Guide To Heart Disease Prevention

Keep Cholesterol In Check

An individual can help stop the formation of heart disease if they keep their cholesterol in check and have it monitored often. Cholesterol is a substance an individual's body needs to insulate nerves, build new cells, and make hormones. However, all the cholesterol the body requires is made by the liver. Any cholesterol consumed in food like eggs, milk, and meat can cause too much cholesterol in the body. The kind of cholesterol that is implicated in the buildup of plaque in the blood vessels is referred to as low-density lipoprotein. However, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol assists with removing low-density lipoprotein cholesterol from the blood. When an individual has too much low-density lipoprotein in their blood, plaque can accumulate on the endothelial lining of the blood vessels. When this occurs, the patient develops cardiovascular disease. Plaque buildup in the blood vessels causes their ability to expand to become compromised. The vessels become too narrow and stiff to allow a sufficient amount of blood to flow through them. This process is not able to occur when an affected individual does not consistently consume foods with LDL cholesterol.

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