High
Cholesterol, A Cardiovascular Risk Factor That Should Be Controlled!
Genetic factor
A family history of early heart disease is one clue. If you have a father or brother that acquire a cardiovascular disease below 55, or a mother or sister below 65, means that you are in great risk. You may also have lesser risk if your uncle or auntie, from both your father and mother side, is the one with a cardiovascular disease.
Elder people have greater risk to develop a heart disease. It is a natural aging process that happens to the whole body system. Special care and appreciation should be addressed to our heart. It is the one and only organ in our body that works consistently, without weary, making every beat to bring us life! Imagine, assuming if your normal heart beats 60 times per minute and you are 50 years old, this means that your heart has made at least; 60 X 60 minutes X 24 hours X 365 days X 50 years = 1,578,800,000 beats during your entire life!. Wow, what an excellent work. Can you do this kind of enduring job? So, appreciate your heart, one way is by providing it with routine checks.
It is also called High Blood Pressure. This is a burden to our heart. A normal blood pressure are averaging 120/80 mmHg with the maximum of 140/90 mmHg. You should check your heart if your blood pressure goes beyond 140/90 mmHg. What does a blood pressure mean to us? These are measurement that indicates how much pressure is needed to allow the required blood flow in the body. The higher the pressure means the greater the burden of the heart and the harder it should work.
You already know very well that LDL is the bad guy that may endanger your heart. Check your cholesterol profile routinely, and watch this bad guy. Remember, LDL should be kept below 100 mg/dL. At he same time, give HDL the good guy a chance to stay above the 60 mg/dL level. The higher HDL level is the better for your heart. How is it done? Control your diet, take anti cholesterol remedies, exercise and take supplements that enhance HDL.
Smoking is a bad habit, which can ruin your health, to be more specific; harm your heart and lungs. It’s the evil effect in a cigarette that is responsible of all health impairment. Do you know that one cigarette contains about 4,000 chemical substances whereas 50 of them are deadly carcinogens (may cause cancer). Smoking impairs the efficiency of our lungs to collect the necessary requirements of oxygen. If the oxygen is insufficient, it is the heart that compensates it by pumping harder and harder. What a pity heart, isn’t it?
In this modern era people with overweight or obesity are significantly increasing. Managing adequate blood stream to a body with excessive fat accumulation is another burden to our heart. There are records that show that many over-weighted people die young due to acute heart attacks. If you are included in this group, be extra careful and closely monitor your heart condition. Take serious action to lower your weight. Try to overcome and suppress the big appetite that always accompanies a person with overweight. It is really a tough battle against your self.
Diabetes is the most common disorder of the endocrine system, specifically the disorder in the production of insulin, a pancreatic hormone that controls the metabolism of carbohydrate. Uncontrolled diabetes mellitus may cause other illness, e.g. heart disease and circulatory problem such as hypertension, atherosclerosis, heart attacks and strokes. Treating diabetes is a must, if you want to live longer.
Stress may rise due to the imbalance between life demands and the ability to meet them. Everyone experience a degree of stress. Some could manage stress very well, but others may show both physical and psychological symptoms. Common symptoms of stress are headache, fatigue, insomnia (sleepless), loss of appetite, over-eating added by anxiety, anger, irritability, inability to concentrate etc. Unmanaged stress may lead to more serious problems like diabetes, asthma, hypertension and migraine. Well, manage your stress. There are many ways to do it. Ask the help of God if you don’t see any solution to your problem, yet!
High cholesterol is one among risk factors that
increases the incidence of cardiovascular diseases. The risk will consequently increase
if you already have high blood cholesterol plus other risk factors in the list
below. Be aware if you possess those risk factors. You should check and monitor
your factors to determine the kind of treatment you should take.
Genetic factor
A family history of early heart disease is one clue. If you have a father or brother that acquire a cardiovascular disease below 55, or a mother or sister below 65, means that you are in great risk. You may also have lesser risk if your uncle or auntie, from both your father and mother side, is the one with a cardiovascular disease.
Age
Elder people have greater risk to develop a heart disease. It is a natural aging process that happens to the whole body system. Special care and appreciation should be addressed to our heart. It is the one and only organ in our body that works consistently, without weary, making every beat to bring us life! Imagine, assuming if your normal heart beats 60 times per minute and you are 50 years old, this means that your heart has made at least; 60 X 60 minutes X 24 hours X 365 days X 50 years = 1,578,800,000 beats during your entire life!. Wow, what an excellent work. Can you do this kind of enduring job? So, appreciate your heart, one way is by providing it with routine checks.
Hypertension
It is also called High Blood Pressure. This is a burden to our heart. A normal blood pressure are averaging 120/80 mmHg with the maximum of 140/90 mmHg. You should check your heart if your blood pressure goes beyond 140/90 mmHg. What does a blood pressure mean to us? These are measurement that indicates how much pressure is needed to allow the required blood flow in the body. The higher the pressure means the greater the burden of the heart and the harder it should work.
Cholesterol
You already know very well that LDL is the bad guy that may endanger your heart. Check your cholesterol profile routinely, and watch this bad guy. Remember, LDL should be kept below 100 mg/dL. At he same time, give HDL the good guy a chance to stay above the 60 mg/dL level. The higher HDL level is the better for your heart. How is it done? Control your diet, take anti cholesterol remedies, exercise and take supplements that enhance HDL.
Smoking
Smoking is a bad habit, which can ruin your health, to be more specific; harm your heart and lungs. It’s the evil effect in a cigarette that is responsible of all health impairment. Do you know that one cigarette contains about 4,000 chemical substances whereas 50 of them are deadly carcinogens (may cause cancer). Smoking impairs the efficiency of our lungs to collect the necessary requirements of oxygen. If the oxygen is insufficient, it is the heart that compensates it by pumping harder and harder. What a pity heart, isn’t it?
Overweight
In this modern era people with overweight or obesity are significantly increasing. Managing adequate blood stream to a body with excessive fat accumulation is another burden to our heart. There are records that show that many over-weighted people die young due to acute heart attacks. If you are included in this group, be extra careful and closely monitor your heart condition. Take serious action to lower your weight. Try to overcome and suppress the big appetite that always accompanies a person with overweight. It is really a tough battle against your self.
Diabetes
Mellitus
Diabetes is the most common disorder of the endocrine system, specifically the disorder in the production of insulin, a pancreatic hormone that controls the metabolism of carbohydrate. Uncontrolled diabetes mellitus may cause other illness, e.g. heart disease and circulatory problem such as hypertension, atherosclerosis, heart attacks and strokes. Treating diabetes is a must, if you want to live longer.
Stress
Stress may rise due to the imbalance between life demands and the ability to meet them. Everyone experience a degree of stress. Some could manage stress very well, but others may show both physical and psychological symptoms. Common symptoms of stress are headache, fatigue, insomnia (sleepless), loss of appetite, over-eating added by anxiety, anger, irritability, inability to concentrate etc. Unmanaged stress may lead to more serious problems like diabetes, asthma, hypertension and migraine. Well, manage your stress. There are many ways to do it. Ask the help of God if you don’t see any solution to your problem, yet!
