Reducol And How It Can Lower Cholesterol
Would you say that you are worried by your cholesterol level? Have you been advised or even warned by a GP or some other specialist that your cholesterol levels are too high? Have you been attempting to lower your cholesterol level? For those readers of this article that have answered any of the above questions in the positive then you may well want to continue reading - the article may well prove to be good for your health. I am going to write about how to lower cholesterol and also about the effect that eating foods containing reducol can have.
Before I continue I would like to make it clear that I am by no means attempting to sell you anything here - I do not work within this field. I am actually a jobs in foster care rep and I also work part-time selling UPVC doors and providing a one-way link building service!
I know all about the problem of having high cholesterol, it is something which has affected many generations of my own family, mainly on the male side. At the age of thirty-two my father advised me to go to the doctors to have my own levels of cholesterol checked as my grandfather had died of a heart attack aged sixty-six and my father himself had had a number of near scares and now had chronic pancreatis.
I did not really think that I needed to have this cholesterol test and was amazed and shocked when the doctor told me that my level was at eight point eight. I obviously needed to reduce this figure, however the news was not all bad as I also had high levels of what they call happy cholesterol and the risk of me having a heart attack or stroke in the next ten years was only at 7.1 percent. There is a need for concern for figures of 15 or over and this is when the need for some type of medication becomes necessary.
Reducol is found in foods such as vegetables and fruits and can have a remarkable effect on lowering cholesterol, basically it acts to stop most of the cholesterol in the gut passing into the bloodstream. The good news is that it lowers the level of bad cholesterol but does not lower your good or happy cholesterol levels.
Foods to avoid when attempting to lower cholesterol:
pastries and pies
cakes
crisps and chocolate
butter
chips and other forms of take-away food
It is also advisable to reduce your intake of alcohol and to attempt to exercise on a daily basis.