TRIBUNJOGJA.COM – High cholesterol should be watched out for. The reason is, high cholesterol can trigger complications including: high blood pressure or hypertension, coronary arteries, chest pain (angina), heart attack, stroke, chronic kidney disease and also Alzheimer’s.
How to prevent the risk of high cholesterol? Here are health tips on how to prevent and treat high cholesterol according to experts:
1. Change your lifestyle
Cardiologist at Keck Medicine, Parveen K. Garg, MD, to treat and prevent complications from high cholesterol, the first thing to do is identify and improve lifestyle.
The American Heart Association (AHA) recommends reducing the consumption of saturated fat and trans fat in your diet, and focusing on fruit, vegetables, whole grains, and lean protein.
Also read: Health Tips: List of Efficacious Kitchen Spices for Treatment of Hypertension and High Cholesterol
2. Diligent in sports
In addition, you should also regularly exercise with moderate intensity, at least 150 minutes a week.
Exercise can help in the process of losing excess weight.
3. Take cholesterol-lowering drugs
People with high cholesterol levels usually also take statins or cholesterol-lowering drugs.
–
