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Senin, 29 Juli 2013

Whats the difference between high cholesterol due to poor diet, and high cholestoral that had been inherited?

Q. My doctor has recently put me on medication having just found out that I have high cholesterol and he believes it has very little to do with my diet and is genetic. My father is on medication for high cholesterol that he inherited from his father, I was just wondering how he was able to tell, and what the difference between the two is?

Additional information: He is my own doctor, not a family doctor. He also did a range of tests, including checking my salt, sugar and iron levels, which were all ok. So I assumed he was able to tell I have a good diet based on this and the fact my good cholesterol was fine, just wondering if there was a difference between the two.

A. There is no difference between high cholesterol from diet or inherited high cholesterol. It is the same cholesterol, and it has the same health effects. You cannot tell the difference between them based on blood tests or clinical signs.

The only potential difference is that if someone has a diet that is obviously high in cholesterol, then they may be able to lower their cholesterol relatively easily by making modifications to their diet. However, if your diet is not very high in cholesterol then any minor modifications you can make to your diet will be unlikely to reduce your cholesterol significantly.

Your doctor wasn't able to tell for sure that your cholesterol is inherited, but he is making an educated guess by asking you about your diet and from looking at your family history.

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Sabtu, 27 Juli 2013

where can i find a good diet and rescipes to help combat high chloresterol and high triglycerides?

A. triglycerides are a tough one as your body can produce this when eating a large amount of fruit. weird but true. Taking an Omega 3 supplement helps with triglycerides too.
Also, generally any low fat, high fiber diet will help but adding oat bran to your diet is suppose to really work better so that means adding oatmeal or Cheerios as a breakfast food is a good thing.
Be aware that your body produces a certain amount of cholesterol itself and for some people, no matter what they eliminate from their diet, they still have high cholesterol counts and those folks need to take a medication for that.

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Whats the difference between high cholesterol due to poor diet, and high cholestoral that had been inherited?

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What is a safe level of cholesterol and at what level does it start getting dangerous?

Q. My mum just had a blood test and her cholesterol level was 8.3. Is that dangerously high?

A. ALL studies show that women will live longer with high cholesterol, up to 400, than they will with cholesterol in the normal range.
This from Weston A Price foundation.
Cholesterol is not the cause of heart disease but rather a potent antioxidant weapon against free radicals in the blood, and a repair substance that helps heal arterial damage (although the arterial plaques themselves contain very little cholesterol.) However, like fats, cholesterol may be damaged by exposure to heat and oxygen. This damaged or oxidized cholesterol seems to promote both injury to the arterial cells as well as a pathological buildup of plaque in the arteries.50 Damaged cholesterol is found in powdered eggs, in powdered milk (added to reduced-fat milks to give them body) and in meats and fats that have been heated to high temperatures in frying and other high-temperature processes.

High serum cholesterol levels often indicate that the body needs cholesterol to protect itself from high levels of altered, free-radical-containing fats. Just as a large police force is needed in a locality where crime occurs frequently, so cholesterol is needed in a poorly nourished body to protect the individual from a tendency to heart disease and cancer. Blaming coronary heart disease on cholesterol is like blaming the police for murder and theft in a high crime area.

Poor thyroid function (hypothyroidism) will often result in high cholesterol levels. When thyroid function is poor, usually due to a diet high in sugar and low in usable iodine, fat-soluble vitamins and other nutrients, the body floods the blood with cholesterol as an adaptive and protective mechanism, providing a superabundance of materials needed to heal tissues and produce protective steroids. Hypothyroid individuals are particularly susceptible to infections, heart disease and cancer.51
Pharmacist who's life was almost ruined by Lipitor

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Jumat, 26 Juli 2013

what is triglyceride in the blood?

Q. Is there a direct relationship between heart stroke and blood triglyceride levels?

A. This Article will help you out in understanding :

Triglycerides" is the chemical name for fat. Chemically, triglycerides have a three-carbon backbone (glycerol) to which are attached fatty acids, which are strings of carbon and hydrogen atoms, most of which will eventually be oxidized to carbon dioxide and water, producing energy in the process. When not being actively oxidized or metabolized, triglycerides are stored in adipose, or fatty tissue, for oxidation at a later time. High levels of triglycerides in the blood have been associated with increased risk for heart attacks and strokes. Triglycerides may be increased by heredity, abdominal obesity, resistance to insulin, diabetes, and certain medications. They may be decreased by weight loss, control of glucose in diabetes, decreased simple sugar intake in the diet, and increased activity.

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Kamis, 25 Juli 2013

Is it ok to give young children the margarine that lowers your cholesterol absorption?

Q. I have very slightly raised LDL, but my total cholesterol is fine...thought the special margarine that lowers cholesterol would be a good idea for me...can I give it to my 2 and 4 yr old?

A. I wouldn't personally, growing kids need the fat for their brains to develop.

It's just butter so I don't think its a big deal if you buy two different kinds.

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Selasa, 23 Juli 2013

wat is the process of of triglyceride absorption after digestion, from the small intestine?

A. Triglycerides are broken down into free fatty acids and glycerol by pancreatic lipase. They then enter the enterocytes in the small intestine where they are re-esterified into triglycerides and packaged into chylomicrons (which are composed of proteins, phospholipids, triglycerides, etc). The chylomicrons enter the lymphatic system via the lacteal. The chylomicrons are broken down in the lymph vessels by lipoprotein lipase and the fats are taken up by tissues that need it.

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