Besides Food, These 5 Factors Can Also Be The Cause Of High Cholesterol

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JAKARTA - Cholesterol is one of the soft yellow fat compounds, and is similar to wax produced by the body, especially the liver.

Every day the liver can produce about 800 milligrams of cholesterol. Apart from the liver, cholesterol can also come from foods that are usually consumed by animal products, such as eggs, brains, meat, chicken, seafood, milk, and dairy products.

Maybe many of you put a bad stigma on cholesterol. Though this view is not correct if cholesterol levels in the body are normal. In fact useful for health.

Well, the danger is if excessive cholesterol levels in the blood can cause various problems. Launching from Kompas.com, Monday, August 30, what do you think affects high cholesterol? Come on, take a good look.

Smoke

Research reveals that smoking can increase levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, also known as bad cholesterol, total cholesterol, and triglycerides (blood fat).

Based on research, smoking can increase levels of low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol or people often refer to it as bad cholesterol, total cholesterol, and triglycerides (blood fat).

Alcohol consumption

Excessive alcohol consumption can increase total cholesterol and triglyceride levels. That's why alcoholics tend to have excess weight and blood pressure that continues to rise.

Weight

Next, people who are overweight have higher levels of total cholesterol, bad cholesterol, and triglycerides than people with normal weight.

For those of you who have excess fat, it is generally stored in the subcutaneous tissue in the form of triglycerides. However, keep in mind also, that people who have normal weight are also not necessarily free from high cholesterol.

Drinking coffee

For those of you who often drink coffee in excess, keep in mind that it can also increase levels of bad cholesterol and triglycerides.

This is because later the blood becomes more concentrated, causing constriction of blood vessels that are at risk of causing heart attacks and strokes.

That way, you are only advised not to drink more than 6 cups of coffee per day.

Stress

Stress is a disease that often happens to anyone. However, stress that lasts for a long time will damage the balance of body functions.

Blood pressure and blood cholesterol of stressed people tend to be higher than when the stress is under control.