High cholesterol levels can increase the risk of heart disease, stroke, and blood circulation. Know the cholesterol level in the blood is the prevention efforts of the disease. The word cholesterol may already we often hear, cholesterol is very tight with a delicious meal, the age, weight or obesity and others.
Cholesterol is known as a thing or something negative and should be avoided, in fact it is not 100% correct because in fact the cholesterol needed by our body like the formation of bile salts, vitamin D and the production of several kinds of hormones but when excessive amount will cause problems.
Cholesterol levels in human body will increase as we get older because of the amount of cholesterol produced higher body, it is compounded with the consumption of foods that contain a lot of cholesterol and lack of exercise.
If it exceeds the normal limit you should follow the doctor's advice to take drugs, reducing foods that contain a lot of cholesterol and exercising regularly.
Examination of cholesterol levels should be done periodically in order to monitor the overall health condition. Then, when should we start evaluating cholesterol levels normal?
If you smoke, have excess weight, high blood pressure, have diabetes and there are families who have a history of heart disease, you should start doing the examination from the age of 20 years.
However, if you do not smoke and do not have the diseases examination can be started from the age of 35 years. If the results are normal, you can return checked it out every 5 years. But, if you have high cholesterol levels, should the examination be done more often. Moreover, if you have diabetes, heart disease and kidney disorders.
There are two types of cholesterol, which is good cholesterol and bad cholesterol. Good cholesterol (High Density Lipoprotein-HDL) serves to prevent the occurrence of ateroma or narrowing of the arteries due to fatty. While the bad cholesterol (LDL-Low Density Lipoprotein) is one of the main causes of the formation of the ateroma. In addition, cholesterol is good and evil, there is another form of fat in the blood called triglycerides.
Ateroma itself a trigger of heart disease which is also known as ateroklerosis or hardening of the blood vessels. Ateroma plaque is the fat that accumulates on the artery walls of blood vessels. After months, even years, the plaque is thickened and extended. That's when, clogged blood vessels and make blood flow is not smooth. This condition can lead to heart attack, stroke, or other serious problems.
Everyone's cholesterol levels vary, depending on what dikonsumsinya. In addition, each person can have a different cholesterol levels despite mengosumsi the same food. In some people, high cholesterol can only be caused by hereditary factors.
Before undertaking an examination of the level of cholesterol, you must fast beforehand for 9-12 hours. Measuring cholesterol levels done by knowing how many milligrams (mg) of cholesterol per deciliter contained in (dL) of blood.
Following the normal cholesterol levels for those types of this disease is found in the blood:
Good cholesterol
The higher the level of good cholesterol or HDL, the better it will be for health. This is because HDL protect against heart disease. HDL levels of at least 60 mg/dL or more can help reduce the risk of heart disease. In contrast, HDL level less than 40 mg/dL thus raise the risk of heart disease.
Bad cholesterol
Because of the nature of evil, LDL or bad cholesterol should be at a low level or body can be tolerated, i.e. less than 100 mg/dL. The amount of LDL 100-129 mg/dL as threshold of tolerance. If it exceeds that amount bad cholesterol can cause various health problems such as ateroma, heart disease, and stroke.
The amount of LDL is 130-159 mg/dL can be said to enter the high threshold, and if the amount has reached 160-189 mg/dL have entered a high level. While the amount of LDL 190 mg/dL and the rest, are already at a very high level.
Triglycerides
This fat can also increase the risk of heart disease. So, the lower the level of triglycerides, it will be the better for your health. The amount of triglycerides of 150-199 mg/dL can be said to be at a high threshold, and the number of 200 mg/dL or triglyceride levels include more high. Some people require treatment if it has levels of triglycerides on the second level.
Total cholesterol
Total cholesterol is a combination of the amount of good cholesterol, bad cholesterol, and triglycerides in the blood every deciliter. Usually, by looking at the levels of total cholesterol and HDL alone can already mengga
