Age (harder for your body to clear excess cholesterol from the blood, as one gets older)
Bad diet – Products high in saturated fats and trans fats. In addition, when you eat more calories than you can burn off, those extra calories are changed to triglycerides, which can result in high levels in your blood
Lack of exercise – Low physical activity can result in weight gain and cause ‘LDL ‘ cholesterol and triglyceride levels to increase.
Overweight – change the way your body uses cholesterol, resulting in levels building up in your blood. Excess weight can also lead to high triglycerides, which are stored in your fat cells.
Smoking – Smoking won’t cause your LDL cholesterol to spike, but it can cause your HDL cholesterol levels (the good kind) to drop, as well as damage arteries.
Alcohol– Drinking heavily increases levels of both cholesterol and triglycerides.
Family history i.e.
Familial combined hyperlipidemia – common genetic disorder that can lead to an increase in body fats. It causes high levels of cholesterol and triglycerides and is made worse by other long term conditions i.e.
Familial hypercholesterolemia– an inherited disorder prevents your body from being able to remove LDL cholesterol from your blood, resulting in abnormally high levels of the “bad” cholesterol in the body.
Familial dysbetalipoproteinemia – a genetic defect that leads cholesterol and triglycerides to build up in the blood and is made worse by other long term conditions such as :
Please talk to your healthcare professional (i.e. Medical Doctor/Pharmacist) for further advice
Detailed Information
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