Top 5 lifestyle changes to improve your cholesterol
Posted on February 15,2023
Lifestyle changes can help improve your cholesterol — and boost the cholesterol-lowering power of medications.
By Mayo Clinic Staff
High cholesterol increases your risk of heart disease and heart attacks. Medications can help improve your cholesterol. But if you'd rather first make lifestyle changes to improve your cholesterol, try these five healthy changes.
If you already take medications, these changes can improve their cholesterol-lowering effect.
1. Eat heart-healthy foods
A few changes in your diet can reduce cholesterol and improve your heart health:
Reduce saturated fats. Saturated fats, found primarily in red meat and full-fat dairy products, raise your total cholesterol. Decreasing your consumption of saturated fats can reduce your low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol — the "bad" cholesterol.
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Vitamin A: Benefits, Deficiency, Toxicity, and More
Posted on March 20, 2023
Vitamin A is the generic term for a group of fat-soluble compounds highly important for human health.
They’re essential for many processes in your body, including maintaining healthy vision, ensuring the normal function of your immune system and organs and aiding the proper growth and development of babies in the womb.
It’s recommended that men get 900 mcg, women 700 mcg and children and adolescents 300–600 mcg of vitamin A per day (1Trusted Source).
Vitamin A compounds are found in both animal and plant foods and come in two different forms: preformed vitamin A and provitamin A.
Preformed vitamin A is known as the active form of the vitamin, which your body can use just as it is. It’s found in animal products including meat, chicken, fish and dairy and includes the compounds retinol, retinal and retinoic acid.
Provitamin A carotenoids — alpha-carotene, beta-carotene and beta-cryptoxanthin — are the inactive form of the vitamin found in plants.
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21 tiny lifestyle changes you can make to get healthier
Posted on march 10, 2023
Two years ago, a Reddit-user asked: What is one small lifestyle change you can do to be healthier?
The thread now has nearly 14,000 comments. We pulled out our favorite suggestions. Over time, these small lifestyle tweaks should lead to larger personal changes.
Here's the short list:
1. Learn to drink your coffee black.
Coffee is good for you (in moderation). Eliminating milk, cream, sugar, or flavorings will cut calories, too.
2. Stand on one leg while brushing your teeth.
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Meditation: A simple, fast way to reduce stress
Posted on May 7th, 2023
Meditation can wipe away the day's stress, bringing with it inner peace. See how you can easily learn to practice meditation whenever you need it most.
If stress has you anxious, tense, and worried, consider trying meditation. Spending even a few minutes in meditation can help restore your calm and inner peace.
Anyone can practice meditation. It's simple and inexpensive. And it doesn't require any special equipment.
And you can practice meditation wherever you are — whether you're out for a walk, riding the bus, waiting at the doctor's office, or even in the middle of a difficult business meeting.
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