A healthy lifestyle is your best defense against high cholesterol. Learning how to make heart-healthy food choices and breaking unhealthy lifestyle habits can go a long way in lowering your cholesterol and positively improving your heart health.
Part of the stress of having high cholesterol is the feeling that there's nothing you can do to change things, or that you need to rely on doctors or medications to get better. Actually, you can do a lot for your high cholesterol just by understanding how to make healthy lifestyle changes.
For example, learning how to maintain a healthy diet, finding the right exercise program and keeping active, quitting smoking, even understanding your emotions and feelings, can all help you age well and lower your cholesterol in a healthy and gradual
way.
Understanding self care and putting it into action will not only to help lower your cholesterol, it will help you regain control and relearn how to appreciate your body all over again.