High Cholesterol Causes.
Cholesterol, within normal blood levels, is essential to the body. Reading Benefits of Cholesterol will enlighten you on this. However when LDL, the bad cholesterol, rises above normal blood levels and stays that way, it causes serious health complications. Harmful Effects of High Cholesterol explains this. It is important therefore to know what causes high cholesterol, especially LDL, the bad cholesterol. Read these Causes of High Cholesterol and rule them out from your lifestyle routine to keep your cholesterol levels normal and your heart healthy.
High LDL Cholesterol Causes.
1) Genetic Trait.
You can inherit this high cholesterol trait from your parents. This is a warning sign and you are at a greater risk of high cholesterol and cardiac stroke. You would do well to observe two things to lessen your chances of getting high cholesterol:
- Read High Cholesterol Foods and follow the advise on foods to avoid
- Read Cholesterol Diet and follow the advise on foods that you should eat.
- Read Lifestyle Changes to reduce Cholesterol and incorporate the do’s and don’ts which this article tells you to.
Suggestions given in these two posts will have to be followed throughout life.
2) Diet rich in Saturated Fats and Trans Fats.
This is the most common cause of having high cholesterol. Reading Saturated Fats andTrans Fats will tell you why such foods are dangerous and cause heart diseases.
3) Being Overweight or Obese.
Obesity is the cause of many health disorders. And having a high LDL cholesterol is one of them. If you are overweight, you just have to reduce your weight and bring it to normal. Do not wait till some health disorder develops, because develop it definitely will, sooner or later. Reading the following will guide you to lose your excess weight.
4) Diabetes.
If you are diabetic or prone to diabetes due to hereditary causes, you must try and keep your blood sugar levels within normal limits. Diabetes and high cholesterol are often associated together. The post on Diabetes and Cholesterol explains why high sugar levels cause high cholesterol levels. If you are diabetic or prone to it, do read Diabetesand the related posts, which will tell you causes, complications, natural remedies of diabetes and how you can prevent diabetes.
5) Certain Lifestyle Habits.
Smoking and drinking alcohol are two important factors that increase your blood cholesterol levels. Keep these two elements out of your life, especially when you are associated with other high cholesterol causes being mentioned here. If you have read Lifestyle changes to reduce cholesterol, you will know why.
6) A Sedentary lifestyle.
Having no physical activity increases your chances of developing high cholesterol. Exercising everyday for about 30 minutes is a must as it gives you tremendous benefits which extend to almost all systems of your body. Exercise reduces your LDL (bad cholesterol) and increases HDH (Good cholesterol).
7) Continuous Stress.
Being continuously off and on under mental stress can increase your cholesterol levels, because stress causes release of two hormones, adrenaline and cortisol. These hormones stimulate the liver to produce and release more cholesterol. This is done basically to give your body more energy to deal with the stressful situation like running away or fighting the situation. If your work requires you to handle stress, learn to raise your stress threshold. There are various ways to do it. Meditation works wonderfully well.
Action Step: You could be associated with any of the Causes of High Cholesterol. Identify them with your life. Try and eliminate them from your life. As human tendency is, do not wait for a serious complication to develop.
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