How Women Can Keep Cholesterol In Check
How Women Can Keep Cholesterol In Check
How Women Can Keep Cholesterol In Check
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" Low density lipoprotein. Or LDL is known as bad cholesterol. Because too much can clog the arteries and cause life threatening consequences. Such as a heart attack or stroke. But monitoring your levels and keeping -- low can greatly reduce your risk of developing heart and other complications. And if you already have heart disease it's especially important to keep -- levels in check to prevent further damage to your heart."
" The target trailed -- cholesterol. Has changed 1000. Medical school the -- immediately target for the total cholesterol was under 300. And now the target is under 200."
" Patients often ask me what should my eight. Cholesterol -- And really the target value for your bad cholesterol the LDL depends on who you are and what -- diseases are. Because. If you're a higher risk patient. If you have documented coronary disease if you've had a bypass. If you've had an angioplasty. If you had disease of your peripheral arteries if you were a diabetic and reverend diabetic as high risk patient. Diabetic woman has the same risk of having a heart attack as a woman answering had a heart attack or if you have chronic kidney disease you are high risk patient. And you or bad cholesterol the LDL should be at least lower than a hundred and some of the newer recommendations. Are lower than seven."
" Patients stand to benefit too with those lower. LBL cholesterol numbers. Often assess. Is there cholesterol number that is to blow some people feel that when you go below forty for the old real -- stroll into the -- that's a little excessive."
" If you're at intermediate risk if you have a number of risk factors for heart disease. High blood pressure obesity and metabolic syndrome. Physical and activities cigarette smoking. Probably the goal for your cholesterol should be somewhere between a hundred -- a 130. For the bad cholesterol and LDL. And if you have just a few risk factors. Perhaps a 13260. Is reasonable. But more and more of the research studies are showing that lower is back."
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