Cholesterol to hdl ratio is the best calculator or predictor to
predict about heart diseases in future as Compared to the total cholesterol and
HDL cholesterol .The total cholesterol includes both the good and bad
cholesterol of your body. The LDL (Low density lipoproteins) cholesterol is
known as bad cholesterol because it moves the cholesterol into the arteries
.And HDL (high density lipoproteins) cholesterol is known as good cholesterol
because it moves cholesterol out of the arteries.
Cholesterol to hdl ratio
It is very crucial to find out
that ratio because age, smoking, total cholesterol, systolic blood pressure and
HDL are the most important five factors that can predict whether or not you
will suffer from a heart disease in the future years. This fact is in
accordance with the report of the united state government about
cholesterol.
The Merk Manual of Diagnosis and
Therapy, which is the very popular medical textbook in this book it is informed
that cholesterol is the type of fat in your blood which plays an important part
in normal functioning of our heart, kidneys, cells and lungs. It is your body
that produces cholesterol which is necessary.
If cholesterol level of your
blood is increases which happened because of your diet can stop your blood to
reach your heart building up through arteries that are going towards your
heart.HDL known as high density lipoproteins contain extra amount of proteins
which makes it enable to move towards lower density cholesterol from the
arteries and your body.
Different ranges of Cholesterol to hdl ratio
If your total cholesterol level is under the 200 milligrams per deciliter
that is advantageous and high density level lipoproteins (HDL) cholesterol
level is 60 milligrams per deciliter then you have very lower risk of heart
disease. Cholesterol to hdl ratio is
your total cholesterol divided by your HDL cholesterol. As discussed above if
you’re total cholesterol level is under the range of 200mg/dl, hdl cholesterol
is 60mg/dm and their ratio is 3.33 gm/dl then it is fine.
If cholesterol to hdl ratio is low then that, s good because you want
to reduce your total cholesterol and to increase HDL cholesterol. According to
the studies the ideal ratio would be less than 3 and if an average person has
ratio of 5 than he is at risk of heart diseases, if ratio is above 9 than risk
become double and if ratio is more than 20 than risk increases three times
more.
Gender and age factor
Your age and gender are also very
important factors for heart diseases. If men are in between the age of 20 to 30
years old the risk of heart disease is medium as not high not low because of
their cholesterol to hdl ratio between 3.7 to 5.1, if they
are between 40 to 59 years old their ratio is 4.3 to 6 and the men older more
than 60s have ratio of 4.1 to 6.The women of same age having ratios 2.9-3.6,
3.1-4, and 3.3-4.8 are also at moderate risk of heart disease.
Diet to control ratio
You can improve your ratio by
taking vegetarian diet. The people which remain vegetarian for a long time have
good
cholesterol to hdl ratio 2.8.the
runners which take part in long running races called marathon runners have the
second best ratio. The ratio of vegetarians goes bad when they eat eggs fish
and diary products. The food containing a lot of fat is not good for ratio.
Exercises
If you will do exercise regularly and give up
smoking you can improve your cholesterol to hdl ratio and increase your hdl
cholesterol level. This is basically a test. From your arm or hand the sample
of blood is drawn through needle. It’s a little bit risky having test with
needle because this can cause infection, bleeding and swelling. Many things
like medicine, physical activity, pregnancy and diet.
Precautions for Test
You just have to drink water 8 or
9 hours before the test and make sure not to eat anything during this period of
time. And you have to tell your doctor about your diet or if you have any
problem in the past. Also let him know about the supplements, herbs and
medicines that you are taking.
We can also determine the
cholesterol level by calculating non-hdl
cholesterol level. We can do this by subtracting the hdl cholesterol to the
total cholesterol level. Some doctors think that it is accurate method because it
also helps calculating very low density lipoproteins. VLDL (very low density
lipo proteins) can also build up in our vessels like LDL. The high value of non
HDL level can also increase the chances of heart disease.
High LDL cholesterol level can
cause heart disease but sometimes happened that it does not show any symptoms.
To decrease the LDL cholesterol level you have to maintain a healthy life
style. You have to exercise regularly, quite non healthy activities like
smoking. You should also avoid the saturated fats.
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