Beware of High Blood Pressure and Cholesterol
If you have High Blood Pressure and Cholesterol, it means that you have too much cholesterol in your blood. Cholesterol may build up walls of your arteries and it can eventually block your blood flow. High blood pressure will increase the chances of blocked blood vessels. It can cause heart attack and other heart diseases. The higher of your cholesterol level, the higher the risk of getting heart diseases. The impact can be really bad.
For your information, heart disease is number one killer for both men and women in America. Hence, you should be aware of High Blood Pressure and Cholesterol.
You should take some actions to avoid yourself from having High Blood Pressure and Cholesterol. It is because there is no symptom so many people do not aware if they have high level of cholesterol and high blood pressure. Hence, it is important for you to check and find out the number of your cholesterol so that you can take proper treatment immediately in the future. It can be done by taking a blood test called lipoprotein profile to know your cholesterol numbers.
You can check the list below to measure whether you have the risk of having High Blood Pressure and Cholesterol level or not since they are factors that affected your bad cholesterol numbers.
1. Cigarette smoking
2. Low HDL(High Density Lipoprotein) cholesterol which is less than 40 mg/dL
3. high blood pressure which is 140/90 mmHg or higher
4. family history of heart disease
If you are suffering High Blood Pressure and Cholesterol, you can healthy diet to lower the cholesterol level in your body. The key to have cholesterol diet is to avoid eating foods that contain saturated fats that can make your cholesterol level go up such as Fried food, animal products that contain high animal fats, full fat dairy, caffeinated foods, and high-sodium foods. On the other hands, you need to consume foods that contain monounsaturated fatty acids that are known to lower the cholesterol level in your blood such as fruits, vegetables, whole grains, fish, and beans.
Well, here other actions that you can take to lower High Blood Pressure and Cholesterol level. You can do physical activity that help to lower LDL (Low Density Lipoprotein) cholesterol and raise HDL cholesterol. Doing exercise for about 30 minutes in a day is a good way to lower your bad cholesterol level. It can help you lose some weight as well since being overweight is a risk factor for getting heart disease. It can also reduce the risk of suffering from high blood pressure that is affected by obesity as well as diabetes.