cholesterol
Moore 1 Cholesterol “Cholesterol has become one of the number on one health problems in the United States over the years. Cholesterol is a fatty substance that is necessary for many body functions”(Eli Roth). ... The three categories of fats found in food are cholesterol, saturated fats, and unsaturated fats. Eating foods with lots of cholesterol will raise the blood cholesterol level, but eating unsaturated fats will actually lower the blood cholesterol level. ... This type of fat tends to lower the blood cholesterol level. Sometimes following a low saturated and cholesterol diet isn’t enough. ... Questrand and colestip trap cholesterol in the intestine like a sponge soaking up water. They keep the cholesterol in the intestines and get ride of it from the body in the stool. ... “Also the herb policosanol may be as effective as the most effective drugs for reducing cholesterol” (www. ... Without a diet to much cholesterol can cause heart disease. When having too much cholesterol in the body it starts to stick to the wall of the arteries and when this occurs a person is more expectable to a heart attack. ... “When the level exceeds the ability of the antioxidants to prevent it, the excess cholesterol gets oxidized and becomes hardened”(Vital Health). ... More than half of all adult Americans have high cholesterol levels the put them at an increased risk for heart Moore 3 attacks and stokes” (Vital Health). ... Smoking was shown to lower good cholesterol levels. ... For some people, exercise is one of the most productive ways to lower cholesterol levels. Exercise not only does it lower cholesterol levels it helps control weight, diabetes, and high blood pressure. When doing aerobic exercise which uses more oxygen than usual it raises the heart and breathing rates which is very health for the body and help keep cholesterol levels down. ... “When testing cholesterol it has a problem of accuracy in the testing itself. The two most common kinds of testing methods is standard laboratory equipment, as in hospitals, medical labs, and in some physicians’ offices, and the newer portable fingerprick devices, used in some doctors’ offices, by cholesterol-testing firms, and at health fairs, health clubs, and shopping malls”(Robert Kowalske).