{"id":6465,"date":"2023-08-11T17:01:03","date_gmt":"2023-08-11T10:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=6465"},"modified":"2023-08-11T17:01:03","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T10:01:03","slug":"how-to-eat-for-healthy-cholesterol-every-day-from-a-cardiologist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=6465","title":{"rendered":"How To Eat For Healthy Cholesterol Every Day, From A Cardiologist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindbodygreen-res.cloudinary.com\/image\/upload\/c_fill,w_700,h_400,g_auto,q_85,fl_lossy,f_jpg\/org\/fffd3a8yskvmu69cp.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>HDL is \u201cgood\u201d cholesterol:<\/strong>\u00a0This is the cholesterol that\u2019s not depositing in your arteries but is on its way out. So you want HDL numbers to be high.\u00a0In men, HDL should be above 40 mg\/dL.\u00a0In women, HDL should be above 50 mg\/dL.\u00a0Values lower than those represent an additional risk factor for developing plaque deposits.<\/p>\n<p><strong>LDL is \u201cbad\u201d cholesterol:\u00a0<\/strong>This is the cholesterol that\u2019s potentially depositing in your arteries.\u00a0You want LDL numbers to be low; the lower, the better. Cardiologists would say that everyone\u2019s LDL should fall below 130 mg\/dL. If you have additional risk factors (i.e., if you&#8217;re a smoker, have high blood pressure, or have low HDL), LDL should fall below 100 mg\/dL. If you&#8217;ve had a heart attack, stroke, bypass surgery, or a stent, or if you have diabetes, LDL should fall below 70 mg\/dL. LDL\u2019s well under 50 mg\/dL\u00a0are <span data-citation-wrapper=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/34452583\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"mbg-track-event\" data-track-event-types=\"click\" data-track-type=\"article-link\" data-track-prop-element-id=\"in-body-link\" data-track-prop-label=\"page_type | element_id\" data-track-prop-category=\"Link\" data-track-prop-link=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/34452583\/\" data-citation-link=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">considered additionally protective<\/a><a href=\"#citations\" data-citation-number=\"2\">2<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"11\" height=\"10\" viewbox=\"0 0 11 10\"><path d=\"M10.5616 1.47255C10.7935 1.16327 10.7308 0.724508 10.4216 0.492549C10.1123 0.26059 9.67352 0.323271 9.44156 0.63255L4.41852 7.32996L2.03106 4.54448C1.77947 4.25094 1.33756 4.21694 1.04403 4.46853C0.750497 4.72012 0.716495 5.16203 0.968084 5.45556L3.77335 8.72851C3.81859 8.84955 3.89785 8.9595 4.0089 9.04279C4.09758 9.1093 4.19691 9.15159 4.29895 9.17078C4.51931 9.23643 4.76744 9.19227 4.955 9.03151C5.07764 8.92639 5.15498 8.78804 5.18511 8.64118L10.5616 1.47255Z\"\/><\/svg><\/a><\/span>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>TGs are an indicator of general metabolic health<\/strong>: TGs are mostly fatty particles that don\u2019t contribute much to the total cholesterol number.\u00a0Normal levels are under 150 mg\/dL.\u00a0TGs are more of an indicator of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindbodygreen.com\/articles\/what-is-metabolic-health-and-how-to-tell-if-your-metabolically-healthy\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"mbg-track-event\" data-track-event-types=\"click\" data-track-type=\"article-link\" data-track-prop-element-id=\"in-body-link\" data-track-prop-label=\"page_type | element_id\" data-track-prop-category=\"Link\" data-track-prop-link=\"https:\/\/www.mindbodygreen.com\/articles\/what-is-metabolic-health-and-how-to-tell-if-your-metabolically-healthy\" rel=\"noopener\">general metabolic health<\/a>, and levels over 150 mg\/dL can be a warning sign of faulty blood sugar control.\u00a0Levels over 500 mg\/dL are typically genetically driven and require medical management to <span data-citation-wrapper=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC5985770\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"mbg-track-event\" data-track-event-types=\"click\" data-track-type=\"article-link\" data-track-prop-element-id=\"in-body-link\" data-track-prop-label=\"page_type | element_id\" data-track-prop-category=\"Link\" data-track-prop-link=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC5985770\/\" data-citation-link=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">reduce the risk of developing pancreatitis.<\/a><a href=\"#citations\" data-citation-number=\"3\">3<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"11\" height=\"10\" viewbox=\"0 0 11 10\"><path d=\"M10.5616 1.47255C10.7935 1.16327 10.7308 0.724508 10.4216 0.492549C10.1123 0.26059 9.67352 0.323271 9.44156 0.63255L4.41852 7.32996L2.03106 4.54448C1.77947 4.25094 1.33756 4.21694 1.04403 4.46853C0.750497 4.72012 0.716495 5.16203 0.968084 5.45556L3.77335 8.72851C3.81859 8.84955 3.89785 8.9595 4.0089 9.04279C4.09758 9.1093 4.19691 9.15159 4.29895 9.17078C4.51931 9.23643 4.76744 9.19227 4.955 9.03151C5.07764 8.92639 5.15498 8.78804 5.18511 8.64118L10.5616 1.47255Z\"\/><\/svg><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1675549\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HDL is \u201cgood\u201d cholesterol:\u00a0This is the cholesterol that\u2019s not depositing in your arteries but is on its way out. So you want HDL numbers to be high.\u00a0In men, HDL should be above 40 mg\/dL.\u00a0In women, HDL should be above 50 mg\/dL.\u00a0Values lower than those represent an additional risk factor for developing plaque deposits. LDL is &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[71,87,160,111],"class_list":["post-6465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-fats","tag-fiber","tag-heart","tag-omega-3"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6465\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}