Using Cholesterol Drugs Effectively Posted By : Kenn Fong

There are many conditions directly associated with weight, one is higher blood pressure and another is high cholesterol. The bad thing about high cholesterol is that a person doesn't feel any different when their bad cholesterol rises. In most cases you find out you have high cholesterol when you are getting a routine physical and start taking cholesterol drugs. But, lowering cholesterol is important and there are other steps you can take that will help the medication you are taking work more effectively to reduce or eliminate high cholesterol.



High cholesterol is often not taken seriously because we don't "feel" any badly. We may receive the results of our physical and learn that we have more bad cholesterol in our body than we should. But, for the most part, people will just start taking the pill that is prescribed and carry on with their life without giving it much more thought.



There are some simple changes in lifestyle that will significantly reduce high cholesterol. Reducing or eliminating fatty foods from your diet will have one of the biggest impacts. In addition, losing weight will have a lasting affect on your cholesterol, blood pressure, and overall health.



Losing weight to get healthy does not necessarily mean going on a crash diet and dropping pounds immediately. It is more healthy to lose weight gradually. If you lose just one-half to one pound a week you can make an impact on lowering your cholesterol. and overall health.



Losing one pound a week, means reducing your diet by 3500 calories. This sounds like a lot, but how about dropping 500 calories each day from your diet. By reducing your calorie intake, or burning off 500 calories a day, you can drop the 3500 calories a week that is needed to lose one pound a week.



There are a lot of benefits to walking. You can reduce your stress levels, increase overall health, and reduce your cholesterol through a daily walking program. Taking a brisk, 30-minute walk will tone your muscles, condition your body, and helps to lower your blood pressure.



Working with a professional to find the cholesterol drugs that will work most effectively for you and the other steps you can take to lower your cholesterol will have a greater effect than if you just ignore your cholesterol and weight until it reaches critical levels.

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