closer look of what cholesterol is
We all fear the word cholesterol. But, before we stop munching the french fries and burgers, we should take a closer look of what cholesterol really means.
Cholesterol is a waxy substance produced by the liver and found in certain foods. This substance is released in the blood stream and converted into hormones needed by various glands and organs in your system (including the thyroid, adrenal and reproductive system. It is also needed to make vitamin D, build cell walls, and create bile salts that help you digest fat. Daily our liver produces enough cholesterol our body need that is about 1,000 milligrams.
However, too much cholesterol can lead to serious problems like the deadly heart disease. There are many factors that can contribute to having high cholesterol. The good news, there are ways that we can do to control them. And, one of those ways is exercise. A proper amount of exercise stimulates the metabolism and allows the body to burn up and use cholesterol correctly so that it does not build up in the system, resulting in better health from within. Another is eating the right kind and amount of food by limiting the amount of cholesterol-rich foods and fatty meats, increase eating fresh fruit, vegetables and wholegrain foods, and eat fish at least twice a week.
For some people diet and lifestyle changes are not enough. Sometimes high blood cholesterol levels have a genetic component. Some people inherit altered genes that cause high cholesterol and this can usually not be changed sufficiently by lifestyle or diet. And these people need to take the best cholesterol medications to drop their high cholesterol levels. Their risk for having coronary heart disease is too high that diet and exercise cannot suffice. Although both is still important even if that person is taking medication.
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