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High Cholesterol
Every human body will have bad cholesterol
(LDL) and good cholesterol (HDL). It is a waxy, fatlike substance and very much
needed for your body to
function normal. Cholesterol is naturally present
in cell walls or membranes everywhere in the body, including the brain,
nerves, muscles, skin, liver, intestines, and heart.. High level of LDL or low level of HDL may cause heart disease and stroke. An unhealthy diet
can cause high cholesterol. High cholesterol may be hereditary factor .
A low-cholesterol diet will improve cholesterol levels. If the
low-cholesterol diet does not work to lower bad cholesterol and increase
good cholesterol, consult your doctor.
How Does Cholesterol Cause Heart
Disease?
With excess cholesterol build up in the walls of arteries and causes "hardening of the arteries"
and arteries become narrowed and blood flow to the heart is slowed
down or blocked. The blood carries oxygen to the heart. Due to blocked
arteries enough blood and oxygen cannot reach the
heart and cause chest pain. If the blood supply to a portion of
the heart is completely cut off by a blockage, the result is a heart
attack.
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