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Article: Change in diet might reduce cholesterol
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- October 9, 1988
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Everyone should be aware that the risk of having a heart attack
is greatly increased if there is a high level of cholesterol in the
blood. What is the desired level? The consensus among medical
experts is that the ideal level is 200 milligrams or less. However,
if your reading is in the low 200s, and your other risk factors, such
as high blood pressure and stress, are not high, a level in the low
200s may be acceptable.
If your cholesterol level is in the upper 200s, you may be able
to lower it by changing your diet. Most of us know by now that diets
heavy in saturated fats - cream, butter, beef and a host of other
things we like - should be changed.
To bring cholesterol down, we ...