Cholesterol Decreasing Vitamins And Drugs
Posted by Owen Jones in Uncategorized, tags: cholesterol, cooking, diabetes, diet, exercise, fitness, health, nutrition, other, recipes, supplements, Uncategorized, weight lossA high level of LDL cholesterol or high combined level of cholesterol is dangerous because it can obstruct your arteries, causing your heart to have to work more to pump oxygenated blood to where it has to go.This in turn increases blood pressure and high blood pressure is one of the main causes of heart disease, which can lead to a heart attack.
That is why your doctor will advise you to make lifestyle changes to reduce your levels of cholesterol as soon as he or she is aware that there is a difficulty. These lifestyle alterations normally involve giving up smoking, dieting and taking more exercise.
However, most people have a lot of trouble implementing lifestyle changes - altering the habits of a lifetime, quite literally - but the medical doctor cannot allow the situation to continue. If after a while, you have been unsuccessful in your attempts to reduce your cholesterol naturally, your medical doctor will eventually prescribe tablets and / or drugs in a bid to help you live longer.
There are a few of main drugs used to fight cholesterol: the statins and the bile acid sequestrants.
Statins work by blocking the enzyme HMG-CoA, which is important in the process of converting fat into cholesterol. Statins are the most successful drug in the fight against cholesterol and are very widely used in the West.
In fact, some countries and some doctors are accused of handing them out like sweets. However, they will work quickly if drastic action is required, which is one of the reasons why they are prescribed so often.
Bile Acid Sequestrants work by binding with the bile produced by the liver and preventing it from interacting with fat. Bile is used in the digestion process, so if it cannot interact with the fat, the fat passes through the body unabsorbed.
The most important vitamin in the fight against cholesterol is Vitamin B3, which is called Niacin. Niacin is one of the water-soluble B vitamins which help the body change carbohydrates into glucose which it uses for energy. The B group vitamins are also involved with the breaking down of fat and protein.
The vitamin B group plays an vital role in keeping our liver and nervous system working well and our external features looking good: the eyes, hair and skin. Niacin in particular is helpful for getting rid of the toxins tha build up in the body.
However, before you rush out and buy bottles of Niacin tablets, be advised that too much Niacin can have unpleasant side effects, so just make certain that you consume the recommended daily amount (RDA.
Other vitamins that will help are Lecithin and Vitamins C and E. These vitamins help by protecting LDL from becoming damaged. This sounds bizarre because we are told to think of LDL as ‘bad cholesterol’. However, many cardiologists are of the opinion that only damaged LDL is perilous to our heart.
So, once again, it is a question of experts not all agreeing with each other leaving us stuck in the middle hazarding a guess as to whom to have faith in.
Owen Jones, the writer of this article, writes on numerous subjects, but is now concerned with lowering cholesterol without medication. If you want to know more, please visit our site at What Foods Lower Cholesterol?
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