How Exercise Can Lower Your High Cholesterol
Written by Editor on March 17th, 2007 in exercise.
Cholesterol is synthesized in our body and if left untreated it could lead to various cardiovascular diseases. High cholesterol levels in the blood could affect the heart, kidneys, brain and other parts of the body.
It is very necessary to do workouts for at least 30 minutes a day. Exercises like swimming, jogging, bicycling etc could help increase in the good cholesterol levels and improve the blood flow throughout the body. Losing flab is very necessary for a person with high cholesterol levels.
Being obese increases the bad cholesterol levels in the blood. At least 4 days of exercise is necessary to maintain a good cholesterol level. Lowering bad cholesterol is very necessary for a healthy body.
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Ten Cholesterol Lowering Food Tips
Cholesterol lowering food in combination with a healthy fit lifestyle has been proven over and over again to be one of the most effective ways of lowering cholesterol naturally.
More people than ever before have high cholesterol even with millions of dollars being spent each year to try and educate people on this problem.
Unfortunately, instead of focusing on such things as cholesterol lowering food the emphasis for dealing with this health problem has been on ’statin’ drugs. Drugs are never a good idea and when it comes to the ’statins’ it’s even worse.
So, how can you lower cholesterol naturally without taking risky prescription medication?
As mentioned above using your diet to lower cholesterol with the help of cholesterol lowering food is a very good place to start.
There are of course other ways of lowering cholesterol naturally such as adding cholesterol lowering vitamins to your health regime, making exercise an important part of your life, etc. but in this article we’ll stick with cholesterol lowering food and food additives.
Before going any further it’s important that you understand the difference between LDL cholesterol and HDL cholesterol. You always hear these terms repeated on the news but what’s the difference between them?
In simplest terms HDL cholesterol is healthy for you. You body needs it. On the other hand LDL cholesterol is the bad guy. LDL helps to cause heart disease by allowing cholesterol to build up in your arteries.
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Building muscle, the straight scoop on getting ripped shredded muscle…
Picture this scenario…
You’ve been training your tail off for the past 4 months, trying to pack on as much muscle size as you possibly can. You’ve bulked up considerably and are quite happy with the size you’ve been able to achieve. Bodybuilding is paying off for you.
There’s just one problem…
Along with all of that solid, lean muscle you’ve gained, you notice that you’ve also packed on some excess body fat in the process.
Let’s face it, no matter how “huge” you might be, no matter how long you’ve been bodybuilding, no one wants to be walking around with a soft, smooth and flabby body. After most trainees have finished their “bulking” phase, they decide that it’s time to “cut down” and strip off the excess body fat that they gained due to their high calorie, bodybuilding diet.
How do they usually go about this?
They lighten up the weights and perform higher reps.
This has always been a widely accepted method of “cutting down” and if you ask most trainers in the gym they’ll tell you that “heavy weights bulk up the muscle and lighter weights define the muscle”.
Do you want to know the reality behind the “light weight and high reps” method of building muscle and obtaining a ripped and defined physique?
It is completely, totally and utterly DEAD WRONG.
It couldn’t be farther from the truth. In fact, there is no logical basis for this way of bodybuilding whatsoever, and whoever dreamt up this downright ridiculous way of thinking has caused the vast majority of lifters to waste their time and impede their progress in the gym.
Let me clear this up once and for all: you CANNOT spot reduce. In other words, it is physically impossible to target fat loss from a specific area on your body. Performing bench presses with light resistance and high repetitions will not magically burn fat off of your chest or cause it to appear harder and more defined. It’s not a smart way of building muscle!
Every single time you wrap your hands around a barbell, dumbbell or cable, your goal is to stimulate as much muscle growth as you possibly can. There are no special, secret bodybuilding exercises that will “define” your muscles or cause them to become more “ripped”.
Training with weights builds muscle mass, end of story.
So how exactly do you “define” a muscle?
The only way to “define” a muscle is by lowering your body fat percentage in order to make your muscles more visible. Body fat reduction can be achieved in two ways:
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