Keeping Up With The Cholesterol

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Healthy arteries vs high cholesterol arteries 🧠👩‍⚕️

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@_Cholesterol i’m learning so much!!

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Where does cholesterol go 🤔?!?

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If you think you have high cholesterol, please go see your nearest physician! 👩‍⚕️🤔

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Keep your cholesterol low, so you can see him everyday! 😍😭

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When you eat too much McDonald’s 🙃🤯 #cholesterol

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What other molecules in a patient’s blood are monitored along with LDL and HDL?!?
Triglyceride are a type of fat found in the bloodstream inside of cholesterol molecules.🤓🤔

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How do LDL and HDL differ functionally?? 🤔 LDL takes cholesterol to the cell while HDL take cholesterol away from the cell to the liver

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How do HDL and LDL differ structurally??
LDL is 50% cholesterol and 25% protein, smaller, denser, and has b-100 proteins HDL is 20% cholesterol 50% protein, large, buoyant, and less plaque build up

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What do the results of a cholesterol test mean? How do patients interpret each value?
-It assesses several types of fat in the blood. It is measured in milligrams per deciliter.The test gives you four results: total cholesterol, LDL and HDL cholesterol, and blood fats.

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How does intake of unsaturated, saturated, and trans fat affect cholesterol levels and overall health?

Eating saturated and tans fat makes your body produce even more cholesterol and makes your cholesterol levels go up. And HDL won’t be able to take enough cholesterol out.

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What can patients do to change the levels of LDL and HDL in their blood??🤔

They can limit 7% of saturated fat intake or less of total calories, also cholesterol should be 200mg per day or less, and Omega 3 fatty acids will increase HDL levels!! 👌🏻

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How are the concentrations of LDL and HDL associated with heart disease and associated disorders??

If LDL is putting to much cholesterol in and HDL can’t bring enough out, it can cause a build up in your arteries and start to clog, which slows down blood flow!

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Why do doctors monitor the concentrations of LDL and HDL in patients blood?? 🤷‍♀️

They see if the patient is at risk for heart disease, and to see if LDL is putting to much cholesterol in and if HDL isn’t bring enough out!!

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Do you know what LDL and HDL??

LDL stands for low density lipoprotein and HDL stands for high density lipoprotein. LDL also moves cholesterol in the body and HDL removes the extra!! 👍🏻