Cholesterol, an indicator for cardiovascular diseases. Excessive cholesterol may have big impact on our physical health and trigger a number of chronic diseases, which cardiovascular diseases are the most common. Cholesterols can be classifed as “good” or “bad cholseerols.
Low density lipoproteins are commonly known as bad cholesterols as they will easily damage the inner membrane of our blood vessels. High density lipoproteins are known as good cholesterols, as they can remove the bad cholesterols from the vessel wall.
What you need to know about cholesterols:
Good Cholesterol:
- Remove the bad cholesterols accumulating on the arterial wall
- HDL lower than 35mg may cause cardiovascular diseases
- HDL higher than 60mg may protect the heart
- Every increment of 1 mg of HDL concetration blood stream will reduce the incidence of cardiovascular diseases by 2% to 3 %
Bad Cholesterol:
- causing the cholesterols to accumulate on the arterial wall
- may cause arteriosclerosis
- higher LDL concentation may increase the incidence of cardiovascular diseases.
Dangeres of cholesterols:
- Almost 46% of coronary heart disease patients have excessive blood cholesterol levels.
- Lowering the blood cholesterol level will help reduce the incidence of coronary heart diseases. Lowering the cholesterol level by 10% at the age of 40 will reduce the fatality rate by 50%, while lowering the cholesterol level by 10% at the age of 70 will only reduce the fatality rate by 20%.
- Reduce the accumulation of cholesterols on arterial wall will remarkably reduce the incidence and fatality rate of heart disease patients.
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