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The only way to keep track of your cholesterol levels is by having regular medical check-ups. It is because there is no symptom that will let you know that your cholesterol levels are above normal. You can find out about your abnormal cholesterol levels only through a blood test.

High cholesterol levels have terrible consequences, such as heart disease and stroke. The most common symptoms of coronary heart diseases are chest pain, difficulty in breathing, nausea, sudden lightheadedness and excessive sweating. Arteriosclerosis is another major problem caused by high cholesterol. It happens when the artery gets clogged and blood cannot flow normally through it. If the artery burst, it is the condition that is called stroke.

With more and more people falling prey to heart diseases every day, people finally have increasing awareness about high cholesterol levels and start looking for ways in which they can reduce it. The extra busy lifestyle we have nowadays gives us less and less time to look after ourselves.

However, we must try our best to ensure that we lead a healthy life so we can avoid the deadly heart diseases that claim millions of lives each year. A healthy diet is a must for anyone who wants to avoid deadly diseases. Another great way to control your cholesterol levels is to exercise regularly.

The balance of cholesterol levels has now become a global struggle, to the kind of modern or industrialized food, which stimulates its practical abandonment of natural foods, balanced nutrient-rich, for that reason and a set external factors, we are now in the midst of a great challenge for our health, that only with adequate information and advice, we can beat, so we offer the following tips provided for information:

1. Limit sugar and alcohol. They provide few nutrients but many calories and therefore contribute to high cholesterol levels by increasing body weight. An overweight body contains too much saturated fat and type of LDL or bad cholesterol, high.
2. Bad habits such as smoking and a sedentary lifestyle may increase the risk of heart disease and smokers should quit, regular aerobic exercise (20 to 30 minutes, 3 times a week) can lower levels and help prevent the buildup of cholesterol plaque. It can also reduce stress that can cause high blood pressure, another risk of heart disease.
3. Fish should be eaten often, 3 or more times a week, since research indicates that some deep-sea fish such as mackerel, salmon, herring, albacore tuna, lake trout, contain an oil called Omega – 3 or fatty acids, which owns the property proven to lower cholesterol in blood. The fish oil supplements, however, are not recommended because adding too many calories.
4. Avoid high sodium content in foods. Some patients with high cholesterol also have high blood pressure and sodium reduction, can help keep blood pressure within normal limits and should take into account that it is also an ingredient in many commercially processed foods.

Just as common medications such as antacids, laxatives, and cough remedies can contain large amounts of sodium, our recommendation is to read the product labels.