How to Lower Your Cholesterol

What is Cholesterol?

Cholesterol is a substance that exists in your blood which is fatty. It is essential to every cell in your body, however to much of this can lead to cardiovascular disease.

Understanding the Harmful type of Cholesterol

There are 2 types of cholesterol; LDL (Low-Density lippoprotein), the harmful type, and HDL (High-Density lippoprotein), the protective type. LDL cholesterol is present in foods with saturated fats.

Causes of High Cholesterol

The most common cause of high cholesterol is eating to much saturated fat. However some people suffer from it even when they have a balenced and healthy diet. Then there is a chance that they have inherited a condition known as familial hyperlipidaemia (FH). If you think you might have this thanyou should consult you GP/Doctor for guidence.

How to Reduce Cholesterol

• Simply eat less saturated fat
• Have a high-fibre diet like oats, beans and pulses
• Regualar exersise

Hope this helps,

 

 

 

Tips on Loosing Weight

We will reveal some techniques as to hoe to loose weight effectively.

Firstly, be aware of your body mass index (BMI), as this will help you determine weather or not you should be reading this post. You can do this easily by going here: http://www.nhs.uk/Tools/Pages/Healthyweightcalculator.aspx?Tag=, and accurately fill in the required information to see uncover your BMI.

Secondly, it is important to understand why you need to loose weight, because this will give you the will power to go through with the processes required. These could include for appearance or for your health. If it is for your health than you should recognize the dangers being overweight has on your life, such as the possibility of type 2 diabetes, cancers of the prostate, breast and colon, and heart disease.

Finally the tips on how to loose weight. These could include:

• Change your eating habits, everyone has them. Try and change your not-so-healthy snacks to so nutritious healthy foods such as fruit, breakfast bars and even celery (TIP: eating celery is a really good way of loosing weight as it has negative calories!).
• Exercising is a really good way to stay and keep in shape. Although it is boring, it is key if you really want to shed off the pounds. Push yourself, but do only as much as you can.

I hope your pursuit of loosing weight is a success.