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Diet and physical activity are the two winning weapons to improve cholesterolemia; by combining both you get an improvement in your lifestyle that determines:
- Reduction of total cholesterol
- Reduction of bad cholesterol (LDL)
- Increase in good cholesterol (HDL) as a result of the decrease in cardiovascular risk
The best strategy to reduce cholesterol (even if it is a lipid) is not a hypolipid diet. The effectiveness of diet therapy for cholesterol is based on the preference for unsaturated fats (up to 18-23% of the total) and on the simultaneous reduction of saturated fats (maximum 7% of the total); in this way it is possible to intervene from the point of view metabolic rate on excess cholesterol levels in the blood.
Furthermore, by lowering the amount of dietary cholesterol (<200 mg / day) and increasing the amount of fiber associated with plant sterols / stanols, it is possible to obtain a hypocholesterolemic effect by reducing intestinal absorption.
Note: In case of overweight or obesity, cholesterol reduction will benefit more from a low calorie diet aimed at reducing overall weight and excess fat mass.
