How to boost and maintain good cholesterol.

Cholesterol is required in our body for keeping up the hormone level. Be that as it may, on the off chance that you are eating a lot of cholesterol than its level increments in the blood which expands your hazard towards the heart maladies. It is very important to know how to boost and maintain good cholesterol for better heart functioning.

The heart is an irregularly conical hollow muscular organ, lying obliquely in the middle mediastinum. Right atrium (RA) forms the right heart border, left ventricle (LV) mainly forms the left border and the inferior border is formed mainly by the right ventricle (RV).

The base is oriented superiorly while the apex points leftward, anteriorly, and slightly inferiorly (levocardia). The heart is retrosternal, two-thirds to the left of the centerline.

The adult heart weighs approximately 325 ± 75 g in men and 275 ± 75 g in women. It measures about 5 inches from base to apex and is 3 inches in width.

To evaluate a patient with cardiovascular disorder, one has to elicit a proper history, carry out clinical examinations, and routine investigations of the chest.

The patient may not be present with any symptoms and unaware of his underlying cardiac disease. The common symptoms are:-

Difficulty in breathing
Irritating, non-productive cough which worse at night
Oedema over the dependent part
Pain in the right upper abdomen
Decreased urine and more urine at night
Palpitations
Chest pain
Syncope (transient loss of consciousness)
Fatigue
Cyanosis

A person with a high cholesterol level is more prone to cardiac diseases which can take severe form. So it is important to know the normal level of cholesterol in a normal adult.

It is seen that cholesterol level varies in range in different age, weight and in both sexes. To measure the cholesterol level and to know about the normal range, firstly we should know what cholesterol is.

What is cholesterol?

Cholesterol is present in all cells of our body as waxy, fat-like substance. Cholesterol is required in our body for the synthesis of few hormones, vitamin D and for the digestion of the food.

If our body as high level of cholesterol level in the blood than this cholesterol gets combined with other particles in the blood and form plaque which is known as atherosclerosis, this plaque gets circulate in the blood and gets attach to the interior wall of arteries, as a result, the person suffers from coronary heart disease.

HDL:- It stands for high-density lipoprotein. It is also called good cholesterol as HDL carries cholesterol from different parts of the body back to the liver and the liver helps to remove this cholesterol from the body.

LDL:- It stands for low-density lipoprotein. It is also called bad cholesterol as a high level of LDL leads to the formation of plaques in the arteries.

VLDL:- It stands for very low-density lipoprotein. Few people called it a bad cholesterol level as it also helps in the formation of plaques in the arteries. But remember that VLDL and LDL are different as VLDL caries triglycerides while LDL carries cholesterol in the blood.

What are the sources for cholesterol

Cholesterol present in our body comes from two sources. Firstly our liver made cholesterol in the body and secondly animal foods which include:-

Milk and milk products:-

Eggnog
Ice cream
Cheese in all varieties
Sour cream
Milkshake
Cottage cheese
Whipping cream

Meat and poultry:-

Veal various cuts and cooked
Lamb various cuts and cooked
Chicken or turkey, various cuts and cooking
Ground (beef, lamb, pork, chicken, turkey) cooked
Venison, various cuts, and cooking
Beef, various cuts, and cooking
Pork, various cuts, and cooking

Organ meats:-

Kidney (beef, veal, lamb, pork) cooked
Liver (chicken, veal, lamb) cooked
Liver (beef, pork) cooked

Meat products:-

Sausage cooked
Deli meat cooked
Bacon cooked
Weiner cooked

Fish and seafood:-

Caviar
Squid cooked
Shrimp cooked
Perch cooked
Oyster cooked
Crab cooked
Cooked eggs
Fish oil
Goat’s milk