High Cholesterol
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What is the Mediterranean diet?
Mayo Clinic
Following a Mediterranean-type diet, as part of a low cholesterol diet, might just be a healthy plan you can stick with in your battle against high cholesterol.
Each culture has its own signature dishes that might be high in cholesterol. Learn how to make some popular African-American dishes a little more heart-healthy.
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A silent killer
YouTube
There are no symptoms of high cholesterol, then one day you suddenly" have a stroke; a stroke that has been building for twenty years."""
Heart attack calculator
NHLBI
Input some data and find out your chances of myocardial infarction or coronary death within the next ten years. That should motivate you to do something about your high cholesterol.
self-help submit a link
Learn more about high cholesterol, determine your risk factors for heart disease, and find out how to improve your health with lifestyle modification.
New guidelines for LDL
Harvard Univ.
How could your cholesterol go from normal" to ""high"" without increasing? This article describes the 2004 update that lowered the ""optimal"" range for LDL cholesterol in certain groups."""
Heart-healthy foods
Food Network
If you have high cholesterol, start eating healthier with these eight tips and fifty recipes from the people at Food Network
Cholesterol video
Health Central
What is cholesterol? How can it lead to health issues? How do statins treat high cholesterol? Find out the answers with this short, informative video.
Unfortunately, many people in minority groups do not always receive the healthcare they need, letting conditions like high cholesterol go undiagnosed and untreated.
Every little bit helps
Healthology
Although your doctor might eventually add a drug to your routine, everyone should start with a heart-healthy lifestyle of diet and exercise to prevent high cholesterol.
If Dr. Margolis, a practicing physician and cholesterol researcher, thinks these are good recommendations, then you should listen and take these steps to prevent high cholesterol.
treatments submit a link
Lowering high cholesterol is only part of the solution. Prescription nicotinic acid, or niacin, also helps raise HDL (good) cholesterol.
Benefits and risks of statins
Mayo Clinic
Statins have been proven to combat high cholesterol, but they might convey added benefits. As with any drug however, there are always potential side effects.
American Heart Recommendations
American Heart
From which fats to use, to tips when eating out, learn what the American Heart Association suggests to prevent high cholesterol.
Cholesterol blocker
Zetia
Zetia lowers cholesterol by a different mechanism than statins. Your doctor might prescribe both types of medicine to treat high cholesterol.

