Provides links to websites focusing on health and medical matters. Search under categories such as children's health, nutrition, women's health and fitness.
Home About  

Posts Tagged ‘Medicine’

Lowering Cholesterol in Your Body

Saturday, August 22nd, 2009

The moment you are able to contain excessive cholesterol build up in your body, you will see that you are regaining back the slim and trim figure of yesteryears. There are many special menus available that will help you to control the cholesterol content of your body. Search the net and you will find many means by which you can burn down the extra fat present in your body and these treatments are diverse both in the manner of treatment and also the amount of money they cost.

If you want immediate results and do not bother about spending a good amount of money, you should check out the liposuction and tummy tuck methods advertised in TV’s, health magazines and on the internet. These methods are costly, but they help you to reduce your fat within a few days. One the fat has been reduced; you should stick to a low cholesterol diet in order to avoid building up excessive fat again. Most centers that provide such methods of treatment will also advise you with a diet suitable for you and that is low on cholesterol.

Did you now that the simple bar of chocolate that you cannot do without, contains a harmful amount of cholesterol. Your body has got the capacity to burn down cholesterol and convert it into energy. However, there is a point till which your biological system can convert the cholesterol into energy. After that point is reached, the excessive cholesterol remains back in your system and gets converted into harmful fat. There are some special herbal products too that help you to reduce the excess cholesterol in your body.

There are also some herbal products that prevent you from taking excessive food by reducing your craving for food. All of them help you to fight with the cholesterol menace. It is strongly recommended that you consult with your physician before going in for such herbal products. Why not exercise daily? This helps you to burn down the fat in your body and helps to lower the cholesterol level in your body. Avoiding fatty food, rich in cholesterol also helps in the long run. Start taking care today and do not wait for tomorrow because obesity kills.

CRESTOR® (rosuvastatin calcium) has been prescribed by cardiologists and health care professionals to more than 13 million patients (as of March 2008) to reduce total blood cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), and triglycerides and to increase high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C).8. CRESTOR is indicated along with diet to reduce elevated Total-C, LDL-C, ApoB, non-HDL-C, and triglycerides, to increase HDL-C in adult patients with primary hyperlipidemia or mixed dyslipidemia, and to slow the progression of atherosclerosis in adult patients, as part of a treatment strategy to lower Total-C and LDL-C to target levels.