Losing Weight Can Lower Your Cholesterol Level
To reduce your chance of developing heart disease you want to keep your cholesterol level under 200 mg/dL. You can have a healthier heart if you:
- Have a healthy weight
- You are more physically active, regularly exercise
- Avoid foods high in saturated fat. Foods high in saturated fat include foods from animals, such as fatty cuts of meat, poultry with the skin, whole-milk dairy products. Some of the vegetable products such as coconut, palm oils are also high in saturated fat. Eating foods such as fruits, vegetables, whole-grains, low-fat or nonfat dairy products can lower your cholesterol level too. Limit saturated fat intake to 8%-10% of total calories per day.
- Avoid foods with high dietary cholesterol. Dietary cholesterol can raise your blood cholesterol level but not as much as saturated fat. Dietary cholesterol is found only in foods that come from animals. Many of these foods are also high in saturated fat. You should eat less than 300 milligrams of cholesterol per day.
- Take cholesterol medicine if it’s necessary
Keep a healthy weight, exercise, and eat foods which are low in both cholesterol and saturated fat
