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The following steps help to achieve lower cholesterol level.

1.Heavy weight people have higher levels of cholesterol.

By losing weight the bad cholesterol or the LDL level in heavyweight people reduces naturally. In order to check whether one is having a normal weigh or not, the BMI or the Body Mass Index is helpful. Simple changes such as replacing potatoes with apple, staircase with the escalators or lifts, parking of the vehicle a bit further away from the office entrance or the grocery store or the shopping mal helps to increase the amount of walking. This eventually helps in reducing the LDL level in the blood contents considerably.

2.Healthy Diet

Foods low in the cholesterol, saturated and trans fats are the necessary ingredients of a healthy diet.

a)Foods to be eaten more

b)Vegetables and fruits can be tried for a period of five days.

c)Lean meats such as the round, loin and sirloin, poultry such as the drumstick or breast meat of turkey and even chicken. The skin and the fat need to be removed before consumption.

d)Rice, pasta, cereals and bread which are made from the whole grains such as the whole wheat including the brown rice, oat meal and rye bread.

e)Cheese, fat less yogurt and low fat or even fat free such as skim milk is helpful.

Foods to be eaten less

a) Processed or even the packed foods.
b) Meats of organs such as the kidney, liver and brain.
c) Oils and fat such as the lard and butter.
d) Yolk of the eggs.

Two main diet which help in considerable decrease in the cholesterol level are the

a) Healthy Heart Diets.
b) Diet of the TLC or Therapeutic Lifestyles Changes.

3.Exercise

Exercise can always aid in the lowering of the bad cholesterol or the LDL levels. Besides this it also raises the good cholesterol or the HDL levels. It is recommended to exercise for about half an hour for about five day in a week. A rapid walk in the lunch break is suggested. Replacing the stairs with the elevator is a good solution.

By no the very min step to lower the LDL and higher the HDL cholesterol have been neatly discussed.