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2. 15 Worst Foods for High Cholesterol, According to Dietitians

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   Palm oil contains a high amount of saturated fat, and research shows it increases triglycerides, total cholesterol, and "bad" cholesterol or low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol. 6. Full-Fat ...

3. Dyslipidemia: What Happens When Your Blood Fat Levels Are Off?

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   High LDL cholesterol is the most common type of dyslipidemia; it’s also known as hyperlipidemia or simply high cholesterol. Hyperlipidemia happens when you have high levels of one or more lipids ...

4. Everything You Need to Know to Treat—and Prevent—High Cholesterol

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   Because your liver become less efficient at removing LDL cholesterol from your blood as you grow older, most people are diagnosed with high cholesterol between the ages 40 to 59 [4]

5. Hypercholesterolemia - Wikipedia

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   Lifestyle changes recommended for those with high cholesterol include: smoking cessation, limiting alcohol consumption, increasing physical activity, and maintaining a healthy weight. [19] Overweight or obese individuals can lower blood cholesterol by losing weight – on average a kilogram of weight loss can reduce LDL cholesterol by 0.8 mg/dl ...

6. Low-density lipoprotein - Wikipedia

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   where H is HDL cholesterol, L is LDL cholesterol, C is total cholesterol, T are triglycerides, and k is 0.20 if the quantities are measured in mg/dL and 0.45 if in mmol/L. There are limitations to this method, most notably that samples must be obtained after a 12 to 14 h fast and that LDL-C cannot be calculated if plasma triglyceride is >4.52 ...

7. Cholesterol - Wikipedia

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   Since higher blood LDL – especially higher LDL concentrations and smaller LDL particle size – contributes to this process more than the cholesterol content of the HDL particles, [8] LDL particles are often termed "bad cholesterol". High concentrations of functional HDL, which can remove cholesterol from cells and atheromas, offer protection ...