Cholesterol Particle Size:
The Future Diagnosis For Good
Diabetic Health
During a routine diabetes check, have you ever spoke to your doctor about cholesterol particle size? If the topic has ever come up about your cholesterol numbers, especially your LDL numbers (bad cholesterol) are a bit high, be sure to ask your doctor what size of particles do you have also. This information is one of the keys to your future cardiovascular health. In other words, knowing this information could save your life. Your LDL cholesterol level has often been associated with a higher risk for heart disease. But actually, a low to moderate LDL can bring on difficulties if you have the wrong cholesterol particle size. What's The Significance Of The Particle Size?When the doctor has asked, the objective was always to lower your cholesterol numbers. This was to prevent a build-up of plaque in the arterial walls. Large particles have a difficult time working their way through the arteries walls though, thus preventing most of any type of damaging blockage. But very small particles have an easy time traversing the walls resulting in a continuous build-up of adverse health symptoms. It has even been suggested that small particles of HDL (considered up to now the good cholesterol) may also be contributing to these difficulties, but more research must be done to verify this with certainty.All that has been confirmed to date, increasing your LDL cholesterol particle size is of immediate concern to reduce the complications from severe heart disease. Therefore a standard VAP (vertical auto profile) test, done by most quality medical laboratories, to greater knowledge for both you and your doctor. Lifestyle Changes Which Can Affect Your Particle SizeWithout adding more medications, there is some changes which can be made to help enlarge your small cholesterol particle size. The ultimate goal is to get at least a 50/50 ratio of large to small LDL particles. These simple additions through natural therapies to your daily routine can result in a better cross ratio to good to bad size.- Exercise judiciously. Obesity and a sedentary lifestyle actually add to the production of small particles. Start small steps if you must, and add a few minutes of walking, biking or swimming to your daily routine. Add to this as you are able until you have worked up to at least a 20 minute routine daily to increase the LDL particle size.
- Losing weight from a standard healthy diet has proven to increase LDL particles. Research is showing though to stay away from fad diets, such as the low-fat diet, because this alone does not offer the protection needed. Until further research can explain this phenomenon, a high protein, high fiber, low carbohydrate diet has been recommended.
- Load up on fruits and vegetables. The antioxidant power in fresh produce will enhance the growth of the LDL particles to a larger size.
- Reduce all artificial sweeteners, sugars (this does not include the sugars in natural fruits), sweetened drinks and desserts, the white starches from bread, pasta and cereals. These also tend to prevent the growth of your desired particle size.
Most practitioners of alternative therapies also recommend a therapy program with nutritional supplements. Adding these to your daily diet gives you the increased advantage of balancing your cholesterol particle size for a better future health risk. Talk to a licensed practitioner of alternative medicine to obtain a list of the best supplements which are ideal for your body's current condition.
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