High Cholesterol Prevention WisdomCard™
Our Guides and Physician Review team have organized the Top 10 Health Resources on High Cholesterol Prevention and compiled helpful research notes below.
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Research Notes on High Cholesterol Prevention
High cholesterol can be prevented by eating a healthy diet, exercise, weight management, and not smoking.1 High cholesterol can also be prevented by having cholesterol levels checked regularly. An optimal cholesterol reading is less than 200 mg/dL.2
Fast Facts:
- Cholesterol levels increase with age.1
- High cholesterol increases the risk for coronary artery disease and heart attack.1
- High cholesterol can also be hereditary.2
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Research Notes References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Healthwise (via WebMD): High Cholesterol Prevention
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: High Blood Cholesterol Prevention
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- Contributor: Jacky Gamble
- Reviewer: Emily Lapkin
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 21, 2009
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Meet our contributors and reviewers
- Contributor: Jacky Gamble
- Reviewer: Emily Lapkin
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Prevention of High Cholesterol, Prevention of Cholesterol
- Last update: Oct. 21, 2009
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
