There are some things you should understand about cholesterol, what are they? the first is the cause, the symptoms, and the last is the way of treatment. Actually cholesterol is a fatty substance commonly known as lipid substance, and this substance is produced by the liver, but not infrequently these lipid substances come from food. In short, cholesterol is a metabolite containing sterol fats, found in cells and circulated in blood plasma, that's about cholesterol. Although high cholesterol does not cause any symptoms, but still harmful to health, it is due to high levels of lipid called hyperlipidaemia.
The body needs some cholesterol to make hormones, substances that help to digest food and vitamin D, our body makes all the cholesterol it needs. Cholesterol is also found in foods, and this I mentioned earlier, therefore a healthy diet is one factor to prevent the best cholesterol.
However, not all cholesterol is bad for the body, HDL cholesterol is good for health, because it has a role as solvent bad cholesterol in the body. While the type of LDL cholesterol is a bad for the body. the normal limit of cholesterol is 160-200 mg.
LDL cholesterol is known by the name of bad cholesterol, which causes this type of high cholesterol is due to buildup in the arteries. what is an artery? An artery is a blood-restorer that carries blood from the heart to the body. well, so if the amount of cholesterol exceeds that required by the body, then this is what makes the deposition of the arterial wall, and cause bad cholesterol (LDL).
Next is the explanation of good cholesterol or called HDL, why is it called good cholesterol ?? that would be a question for you. The answer is because it brings cholesterol from the cells and back to the liver.
What is high cholesterol?
a brief explanation, So the point is a condition where a person has too much cholesterol in the blood and usually this condition without them knowing, because it has no obvious symptoms or signs. Therefore many people do not know if they have high cholesterol levels.
The higher LDL cholesterol in the blood will cause some other diseases, say it will trigger coronary heart disease (coronary artery), but if the higher HDL cholesterol type then it will make the less likely to have heart disease.
Why is cholesterol related to heart disease?
Because coronary heart disease is a condition in which plaque builds up inside the coronary arteries (heart), and the plaque itself consists of several things such as cholesterol, fat, kalisum and other substances that exist in the blood, this condition is known as atherosclerosis.
So very closely linked between cholesterol and heart disease, because it always keep health, by maintaining a healthy diet and lifestyle, because a proverb says that "expensive healthy will be felt when we are sick".
Anything that affects cholesterol levels
- food
- consuming too much saturated fat
- consuming too much that contains trans fat
- Eating foods that contain cholesterol that can increase cholesterol in the blood
- lack of exercise
- the body becomes inactive can lower HDL (good cholesterol)
- age
- age has stepped 20, at this age cholesterol begin to increase
- diabetes
- because high blood sugar will contribute to high LDL cholesterol, and cause HDL to decline.
- other than that high blood sugar will also cause damage to the lining of the arteries
- hereditary factors (genetic factors)
- if family or siblings, can parents or anyone have this history, you can also have it
- smoke
- affect damage to blood vessel walls
- accumulate fat deposits
- lower HDL cholesterol levels
- be fat (overweight)
- lower HDL levels
the cause is very diverse, dintaranya is, full fat milk products, red meat, baked goods, and many other animal products that can cause bad cholesterol increased
- obesity
-It is common knowledge that obesity is one of the causes of various diseases and it is harmful to health. Obesity is one cause of high cholesterol risk.
How to know the symptoms of cholesterol?
I told you that, so cholesterol has no obvious symptoms, the most effective way to know is to do a blood test. By doing a blood test to test cholesterol levels is the best and most effective way, the way to test the blood is a lipid panel. By performing a lipid panel it will be known the patient's cholesterol level, measuring the fat in the blood, whether harmful or still within normal levels, the lipid panel measures the levels of HDL and LDL effectively.
Why is cholesterol so important?
because in cholesterol, health experts will know the level of levels that are at risk for other diseases, such as stroke, diabetes, heart disease. And not only that of cholesterol levels will be known your blood pressure, your gender, whether you are a smoker and others.
Prevent and treat cholesterol...!!!
For the first cholesterol prevention is to maintain a healthy diet, always eat foods with balanced nutrition, it is a very effective first step and is advised to prevent bad cholesterol increases. avoid high fat foods, I think you already know this food category. With normal cholesterol levels will make you avoid coronary heart disease, stroke and diabetes. The key to healthy cholesterol is to always consult a doctor, as they are highly skilled and know what things are being done to prevent and treat this problem.
Healthy diet
- Highly recommended by american heart association, yups so healthy diet according to the association is a diet by eating a diet that does not contain saturated fat. Foods that contain no saturated fat include vegetables, fruits, ores, low-fat milk.
- Things to avoid are red meat, sweet foods, sweet drinks. The point is to do diet with DASH pattern (Dietary Aproaches to Stop Hypertension). This is all highly recommended by Lung, National Heart, the US Department of Agriculture, Blood Institutions. This diet can be adapted to cultural preferences, so do not set a specific food.
- regular exercise
- avoid tobacco smoke
- choose and understand therapeutic drugs
Lowering and curing cholesterol By Leaf Salam (bay leaf)
For you culinary lovers of Indonesia, is definitely no stranger to bay leaf. It turned out that in addition to popular to serve as fragrances in cooking, bay leaves are also very effective in lowering cholesterol levels naturally. Herbal ingredients with bay leaves are very easy to make.
To prevent high cholesterol, need to apply a healthy lifestyle and diet. Prapti Utami describes bay leaves one of the best herbal options, for high cholesterol patients. Previously first know what the content of bay leaves, so as to cure and lower high cholesterol. The bay leaves also contain tannin and saponin compounds. Tanin serves to suppress the body's fat absorption. While saponin serves to bind cholesterol with bile acids that can lower excess cholesterol levels. The fiber content in the bay leaves serves to inhibit the absorption of cholesterol in the intestine, so as to reduce cholesterol levels.
The bay leaves contain flavonoid compounds that act as anti-oxidants. These compounds are able to prevent the oxidation process in body cells that could be the cause of the emergence of degenerative diseases. Quercetin, one of the flavonoids present in the bay leaves can prevent LDL oxidation.
Tea bay leaves / boiled water bay leaves to treat cholesterol :
- First provide 5 - 10 bay leaves
- wash thoroughly
- boiled bay leaves with 3 glasses of water (600cc), up to 1 glass of water
- strain the bay leaf before drinking it
- note: best time, drink tea bay leaves this night,
By drinking boiled water or bay tea is not only to reduce high cholesterol levels, but also has other benefits for health such as is to treat gout, to lose weight, and help improve body power.
Quoted from the National Center for Biotechnology Information, consuming bay leaves can lower total cholesterol by about 20 to 24 percent. The results were obtained after 30 days consuming bay leaf.
Second, herbal medicine to lower cholesterol is soursop leaf water
How to process the herb from soursop leaves:
- Take 10 sheets of soursop leaves
- Wash thoroughly with running water
- Then, boil the soursop leaves with 2 glasses of water (400cc)
- After boiling, cook water leaves half soursop leaves (to 1 cup)
- Wait for soursop leaves to warm then drink the soursop stew boiled regularly 2 times a day
Soursop leaf is believed to have been scientifically proven to have high antioxidant content, so it can provide excellent health benefits for our bodies, especially those related to levels of bad cholesterol in the body.
Drink apple cider vinegar for natural cholesterol reduction
How to consume:
- Drink one teaspoon of apple cider vinegar with a glass of warm water.
- To get effective results then drink for 30-40 days every day.
- If you do not like the taste of pure apple cider vinegar then drink 1 teaspoon of apple cider vinegar with a mixture of orange juice or apple juice.
Apple cider vinegar contains natural ingredients like flavonoids that will fight cholesterol and triglycerides in your body. Apple cider vinegar is a natural remedy to overcome various diseases. This drug is very good and effective for lowering cholesterol because it contains high acid levels. But for patients with ulcer disease, should be the consumption of apple cider vinegar in limited quantities.
Black tea "lowers cholesterol levels naturally"
this way has also been widely discussed, in various forums, other online media blogs. so just go to the core of the benefits of black tea to reduce cholesterol levels. from the results of a study proves that black tea can prevent cancer naturally. Research conducted by the United States Department of Agriculture shows if consumption of five cups of black tea in a week can lower cholesterol by 10%. But consumption of black tea should also be balanced with a healthy diet such as low-fat foods, low cholesterol foods and low-sugar foods. The study also proves that consumption of black tea may reduce the risk of coronary heart disease.
How to: Drink black tea every morning or evening without added sugar. Note a balanced nutritional intake while performing this treatment.
The first article discussing about cholesterol and how to handle it, especially by using ingredients or herbal ingredients that are very close for treatment naturally in lowering cholesterol levels. Thank you .. good regards
Thanks for reading & sharing Campaka Sirungan
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