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Cholesterol Treatments
There are a variety of medical treatments which are commonly used to help
treat high cholesterol levels and bad cholesterol ratios. Most of these
treatments are similar to the treatments used for various heart disease
problems, because the two issues usually go hand in hand.
Dietary and exercise changes are one of the first recommendations made to help
improve your cholesterol levels. Changing your diet, for instance, so that
you're eating less saturated fat but more healthy fats can help improve your HDL cholesterol while lowering your LDL. Lowering your LDL cholesterol is
usually the primary goal of treatment, because this can reduce, slow, or even
stop the build up of fatty deposits in your arteries which could cause
blockages.
Avoiding or drastically reducing the amount of sugar and simple starches you
eat may also help, because this helps you lose weight, plus it helps to reduce
the amount of plaque build up in your arteries. Losing weight is one of the
first recommendations made to help improve your cholesterol levels and ratios and removing the sugars and starches will remove empty calories that
prevent you from losing weight easily.
Exercise is another key part of effective treatment for cholesterol problems, because exercise causes your blood to start moving faster through all
areas of the body. If there is extra cholesterol in your blood, it can be
disposed of more easily when your blood starts moving more quickly. Getting
your blood pumping also helps with any potential artery blockages too, because
it helps to break up and move the deposits of materials that are
trying to form the blockage.
There are various forms of cholesterol prescription medications which are
often used for treatment as well. These drugs try to aggressively reduce the
LDL, or bad cholesterol levels, while increasing the HDL, or good cholesterol
in your blood stream. There are a wide variety of cholesterol drugs which work
this way and some of these drugs are known as statins and fibrates.
Other medications used when you have bad cholesterol levels and ratios are
usually related to heart disease needs. Drugs which help reduce the plaque
build up in your arteries, for instance, may be prescribed when your
cholesterol levels are bad.
Other drugs which help thin your blood and reduce clotting are also sometimes
used, because these can help prevent artery blockages as well.
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