High Cholesterol - its all about Your diet

High Cholesterol - its all about Your diet:

You will find this unhealthy fat in foods that come from animals.
Beef, pork, veal, milk, eggs, butter, and cheese contain saturated fat,
Packaged foods that contain coconut oil, palm oil,
or cocoa butter may have a lot of saturated fat.

You will also find saturated fat in stick margarine,
vegetable shortening, and most cookies, crackers,
chips, and other snacks.

Get smart with your weight:
Your beer belly isn't just bad for your social life,
Being overweight may increase triglycerides and decrease HDL, or good cholesterol,
Losing that gut can go a long way toward improving your beach bod, too.

Keep your activity level Up:
Hey, get off that couch and get moving,
Lack of physical activity may increase LDL,
or bad cholesterol, and decrease HDL or good cholesterol.

Its because of your age & gender:
After you reach age 20, your cholesterol levels naturally begin to rise,
In men, cholesterol levels generally level off after age 50. In women,
cholesterol levels stay fairly low until menopause, after which they rise to about the same level as in men.

Keep your overall health Up:
Don't skip your annual physical, and be sure to have your doc explain your heart disease risk,
Having certain diseases, such as diabetes or hypothyroidism, may cause high cholesterol.

Your also about family history:
Aren't they cute? But they can be dangerous,
even when they're not gossiping about each other,
If family members have high cholesterol, you may also.

Stop Cigarette smoking:
Come on, you already know this one,
Smoking can lower your good cholesterol and it can kill you.