking and do some exercise.

The first two, I understand. But, I don't understand how exercising can help reduce cholesterol.

In fact, it almost seems like exercising would make your risk of a heart attack greater. During exercise your arteries are expected to deliver more oxygen rich blood to the heart (so that you don't have a heart attack from lack of oxygen)... how can your already partially clogged arteries do this until your cholesterol level is lowered?

Thanks for any answers
Lore

Hi, Lore,

Exercise is often seen to improve the fats found in the blood, also known as the lipid profile. It decreases triglyceride levels and raises HDL ("good" cholesterol) levels. The mechanism by which this happens is not well understood, but it probably has to do with improved muscle function.

As you well point out, strenuous exercise can increase the risk of heart attack, particularly in someone who exercises infrequently and has multiple cardiac risk factors (for example obesity, smoking, middle age). This risk is very low (about one person in a million). Habitual exercise diminishes this very low risk of sudden death, and overall the benefits of exercise outweigh the small risks. Moderate intensity exercise, when performed frequently and over an extended period of time, (such as dancing for half an hour most days of the week, for example) can produce significant benefits in cholesterol and overall health.

Hope this helps

Achi

Thank you for your response.
Now, I have another cholesterol question that you may know the answer to - and I hope you'd like to respond to.

A person goes their whole life eating/exercising (or not)/smoking (or not). Suddenly you find you're a borderline-high cholesterol person. Why did the bad cholesterol start to accumulate? Where was it going before it began to accumulate in your arteries? Why doesn't it continue to 'go' where ever it went before?

I've read that by simply reducing your LDL intake, you won't reduce your blood levels of LDL. Is that true? and if so, why not?

Also, I've read that you must reduce your total fat intake to reduce your LDL. Again, is that true? If so, what do the other 'bad' fats have to do with cholesterol?

Thanks in advance for any responses.
Lore

You may have high LDL cholesterol as a result of genetic makeup or lifestyle choices, or both. Your genes can give you cells that don't remove LDL cholesterol from your blood efficiently or a liver that produces too much cholesterol as VLDL particles. Your genetic makeup can also result in too few HDL particles.
All these factors only need time to begin to express themselves. As a child or young person your body is new and well prepared to take on extra stresses, but as time goes on, it "tires out". There's only so much stress any system can take.
So, either by the action of lifestyle choices or by the action of genetic makeup, there comes a time when you are less able to remove the extra LDL, or the extra VLDL particles your liver produces begin to pile up, or the extra effort your body needs to make HDL begins to fail. It's to do with aging. In any case, there are children nowadays who at very young ages already show these signs, and they are at increased risk of heart attacks at younger ages, for the same reason. They may not get a heart attack as a child, but as the heart begins to get older, there comes a time when it can no longer bear the stress of blocked arteries.

Improving your blood cholesterol comes from a combination of healthy eating, exercising and not smoking. You can be brilliant at healthy eating, but if you don't exercise, you don't give your body the chance to improve the way it handles cholesterol, so it may still remain high. Same with smoking. Some people with a genetic tendency for high cholesterol find that after doing all these lifestyle changes, they still have high levels, and they may choose to go on to take drugs that lower cholesterol. In any case their lifestyle changes continue to be of paramount importance, as a pill cannot replace the benefits of healthy living.

I'm not quite sure what you mean by "LDL intake".

Try and limit all types of fat -perhaps you can plan this with the help of a nutritionist.

When you do use fat, choose oils high in monounsaturated fat, such as olive oil or canola oiland avoid butter, lard and cream. Try and limit dietary cholesterol by limiting or avoiding concentrated sources such as organ meats, egg yolks and whole-milk products. Try and eat foods with soluble fiber such as oat bran, oatmeal, beans, peas, rice bran, barley, citrus fruits, strawberries and apple pulp. If you are not vegetarian, eat more fish. Eat more beans and pulses, more fruit and vegetables. Try and drink alcohol in moderation (if at all) and try and reduce sugar intake to help reduce your triglycerides.

Hope this answers your queries. Anything else anyone else would like to add?

Achi

Hi, and thank you for your response!

By --"I've read that by simply reducing your LDL INTAKE, you won't reduce your blood levels of LDL."

I meant - reducing your cholesterol intake....
In other words, if you stop eating cholesterol laden foods (ie: by becoming a vegetarian...)

I do thank you for your answers to my questions! What you've said has helped me a lot, and I understand more and much better than I did yesterday!

Best Regards,
Lore

Wow, great thread! Very good cholesterol questions and even better answers. Nice work Achi! =D>

Thank you, Ian. It?s great to help and I think you all do a very good job by keeping this forum going, so it feels good to contribute.

Achi

Hi Achi,

Thanks for help Ian out! Now I have more questions... this is the situation.

A young, healthy man with a relatively healthy life style, eats lots of veggies, avoids greasy foods (occasionally tempted by french fries, cheese, fried chicken, etc), drinks only at special events (weddings, Christmas, Cup final, etc), exercises at least once a week.

He found out from a blood test he has very very high triglyceride, LDL, and total cholesterol levels.

He steps up his already healthy life style and avoid all greasy foods completely and exercise 3x a week.

Six month later, his triglyceride level dropped (but not yet to satisfying level), and his LDL and total cholesterol levels remained high.

What else to do? He puts lots of effort in to improve his diet and do exercise. In fact, 'trying-hard-to-eat-perfect-and-exercise' is now a source of stress to him. Is medication the last resource?

Thanks for reading through this. Any suggestion will help!

Judy

Hi, Judy,

Let?s start from the basics. When a young, healthy person gets his/her lipid profile measured, what is worrying him/her is their risk of a heart attack, either now or in the foreseeable future.
A young (let?s say 20 to 34-year-old) non-smoking man, not taking any blood pressure medications, with an ideal (less than 160) total cholesterol, ideal (over 60) HDL cholesterol and ideal (less than 120mmHg) systolic blood pressure has a 1% chance of having a heart attack in the next 10 years. This means that approximately 1 out of 100 young men with these characteristics will have a heart attack or die of heart disease within the next 10 years. That?s the statistics.
If that same non-smoking young man has a less than ideal cholesterol, say 240 to 249, less than ideal HDL, say 40 to 49, and less than ideal systolic blood pressure, say 140 to 159, his risk of a heart attack is still 1%.
If to this less-than-ideal situation we add smoking, his risk shoots up to 6%. So 6 out of 100 young men who smoke will have a heart attack or die of heart disease within the next 10 years.
If he doesn?t smoke but he really gives up and eats all kinds of greasy foods and sugary stuff, doesn?t do any exercise and lets himself get really stressed, he?ll probably end up making his total cholesterol shoot up to over 280, his HDL will come down because of his inactivity to less than 40 and all that stress will probably push his systolic blood pressure to 160 or more. At this stage his risk is 2%. If he messes it all up and decides to take up smoking at this stage, his risk will rocket to 16%.
So you see the importance of eating healthily, not smoking and doing exercise...
Note that all this takes into account total cholesterol and HDL, but triglycerides do not come into the equation. This is basically because more is known about the first two than about triglycerides. But you could more or less substitute total cholesterol and HDL by triglycerides in the calculations above and you?d still get the idea.

When you eat a meal high in calories, your body stores some of it as blood sugar (glucose) for a quick energy source. But it converts most of it to fat (triglycerides), which your body stores as energy to use later. For this reason, foods high in sugar can elevate triglyceride levels. A person is more likely to have elevated triglycerides if s/he is obese or has poorly controlled diabetes.
Ways to lower triglycerides include:
? Losing weight, if you're overweight
? Eating fewer calories
? Limiting foods high in sugar
? Avoiding alcohol
? Exercising regularly
If your friend has reduced fat, calories, sugar and alcohol in his diet and he still has high triglyceride levels he may find it helpful to slightly decrease his total carbohydrates and replace these calories with monounsaturated fats, such as olive oil, canola oil, peanut oil and nuts. Perhaps his doctor can refer him to a registered dietitian if he needs help with meal planning and developing a weight-loss program.
And do tell your friend to relax! All this is about finding ways to live life in better, healthier ways. It?s great to feel one has earned for oneself the wisdom of eating in healthier ways, and the wisdom of doing exercise. It makes life so much better!
There are studies that show that people live longer and better lives just by being happy and positive about life in general.
Hope this helps
Achi :wink:

this is an excellent thread!! i know many of our forum users will be reading this one so i thought to add a short note so that other viewers may benefit from reading this thread. i will also make this thread "sticky".

thanks achi for making it clear - genetic makeup plays an important role in our health. for those who would like to try diet therapies to lower your cholesterol, feel free to ask for a referral from your doctor to see a registered dietitian. there may be a heart clinic in your local hospital or public health clinic with a RD. the waiting list is usually long but it's worth the wait.

pls take a look at our High Cholesterol Diet FAQ http://www.healthcastle.com/high-cholester...erol-diet.shtml if you did not have a chance before

to summerize:
1. NCEP and AHA recommend the TLC diet to lower cholesterol. The main message is to limit both Saturated fats and Trans fats and incorporate more plant-based foods. http://www.healthcastle.com/TLCdiet.shtml
2. Don't forget your good old fiber! FDA approved a health claim on soluble fiber in fighting heart disease. Pysllium husk, for instance, is effective in reducing total and LDL cholesterol. http://www.healthcastle.com/psyllium-cholesterol.shtml
3. Wonders from the sea! AHA recommends fish and fish products for people with heart conditions. AHA recommends 2-4 g of fish oil or omega 3 supplements to lower TG. http://www.healthcastle.com/fishnheart.shtml If you worry about mercury or other toxins found in the ocean, there are links at the bottom of the article for tips to limit toxin intake.

I want to share a bitter experience of my life here. I used to be a regular visitor of the gym and concentrated hard on ways to keep my body?s endurance. So when the doctor after examining me reported that I have developed cholesterol my shock was understandable. However treatment followed with the drug Zecor for the last one month and during this period I have stoped attending the gym, but I have been plagued by muscle pain and weakness, so is it because of my absence from the gym, what can I do to relieve myself from this persuading pain?

First of all a lot of queries are raised from your query itself as to whether you followed your gym regime with an adequate and balanced diet. Secondly this pain can be due to a side effect of the medication and may have nothing to do with the gym. Again Zecor can lose its effectiveness involving to certain diets. Lastly why have you become so passive and stopped exercising, they should be continued regularly.

Hi Alan, The side effects of all statin drugs is muscle pain, did your doctor explain that statins restrict your co-enzymeQ10, probably not, so you need to be supplementing with CoQ10. Isn't it interesting that a healthy person was told by a doctor that he was sick, and he believed him. The only things statins are good for is causing heart problems and making drug companies money. If you want to get rid of the muscle pain, stop taking the statins and stop worrying about your cholesterol, see my post above.

Interesting approach, JonB. It's funny what the article points out, about high cholesterol probably being similar to lots of firemen trying to put out a big fire.
One thing, though. Plaques in arteries are made of cholesterol - what do you make of that? It's the inflammation around the cholesterol particles that ends up clogging the arteries, true. But what's cholesterol doing there? And what about the observation that HDL actually clears arteries of LDL trying to stick to the walls?

Achi

Hi Achi, well the LDL is there to repair arteries and its the calcium that sticks to the LDL that causes the problem. I do not accept that the HDL is there to clear the LDL, however, there are many and varied theories about whats really going on with cholesterol, what each one of us chooses to believe is up to each individual. After the research I have done and the books etc, I have read, I am not of the opinion that cholesterol is the problem, I believe it is the food we put into our bodies, and that causes the body to react by producing more cholesterol. Clean up the food we put in, we then clean up our veins and arteries.

Interesting points, Jon.
Two queries: First, what has made you decide that HDL has no protective function?
Second, how do you come to the conclusion that it's the calcium that is to blame for atheromatous plaques? How do you conclude that calcium has a deleterious effect? If you find calcium in the plaques, could the calcium not be acting as "good firemen" too, just as cholesterol might?

Thank you for your responses,

Achi

Hi. I'm new to this website, but I just want to know a few things.

1) I do have high cholesterol.

2) When exercising, for example, walking about 30 minutes a day (walking between 2 to 3 MPH (3.2 to 4.8 km/h), how many cholesterol "points" could I lose per day?

3) I'm told that flax seed (not oil) has a lot of health benefits when it comes to health-related risks for people who have health problems, such as high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol, high blood sugar, and many other things.

4) Let's say that I ate 43 milligrams (mg) of 1 bun with roast beef (with ketchup on it). Now, if I had a total cholesterol point of, say, 250 (milligrams/deciliter [mg/dl]), how does that 43 mg of roast beef (from Hardee's) with little or no exercise in a day?

5) Any comments is greatly appreciated; or helpful hints or whatever that might help lower my total cholesterol, trig., LDL, VDL, and "boost" my HDL counts.

Thanks!

Ultra_64

:? Hello, I'm new to this forum & on my first visit a few days ago thought I skimmed a long post re statin drugs for control of blood cholesterol. I can't see it today. Am I looking in the wrong place Gloria?? It questioned the value of statins and I'd like to see it again.

As a user of statins for the last 5 yrs or so I'm very interested.

Thanks to the questioners and the responders for creating the discussion.

hi david - welcome to the board! i will have to speak to our webmaster to see if we can dig up deleted articles. our volunteers are recently looking through posts here to delete articles that quote a complete article from a published source. we can get into trouble because our members post complete articles without permission and i don't wish to close down this forum because of that - so unfortunately we have to take this drastic move. will PM you once i speak to our webmaster. thanks and welcome again!

I have had a look at the vitamincfoundation site and a little of the mass of info on it re statins - all negative.

Is it realistic or just another barrow being pushed to confuse us average laymen?

Achi, and anyone else who will, I'd like to see your input on the vitamin c theories and a comment on statins.

Hi everyone, I just wanted to add this tidbit of information about reducing cholesterol. This is a product that can be purchased across Canada at Shoppers Drug Mart and other locations that you can find in the website.

Libracol: At last, a safe and effective natural alternative in the fight against cholesterol

Gasp? shrimp at the core of this major scientific breakthrough!

Montreal, June 30, 2004?Libracol with HEP-30, a unique natural remedy that significantly reduces levels of bad cholesterol in the blood, is now available at most drugstores and natural products stores across Quebec. This remarkable scientific discovery by Magistral Biotech stems from the work of a team of researchers from Universit? de Sherbrooke, who developed a patented manufacturing technology to produce Libracol with HEP-30.
Made primarily from Gasp? shrimp shells, this exciting new product is not only natural, it is also extremely effective and safe*. That?s because scientific research plays a central role at Magistral Biotech, which researches, produces, and markets its own products.

Libracol is a very attractive solution for people who have or are at risk of high cholesterol, but who are either not being treated or are incapacitated by significant side effects such as severe muscle pain and nausea that can be caused by prescription medication. Hypercholesterolemia affects over 100 million North Americans, but only 15% undergo regular treatment to help control this major health problem.

How is Libracol made and what is the Quebec connection?
Libracol is derived from the residue of shrimp shells that are reduced to a powder using a chemical process before being transformed into chitosan, the key ingredient in Libracol. Chitosan is then treated to extract Polychitosamine enzymatic hydrolysat 30kDA (HEP-30), a molecule with very powerful cholesterol-lowering properties.

Chitosan is well known to researchers as a cholesterol-lowering agent. However, after ten years of effort, three researchers from Universit? de Sherbrooke have developed a unique, patented chemical process that significantly increases the efficacy of HEP-30 in comparison to chitosan-based products already on the market.
The process allows for precision cutting of molecular chains at the optimal length for producing HEP-30, and was made possible by the discovery of a bacteria in the soil of a maple grove in the Estrie region. The researchers also created a manufacturing technology that allows Libracol to be produced in large quantities and at low cost, which facilitates large-scale marketing of the product. A patent is currently pending for this second major breakthrough.

How does Libracol with HEP-30 act?
Like a magnet, Libracol is attracted to bad cholesterol found in the biliary and fatty acids in the body?s digestive system. Libracol?s positively charged molecular groups trap the negatively charged cholesterol. Since the human body is unable to break it down, the HEP-30 loaded with bad cholesterol is eliminated naturally.

The recommended dosage for Libracol is one capsule with every meal, three times a day. Libracol can be combined with other hypercholesterolemia treatments with no adverse effects. It is available over the counter in nearly 1,300 drugstores and natural products stores across Quebec, and is sold in bottles of 90 capsules for less than 0.50? a dose.
Magistral Biotech is preparing to expand its product distribution network outside the province and plans to have a total of 3,500 sales outlets throughout Canada by the end of the year.

http://www.magistralbiotech.com/natural-pr...col-for-you.htm

Randy

Hi everone , A good way to controll your cholesterol level is to add garlic to the food in your diet at each meal and if you use cooking oils to bake or fry foods use only Canola oil or Olive oil . Garlic not only helps lower cholesterol but it it acts as an antibiotic as well . Garlic is also a good cancer fighter and preventer like such vegetables as Cabbage , Brussel Sprouts , Kale , Broccoli , Cauliflower and Kholrabi .

Hi there,
I'm new in this forum...but i do interested about this choleterol issues. i've been reading many articles about psyllium husk, they are capable reducing cholesterol level in blood. an its a good idea to have the psyllium in diet.

but, personally..i hate to eat supplements. i wonder if maybe there's a way making the psyllium in its original form combine with other foods, like cookies perhaps. how about giving me another idea about this..thanks

i personally haven't come across a cookie recipe made with psyllium. but i've heard that there is a brand of chocolate chip cookies made with psyllium called right directions cookies.

hope that helps.

hi
I also wants to add that exposure to sun also reduce the level of cholesterol !!!
yes this is true as that cholesterol is the precursor for Vit. D3 , so, exposure to sun by considerable amount may help to reduce cholesterol.
the source is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_d
and Food Chemistery, fourth edition by H.D Belitz . W. Grosch , publisher springer 1999
and thanks

Hi Judy,

I found that cleansing my body using the Isagenix Cleansing and Fat Burning System did a number of things for me.

1. I dropped 42 pounds and I'm still losing weight.
2. My cholesterol is down 37 points
3. My triglycerides are down.
4. I'm no longer in danger of developing Type II Diabetes.
5. My mental clarity has improved.
6. I'm more even tempered
7. Etc., etc., etc.

I did this all WITHOUT prescribed or over-the-counter medications. I simply work out, drink purified water, eat properly, and use the Isagenix systems. I don't really deny myself anything...I just do everything in moderation. For example, I don't eat pizza every week like I used to; but if I want a slice every other week or so, I have it. Eventually, I'll go on the Health & Maintenance System, but right now I still have weight to lose.

I first learned about cleansing in a book I read by Kevin Trudeau. He talked about cleansing, but he said you had to do all these different cleansings. I didn't want to that. I was looking for ONE all-natural/organic product that would do it all, and I found it.

The fact is, if you cleanse your body of toxins, a lot of your problems go away. But you also have to give it the proper nutrition it needs to do its job. That's why I chose Isagenix.

I consider my doctor my health & wellness partner. I don't go running to her for every little ache or pain...the truth is since I started to use Isagenix, I have very little discomfort and I haven't been sick or feeling blah unless I'm traveling and I run out of my products. Doctors are overworked, and now I know in many cases, these poor people are actually underpaid. It's not fair to them that people get themselves into terrible health and then expect them to "cure" everything with a pill. It doesn't work that way. Since I've lost weight and am getting back to my pre-car accident weight, my doctor is ecstatic. She likes to see me upbeat and happy, not cranky and miserable like I was when I was really overweight.

Hoped this helped. Feel free to contact me if you want more information.

Bernie

Hi, I'm new to the forum. The posts on this topic are very interesting.
Thanks for the sharing, especially to achi and JonB!

actually from exercise, it can increase our HDL cholesterol which is good cholesterol that can help us to lower down the 'BAD' cholesterol (LDL cholesterol)....am i right??

yes you all friends are right and all having good information about cholesterol if we follow it properly so by this we can get real benefit

If you wish to do a good job on cholesterol personally I'd avoid drugs at all cost. They simply remove it from your blood and deposit it elsewhere in your body, they do not eliminate it. Try using a good quality Flax seed oil. Do not cook with it or any other vegetable oil. Use in in home made salad dressing or put it on food or simply take a tablespoon. if it is a good brand you will need to shake it. Also buy it by the quart, it is much cheaper than capsules. It takes an average of 9 capsules typically to make a tablespoon, do the math.

I'd name drop the brand but will not here. Just make sure it is refrigerated when you buy it or you are not getting a top shelf brand.

Also some supplementation helps a lot. I take one that again I will not name drop that has dramatically corrected cholesterol levels in scores of people I have met.

The important thing to remember about anything to improve health is to always eat as close to natural as possible. Do not eat margarine, if you knew how they made it you'd never touch if again for the rest of your life. Margarine is also a major cause of diabetes along with dairy (except butter), and hi-fructose corn syrup being contributors.

Write to me if you care to. Up to you. Ron

Seems to me that a prolonged increase in elevated blood pressure, like you get when you exercise, helps flush out build up on the arterial lining. Maybe that is the benefit from exercise. . .



Good advice, Ron. What kind of supplementation? CoQ10? Cayenne!?

I second the vote for Q10.....my brother couldn't handle Lipitor because he no longer had any energy.....He tried supplementing with Q10 & Lipitor and it made a huge difference......Q10 Good

Hi everyone,
This is a very serious problem and can have very serious repercussions if it is not treated adequately. Chitosan is very much in dispute as a serious treatment for high cholesterol, by researchers, see Chitosan in Wikipedia.
The claimed magnetic attraction for fats has been credited with only being able to remove 30 calories per day. Hypercholesterolemia effects more than 34 million Americans each year, whilst a more serious form Familial Hypercholesterolemia effects much less.

In 2003 research was produced in "New Scientist" for the Ape Diet, this amazing return to our ancesteral diet was found to be just as good as statins for reducing cholesterol and weight loss, in fact all of the bloods chemistry parameters returned to normal. This would be my first choice, its also cheaper than medicine.
See www.newscientist.com/articles.ns?id=dn3966

Good luck John Bobbin BNat

Its great ………thanks

limiting fats as Achi stated above will not help--in fact it is harmful. That is because most of one's cholesterol is made by the liver, and eating a low cholesterol diet has little effect on total blood cholesterol. limiting fats is also bad for another important reason, and that is if one limits his fat intake, he must increase either his proteins or carbohydrates to maintain the same amount of calories. (it is usually the carbohydrates that get increased )Simple carbohydrates like sugar, corn syrup, candy, soft drinks or any other snack food not only pass through the digestive tract at a faster rate than fats, they raise one's insulin level, and he becomes hungry much sooner than if he had eaten an adequate amount of fats--and the good fats include saturated fats--especially coconut oil. The bad fats are the trans fats and polyunsautrated fats. And another reason not to avoid fats is that fats are required by the body to absorb the fat soluble vitamins--for instance, think of all that vitamin A you're losing by avoiding egg yokes.
Ed

For information about effectiveness of treatments for high cholesterol from a natural standard standpoint go to http://www.rvita.com/conditions/high-cholesterol.html. This does not cover excercise specifically but describes many alternative treatments.

Hello, I'm a "newbie" to this forum, and to having high LDL too, so I understand that exercise - I go to the gym 3 times weekly, taking my meds., and watching my diet - cutting fat, watching cholesterol etc will help...but confused....Iread that counting fat grams would help me lose weight, help with cholesterol levels etc., but the info I have now talks about all kinds of fat, will counting fat grams help me, and if so, what are the numbers? should I watch for all kinds of fat, if so, what amounts are ok, I have lost quite a bit of weight so far but need to loose another 10 - 15 lbs. Please help...........thanks so much!!!

This info has helped a lot. My momma has a report of Lipid profile on hand. We were just wondering as tyo how to tackle the border line cholesterol. Thanks for all the information. i found that exercises and yoga(light in nature) must eb practised on regular basis. If this is done along with healthy eating one can gain control over cholesterol.

Improving your blood cholesterol comes from a combination of healthy eating, exercising and not smoking. You can be brilliant at healthy eating, but if you don't exercise, you don't give your body the chance to improve the way it handles cholesterol, so it may still remain high. Same with smoking. Some people with a genetic tendency for high cholesterol find that after doing all these lifestyle changes, they still have high levels, and they may choose to go on to take drugs that lower cholesterol. In any case their lifestyle changes continue to be of paramount importance, as a pill cannot replace the benefits of healthy living.
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i was surprised mine was high and i think it was due to two things, chicken wings and microwave popcorn

This is an important topic simply because cholesterol is a silent killer. Most people dont see any changes before they realize they have high cholesterol and even if they change their lifestyle, diet, they cannot perceive any changes. This is not like taking a pain killer to reduce pain - there is a clear visible cause and effect in this case.

My doctor recommended me on generic statins which clearly help but she also mentioed omega-3 as optional. However, all my research has indicated omega-3s are not optional - this is a must for anyone with risk of heart disease. See AHA statement described here: http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4632

Now do your homework before buying any omega-3s off the counter to make sure you are getting at least 1 - 2 gms of Epa+Dha per day (not just total omega-3s) in your supplements and also look for "molecular distillation" for purity.

Cholesterol can be both good and bad, so it's important to learn what cholesterol is, how it affects your health and how to manage your blood cholesterol levels.

Yes, Exercise Lower Your Blood Cholesterol?

Being physically active can help lower your cholesterol level, whether it involves everyday activities like cleaning or gardening or a structured exercise program. Exercise helps lower cholesterol levels several ways:

1 Exercise increases the amount of HDL cholesterol (the good kind of cholesterol) in your blood, while reducing the amount of LDL cholesterol (the bad, artery-clogging kind of cholesterol).

2 Exercise promotes weight loss and weight control.

3 When you exercise, you tone up your whole body's circulation, helping to clear away clots in the blood vessels and making the heart a stronger, more efficient pump.

1. Exercise increases the amount of HDL cholesterol (the good kind of cholesterol) in your blood, while reducing the amount of LDL cholesterol (the bad, artery-clogging kind of cholesterol).

2. Exercise promotes weight loss and weight control.

3. When you exercise, you tone up your whole body's circulation, helping to clear away clots in the blood vessels and making the heart a stronger, more efficient pump.

Knowing the facts about cholesterol can reduce your risk for a heart attack or stroke. But understanding what cholesterol is and how it affects your health are only the beginning.

Habitual exercise diminishes this very low risk of sudden death, and overall the benefits of exercise outweigh the small risks. Moderate intensity exercise, when performed frequently and over an extended period of time, (such as dancing for half an hour most days of the week, for example) can produce significant benefits in cholesterol and overall health.

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Hi, I think diet and exercise should go hand in hand. Exercise alone without taking a look at your diet could be useless. If you wanted to reduce your cholesterol level watch out for your diet and as much as possible know the caloric contents of your diet then exercise regularly. Walking is the easiest way to go. You can also work out with your friends and do some aerobic activities like swimming, jogging, biking, dancing and hiking.

I hope these could help you.

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