LDL is said to be bad cholesterol. It is said that it may bring stroke. What exactly is this Bad Cholesterol ?
Do we have any method to control it (without taking any medicines)?
“I tell patients that you have to start somewhere and just keep going,” says Suzanne Steinbaum, DO, an attending cardiologist at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City. “As you adopt lifestyle changes, everything starts shifting, and the improvements you see at 6 weeks often increase by 3 months.”
You still may need to take medicine to get your cholesterol back on track. But if you make just a few, small changes, you might be able to lower your dose and chance of side effects.
Follow these tips to cut your cholesterol and get back on the road to good health.
To reduce the level of bad cholesterol in the blood can be use the following methods: the use of onions and coriander seeds and fish in the food, as well as eating foods that contain a large amount of fiber, carbohydrates, pulses, and avoid large amounts of meat and dairy fat........
LDL is bad cholesterol, because it possesses low density, hence larger volume. Thus, it will block the inner portion of the blood circulating vessels leading to the heart attack.
From my experience, the key for controlling the Bad Cholesterol ( LDL & VLDL) is healthy diet with suitable exercises. Limit your intake of foods with saturated fats, trans fats, and dietary cholesterol, red meat, sugar and refined carbohydrates. Eat fiber-rich foods (beans, oats, barley, vegetables and fruits). Add foods that are naturally having good fats like olive oil, nuts, fish and seeds. Do exercises and lose excess weight.
Bad cholesterol is low-Density Lipoproteins. Which is produced by the liver and is instrumental in the creation of cell walls, hormones, and digestive juices. when your LDL level is high, it can start to form a plaque-like substance on the walls of your cardiovascular system, blocking the natural flow of blood and leaving you at severe risk for heart attack and stroke. Put simply, LDL is the bad kind of cholesterol. But fear not – there are several ways in which you can lower your LDL cholesterol and encourage the development of High-Density Lipoproteins (good cholesterol), which actually function to limit the level of LDL cholesterol in your system.
Bad cholesterol reduced by low-saturated-fat, low-cholesterol eating,cholesterol-lowering drugs ,losing weight and physical activity
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Eat foods rich in omega-3 fatty acids. Omega-3 fatty acids don't affect LDL cholesterol. They have other heart benefits, such as helping to increase high-density lipoprotein (HDL, or "good") cholesterol, reducing your triglycerides, a type of fat in your blood, and reducing blood pressure.
Eat foods rich in omega-3 fatty acids. Omega-3 fatty acids don't affect LDL cholesterol. They have other heart benefits, such as helping to increase high-density lipoprotein (HDL, or "good") cholesterol, reducing your triglycerides, a type of fat in your blood, and reducing blood pressure.
I have no idea, only recommend Isam Issa Omran's and AL Timimi Zahra's answers. Best regards.
By means of the electrophoretic method „Lipoprint“ human serum LDL can be separated into several subfractions. S. Oravec and coworkers showed that these different subfractions do not equally contribute to the atherosclerotic process. This interesting work was commented by me:
Jurgens, G.
To the Author: Oravec S et al (Contribution of the atherogenic lipoprotein profile to the development of arterial hypertension)
BRATISL MED J. 2011; 112(1): 8-8.
There is another lipoprotein, related to LDL, which probably contributes even more to the risk of stroke than LDL.
LIPOPROTEIN(A) SERUM CONCENTRATION AND APOLIPOPROTEIN(A) PHENOTYPE CORRELATE WITH SEVERITY AND PRESENCE OF ISCHEMIC CEREBROVASCULAR-DISEASE
Author(s): JURGENS, G; TADDEIPETERS, WC; KOLTRINGER, P; et al.
Source: Stroke Volume: 26 Issue: 10 Pages: 1841-1848 Published: OCT 1995
"Bad" cholesterol refers to LDL-cholesterol whereas "Good" cholesterol refers to HDL-cholesterol. The former represents the cholesterol entering the artery wall, whereas the latter represents the cholesterol being removed from the artery wall by reverse cholesterol transport. For most levels of LDL-chgolesterol, it is the ratio between LDL- and HDL-cgolesgterol that is important.
I fully agree with the views expressed and recommended by Dr. Entedar Sarhat.
I want to suggest that so-called bad cholesterol is more "bad" after cca 55 years, because, after this age, oxcidative stress and chronic low grade inflammation are higher, and mechanisms of defense are weaker, LDL is more oxidated and more atherogenic. Of course, healthy way of life and healthy nutrition is essential, second line are antilipemic drugs.
I am in full agreement with the views of Drs. William Feeman and Dinko Rogulj.
I think we should tackle this issue both by the process of reducing the LDL component and enhancing HDL component so as to have a beneficial ratio towards HDL. Walking exercise as also moderate alcohol ( recommended for only those who consume some alcohol) would raise the HDL level while suitable dietary habits would reduce the LDL so the net result would be quite beneficial.
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