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How is familial hypercholesterolemia?

Although you should always follow the diet described, it is difficult to normalize cholesterol levels only with dietary changes. Therefore, usually require treatment with medication, in addition to changes in lifestyle.

The most effective medications are currently statins, which lower LDL cholesterol production in the liver. Thus, it can reduce blood levels of this type of cholesterol up to 50%.

Another medication used is ion exchange resins, which favors the removal of cholesterol content in bile from the intestine. These are the only drugs recommended for use in children and adolescents. Read the rest of this entry »

In FH, high cholesterol level is the most important risk factor for developing arterial disease. However, other factors also influence this process. It is therefore important to acquire a proper lifestyle and keep it from childhood into adulthood.

It should follow a diet rich in bread, vegetables, fruits, vegetables, oily fish and olive oil, and limit consumption of low fat dairy, meat and dairy products.

In adulthood, it can accept a moderate consumption of red wine, because it increases HDL cholesterol and may reduce the negative effect of LDL cholesterol. This consumption is not advisable if there is high blood pressure, elevated triglycerides or other diseases that are aggravated by alcohol. Read the rest of this entry »

How does the doctor make the diagnosis?

It requires a blood test after fasting for 12 hours (which can only drink water). In the sample measures the levels of total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol (known as bad cholesterol), HDL cholesterol (known as good cholesterol) and triglycerides. The results suggest a HF if LDL cholesterol levels are very high and triglycerides are normal, with no other associated disease data.

They are very typical of the FH foreign deposits of cholesterol, above, and family history of elevated cholesterol and / or premature cardiovascular disease. In specialized centers the diagnosis can be confirmed by genetic testing. If the LDL cholesterol and triglycerides are both increased is more likely to be suffering from familial combined hyperlipidemia. Read the rest of this entry »

People with FH may not be at all aware that they have a high cholesterol level.

In many cases, however, careful observation by the physician can detect cholesterol deposits in the eyes, in the form of a ring in the iris, or the eyelid skin and tendons (eg Achilles tendon ) and yellowish-white plates, some outstanding and of variable size.

Another indicator of possible FH is the story of several family members with high cholesterol or coronary heart disease at an early age (before age 55 in men or 65 in women). Sometimes they learn of their disease when symptoms of cardiovascular disease, which develop as a result of a process of arteriosclerosis. This is very slow and, in fact, begins in childhood or adolescence. Read the rest of this entry »

What is the cause of familial hypercholesterolemia (FH)?

All body cells, but more marked in the liver, present on its surface some elements or receptors that serve to collect the cholesterol is carried in blood particles called low-density lipoprotein (LDL).

People with FH have a defect in the DNA of the gene for the production of these receptors. For this reason, LDL cholesterol, which can not be removed from the blood, builds up and raise their levels. Eventually deposited in artery walls, accelerating the process of atherosclerosis.

The genetic mechanisms for the production of LDL receptor are well known and have identified more than 300 different genetic errors that lead to HF. Read the rest of this entry »

What is familial hypercholesterolemia?

Cholesterol levels involves many different factors: race, geographic origin, diet, lifestyle, etc. The main factor is, however, influence or genetic inheritance. This is the reason why you can find several people with high cholesterol in the same family. There is a hereditary form that produces slight elevations of the levels (polygenic hypercholesterolemia), but when there are many families with very high cholesterol, you should suspect a metabolic disorder such as familial hypercholesterolemia (FH).

The HF is due to a genetic defect that affects some elements of the surface of cells, called LDL receptors (English acronym for low-density lipoprotein), being responsible for the uptake of this form of cholesterol. Enough that only one parent to transmit the disease, it manifests itself, which happens in about one in 500 people (so-called heterozygous). Much more rare is that both parents transmit the disease (homozygous form), in which case the disease is severe and occurs at younger ages. Read the rest of this entry »

No cinema with out having popcorn in your hand. Cola might be replaced by juice or other drinks, but popcorn is a must. So, what is wrong with popcorn if you want to have low cholesterol diet? Find the secret of daily healthy food to reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke.

Popcorn is made from corn. It is not the material that comes into discussion of healthy life style. Popcorn is made by adding margarine to make it tasty. How much the margarine? For delicious pop corn, it needs lots of margarine. Margarine is made from vegetable fat but processed in hydrogenated way. This process turns out popcorn into unhealthy food. The hydrogenated fat will stick in the blood vessel and develops blood cloth. Once the blood cloth big enough, it will totally block the blood vessel, causing heart attack or stroke. From this point of view, pop corn will not be the way to answer: “how to lower cholesterol”. The hydrogenated fat in the margarine is the bad cholesterol you should avoid as early as possible.

If it is not pop corn, what would be your healthy snack in cinema? You could choose dried fruit if you need sweet food. You could choose beans and nut for snacks. This is the strategy to have healthy food anytime in your day. Do not create excuse for snacks!  Find creative ideas for healthy snacks and food supplements for lowering cholesterol in lowercholesterol.org

It is ironic fact that unhealthy food sometimes taste better than healthy food, this is because they are contains with high cholesterol, fat and saturated oil. If you are a fan of fast food, or if you are busy worker who have to do everything fast, then you should cut your bad habits, because fast food highly contains with LDL cholesterol, the caused of life threatening disease like cancer and heart problems.

If you know how to cook the healthy food in the right way, it actually taste good, even better than the unhealthy one. You need to take food that contains with beneficial nutrients like green leaf vegetables, fruits, and animal proteins. HDL cholesterol is very beneficial to your body, they can maintain your heart health, and they can reduce the bad effect of LDL cholesterol. HDL cholesterol can prevent blocked artery walls; they boost the blood circulation to avoid inflammation. HDL cholesterol is your best friend to fight the LDL cholesterol. They work like bad cholesterol killer.

If you want to live your life healthy, then you should engage in healthy life style, you have to do exercise at least three times a week, and avoid unhealthy food. Make your first move, right now, because you never know what will happen in the future.

Keeping a unhealthy lifestyle, can alter cholesterol levels, and this is not very good for the body. Here we propose a natural way by infusions a solution to high cholesterol levels, but always remember that no one ever replace therapy prescribed by a professional. Anyway, if you can work jointly with them.

Practice daily exercise, and maintain a healthy diet, this is the secret to feel good.

* Infusion of Arnica, this plant will help reduce your cholesterol levels, and promote kidney function, Place 6 cups water heating, and they begin to boil, you must add the following seven tablespoons of herb preparation, arnica, veronica, Vera gold and Elder, stir and let stand, filter and may take up to 3 cups daily after meals for 15 days. Read the rest of this entry »

At times we talked about how harmful it can be cholesterol, and even more so if not treated, may collapse because our arteries, and cause serious cardiovascular problems.

Here I give you eight highly beneficial herbs to reduce cholesterol levels by teas and infusions, so that you present.

* Birch: Birch leaves possesses diuretic and tonic effect, which allows us to eliminate through the urine metabolized pollutants that are carried by our blood.

* Artichoke: This rich plant contains specific chemicals that cholesterol down, they are cinarina and flavonoids, the first substance has a liver function and blood cholesterol by inhibiting the action of bradykinin, a very damaging agent in the presence of arteriosclerosis. Read the rest of this entry »