subject: Vldl Cholesterol: Essential But Harmful [print this page] Very-low-density lipoprotein or VLDL cholesterol may be familiar to some people, but other than the doctor, they don't really know much about it. For basic education, there are a certain number of cholesterols which are made up of lipoproteins and fats. Each of the lipoproteins comprises a miscellany of cholesterol, proteins and triglycerides in variable quantities.
Another term we are very familiar with is triglycerides. We all know that basically this is the thing that can make us fat and can deposit in places unwanted, like in the veins and arteries or the liver and other unwanted places. Unfortunately, triglycerides are found in large quantities in VLDL cholesterol which is the reason why VLDL got such a bad reputation.
Even if VLDL cholesterol is a transporter of cholesterol and triglycerides within our bodies, its creation in our livers is simply a reaction to an excess in carbohydrate taken during meals. These excesses can also lead to storage of the triglycerides in the form of fat and is the sole culprit to obesity, diabetes and some forms of cancers. These fats can also be stored inside our arteries and can lead to atherosclerosis.
Normal levels of VLDL cholesterol in blood tests should read 5 mg/dL to 40 mg/dL. How to lower triglycerides will be the next action to take if the numbers are above the normal levels. The only way to do this would be to learn everything there is to learn about VLDL and what foods can lower them.
Diet and exercise are the best way to lower VLDL cholesterol and this should be approached like a soldier studying his opponent's next course of action. Careful planning and stratagem are needed here, plus a full compliance on the part of the patient. What use are the plans and strategies if the patients are unwilling to take action?
Patients generally do not like to follow the diet even if it means that their VLDL cholesterol levels are high, even if their bodies are already protesting, even if the medications are just making them miserable. Why? Because they think that they will become half of what they really are if they give up all the good stuff. Unfortunately, this is the only way to lower the VLDL cholesterol levels in the body, or else... I really don't want to say it, so I won't.
