how cholesterol affects your skin
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OUR CHOLESTEROL IS DROPPING
Finally some good news! While you may assume that cholesterol levels have blossomed along with the obesity epidemic, cholesterol has
in fact dropped.
EXERCISE BOOSTS GOOD CHOLESTEROL
Doctors generally recommend exercise as a lifestyle change that can help lower cholesterol
naturally.
CHOLESTEROL-FREE FOOD CAN STILL RAISE
CHOLESTEROL
Watch out for cholesterol-free food. Cholesterol is made by the liver of animals, and it will only be found in animal-based foods, such as meat,
milk, and eggs.
If you have sky-high cholesterol, it may be partly genetic. But for some families, it's inevitable that LDL, or bad cholesterol, will be in the unhealthy zone.
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Even if you can't see xanthomas on the skin, high cholesterol can still build up in the body.
LDL slowly builds up in artery walls, causing a thick plaque that can narrow arteries, restrict blood flow, and lead to blood clots.
YOU CAN SEE HIGH CHOLESTEROLThe patches vary in size and can be found all over the body, including on the joints, hands, and eyelids (though not all eyelid xanthomas are caused by high cholesterol).
CHOLESTEROL CAN BE TOO LOWExperts recommend that you keep your total cholesterol under 200 mg/dL, which is about the average for adults. However, below a certain level -- generally 160 mg/dL -- low cholesterol is associated with health risks, including cancer.
A 2005 Swedish study found that men with total cholesterol of about 270 mg/dL and above were 4.5 times more likely to develop testicular cancer than men with cholesterol levels of 220 or below (though the authors cautioned that the link between the two conditions was probably compli-cated by other factors).
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http://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/11/24/moh.healthmag.cholesterol.surprises/