HABITS THAT CAN LEAD TO HIGH CHOLESTEROL

I strongly advise you to stop these poor lifestyle habits as they spike an increase in bad cholesterol levels;

Excess Drinking and Smoking

Excessive drinking and smoking interfere with smooth cholesterol metabolism due to these products’ harmful or toxic substances. This tends to lower the good HDL cholesterol and raise the bad LDL cholesterol.

Lack of Physical Exercises

Regular workouts can help maintain balanced cholesterol amounts. However, a sedentary lifestyle without engaging in any fitness activity. Slows down how the body uses the fat transported by cholesterol lipids, causing an increase in bad LDL cholesterol as more fat builds up and the HDL cholesterol decreases.

Unhealthy Eating Habits

Consuming foods high in added sugars, saturated fats, sodium, and other chemicals while eliminating plant-based meals in your diets can trigger a spike in bad LDL cholesterol.

Why Is High Cholesterol a Health Risk?

High levels of LDL or bad cholesterol can lead to the build-up of fats and cholesterol around the blood vessels, especially artery linings, which narrow down the blood vessels, increasing the risk of stroke, heart attacks, hypertension, and other cardiovascular diseases.

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Psychologist and a Sex and Relationships Advisor at shopgiejo.com

Ieva Kubiliute is a psychologist and a sex and relationships advisor and a freelance writer. She's also a consultant to several health and wellness brands. While Ieva specialises in covering wellness topics ranging from fitness and nutrition, to mental wellbeing, sex and relationships and health conditions, she has written across a diverse range of lifestyle topics, including beauty and travel. Career highlights so far include: luxury spa-hopping in Spain and joining an £18k-a-year London gym. Someone’s got to do it! When she’s not typing away at her desk—or interviewing experts and case studies, Ieva winds down with yoga, a good movie and great skincare (affordable of course, there’s little she doesn’t know about budget beauty). Things that bring her endless joy: digital detoxes, oat milk lattes and long country walks (and sometimes jogs).

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