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High Cholesterol
Cholesterol is a waxy, fat like substance
that your body needs. But, when you have too much in your blood, it can build up on the walls of your arteries. This can lead to heart disease and stroke. About one in every six adult Americans has high cholesterol. Anyone, including children, can develop it. Several factors that are beyond your control include your age, sex, and hereditary. But there are ways to help reduce risk factors for high cholesterol one of the biggest being healthy eating. A high amount of saturated fat and cholesterol can increase blood cholesterol. Eating healthy and exercising can lower LDL (bad) cholesterol and raise your HDL (good) cholesterol.
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How does High Cholesterol contribute to
heart Disease? High cholesterol causes more plaques to form in the blood vessels that supply the heart with nutrients and oxygen and when there are very narrow vessels, there is less blood flow to the heart causing heart weakness and disease.
How do genes affect high blood pressure and high cholesterol? Genes increase risk for hypertension based what kind of kidney problems someone is born with, based on how a person's body handles salt and homeostasis. Genes increase the risk for high cholesterol based on how a person's body metabolizes fats and reduces circulating lipids and cholesterol. Mutations in these mechanisms can lead to hypertension and high cholesterol.High Blood Pressure
High blood pressure (HBP) is a serious condition that can lead to coronary heart disease, heart failure, stroke, kidney failure and other health problems. "Blood pressure" is the force of blood pushing against the walls of the arteries as the heart pumps blood. If this pressure rises and stays high over time, it can damage the body in many ways. High blood pressure increases the risk of heart disease and stroke so its important to know how to lower high blood pressure. Hypertension risk factors include obesity, drinking too much alcohol, smoking and family history
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What are normal measurements for high cholesterol and high blood pressure? Normal total cholesterol is <200 and normal BP is <120/80. Anything higher than these values are considered high.
How does High blood pressure contribute to heart disease? The high pressure in the arterial system forces the heart to have to work harder
and pump against a high pressure causing the heart to hypertrophy or get bigger but not exactly more efficient. The enlarged heart requires more oxygen to keep it pumping against a higher blood pressure and once the demand is more than supply, a heart attack can occur. High blood pressure also is a result of smaller less elastic blood vessels that is part of heart disease.
How do genes affect high blood pressure and high cholesterol? Genes increase risk for hypertension based what kind of kidney problems someone is born with, based on how a person's body handles salt and homeostasis. Genes increase the risk for high cholesterol based on how a person's body metabolizes fats and reduces circulating lipids and cholesterol. Mutations in these mechanisms can lead to hypertension and high cholesterol.
Is medication the only way to lower high blood pressure? No, a health diet and exercise helps a lot as well.
Heart Disease
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What is the most common way for people to contract a heart disease? Most people get heart disease from a high fat and sugar diet, smoking, alcohol and family genetics.
How big of a factor is ones age and heart disease? Age plays a role in heart disease because as a person gets older, their blood vessels to the heart become stiffer and have more damage leading to heart disease. It is less important than a high fat/sugar diet, smoking and alcohol.
If someone has a heart disease and they start exercising and eating properly can they eliminate or just decrease the risk of a future attack? exercising and eating healthy will decrease the risk of a future attack but not eliminate it because the vessels to the heart and in the heart already have plaques from past build up which can still clog the heart and cause an attack.
Cholesterol is a waxy, fat like substance
that your body needs. But, when you have too much in your blood, it can build up on the walls of your arteries. This can lead to heart disease and stroke. About one in every six adult Americans has high cholesterol. Anyone, including children, can develop it. Several factors that are beyond your control include your age, sex, and hereditary. But there are ways to help reduce risk factors for high cholesterol one of the biggest being healthy eating. A high amount of saturated fat and cholesterol can increase blood cholesterol. Eating healthy and exercising can lower LDL (bad) cholesterol and raise your HDL (good) cholesterol.
INTERVIEW:
How does High Cholesterol contribute to
heart Disease? High cholesterol causes more plaques to form in the blood vessels that supply the heart with nutrients and oxygen and when there are very narrow vessels, there is less blood flow to the heart causing heart weakness and disease.
How do genes affect high blood pressure and high cholesterol? Genes increase risk for hypertension based what kind of kidney problems someone is born with, based on how a person's body handles salt and homeostasis. Genes increase the risk for high cholesterol based on how a person's body metabolizes fats and reduces circulating lipids and cholesterol. Mutations in these mechanisms can lead to hypertension and high cholesterol.High Blood Pressure
High blood pressure (HBP) is a serious condition that can lead to coronary heart disease, heart failure, stroke, kidney failure and other health problems. "Blood pressure" is the force of blood pushing against the walls of the arteries as the heart pumps blood. If this pressure rises and stays high over time, it can damage the body in many ways. High blood pressure increases the risk of heart disease and stroke so its important to know how to lower high blood pressure. Hypertension risk factors include obesity, drinking too much alcohol, smoking and family history
INTERVIEW:
What are normal measurements for high cholesterol and high blood pressure? Normal total cholesterol is <200 and normal BP is <120/80. Anything higher than these values are considered high.
How does High blood pressure contribute to heart disease? The high pressure in the arterial system forces the heart to have to work harder
and pump against a high pressure causing the heart to hypertrophy or get bigger but not exactly more efficient. The enlarged heart requires more oxygen to keep it pumping against a higher blood pressure and once the demand is more than supply, a heart attack can occur. High blood pressure also is a result of smaller less elastic blood vessels that is part of heart disease.
How do genes affect high blood pressure and high cholesterol? Genes increase risk for hypertension based what kind of kidney problems someone is born with, based on how a person's body handles salt and homeostasis. Genes increase the risk for high cholesterol based on how a person's body metabolizes fats and reduces circulating lipids and cholesterol. Mutations in these mechanisms can lead to hypertension and high cholesterol.
Is medication the only way to lower high blood pressure? No, a health diet and exercise helps a lot as well.
Heart Disease
INTERVIEW:
What is the most common way for people to contract a heart disease? Most people get heart disease from a high fat and sugar diet, smoking, alcohol and family genetics.
How big of a factor is ones age and heart disease? Age plays a role in heart disease because as a person gets older, their blood vessels to the heart become stiffer and have more damage leading to heart disease. It is less important than a high fat/sugar diet, smoking and alcohol.
If someone has a heart disease and they start exercising and eating properly can they eliminate or just decrease the risk of a future attack? exercising and eating healthy will decrease the risk of a future attack but not eliminate it because the vessels to the heart and in the heart already have plaques from past build up which can still clog the heart and cause an attack.