One winter, the major hospital's cardiovascular medicine ushered in the "season." Cardiovascular experts advise, winter is the season of high-frequency cardiovascular disease outbreak, not just high blood pressure, high cholesterol also can not help but appear, high blood lipids though not as horrible as high blood pressure, but it is also caused by atherosclerosis " Culprit "one, can not be overlooked.

When there is too much cholesterol—a fatlike substance—in your blood, it builds up in the walls of your arteries and increases your risk of developing heart disease. Know your total cholesterol, your LDL (bad) cholesterol, and your HDL (good) cholesterol, and triglycerides. Make an appointment to get tested.

High cholesterol by age (Greater than or equal to 200 mg/dL)

20s: 21%
30s: 29%
40s: 46%
50s: 59%

Nearly 1 in every 2 American women has high or borderline high cholesterol.

Total cholesterol numbers:
Note: Cholesterol is measured in miligrams per deciliter (mg/dL).
High: 240 mg/dL and above
Borderline high: 200-239 md/dL
Desirable: Less than 200 mg/dL

High cholesterol is a quote one of the culprits from atherosclerosis

In order to monitor blood pressure at any time, many people will be equipped with a blood pressure monitor at home, always pay attention to its "every move."

However, for people with high blood lipids, most people are still not aware of them. They think that high blood lipids are only the body fat is too high, affecting the appearance, other little impact. Even if the doctor prescribed the medicine, he stopped for a while.

In fact, high cholesterol is also very dangerous, it is one of the culprits caused atherosclerosis.

The reason why modern people have high blood lipids, mainly related to lifestyle changes. With the advent of the high-tech era, mental work has gradually replaced traditional manual labor and the changing living conditions have also made people tend to eat high-fat, fat-rich and high-protein foods, resulting in more and more obese people. The number of patients with lipids continued to rise.

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In addition to blood lipids can detect high blood lipids, the body will give us a "warning."

① If suddenly "bags under the eyes" become very large, it may be too high blood lipids.

Eye bag is the body's performance of fat metabolism disorders. Large-scale foreign survey found that "bags under the eyes of" most people with hyperlipidemia, most of whom have atherosclerosis.

Therefore, if there are large "eye bags" in the elderly , it is best to go to the hospital in time.

② In addition, refers to the joints , knees, back of the hand, and other parts appear yellow or reddish brown nodules, rash, plaque or stripes , but also means that the body too high blood lipids.

③ calf often stinging, cramps, it may be the performance of high blood lipids.

④ middle-aged and elderly if the lipids are too high, there will be yellow around the eyelids appear warts .

Note that diet can control blood lipids

Cardiovascular experts say hyperlipidemia is actually preventable and controllable.

Hyperlipidemia is not a terrible disease, but a physical symptom, and many times, this symptom appears because we do not pay enough attention to the body and bad habits.

Now, many people are aware that heavy-weight diets are not good for the body. Therefore, it is far from enough to pay attention to the fact that food is less oil and less salt because sugar, protein and oil can be further converted into fat. Therefore, these nutrients Substance intake should also be controlled.

Many people will buy pork by the way to buy offal back to the soup, animal offal contains high cholesterol.

Department of Cardiology, Jiaxing Second Hospital, Pan Qihong reminder, squid, squid, octopus These delicious seafood are also high cholesterol foods, if consumed too much, the body will rise in blood lipids.

He suggested that you usually eat more vegetables, eat less meat.

If you exercise too little, it is easy to cause "three highs." Therefore, in addition to control blood lipids to shut up, but also to move more and less sitting.