Healthy Life Journal

fried, or fatty menus are invited to taste. Especially for those who are still young and delight culinary, delicious menu is not taboo, but a challenge that brings pleasure.

However, young people also still need to be careful because, according to a recent study, high cholesterol and make young people susceptible to damage blood vessels.

According to a research scientist from the University of California, San Francisco, and published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine, the young age of 20 need to watch my cholesterol. If levels are high, then cholesterol may damage arteries and trigger heart problems.

In his research, a team led by Dr Mark Pletcher monitor groups of respondents aged 18 to 30 years. Monitoring was conducted for 20 years. The result, researchers found that high cholesterol at a relatively early age increases the risk of heart disease and stroke when stepping on the elderly.

“We’re usually not too worried about the risk of heart disease that struck the youth because that condition usually only affects people who are already old. But young people are also important to keep his cholesterol because cholesterol affects your blood vessels would be,” said Pletcher.

Pletcher and his team examine the data more than 3200 respondents (consisting of women and black men and white). Those who had higher levels of bad cholesterol (LDL), high in the younger age greater risk of heart disease, irrespective of their cholesterol levels will decrease later.

Pletcher said that, based on research, it does not mean that young people need to take cholesterol-lowering drugs. However, they should keep what they eat.

“Diet and exercise is more beneficial for children younger than cholesterol-lowering drugs larena we do not have enough data to prove that the drug has a direct effect and is safe to recommend to the young man,” said Pletcher.

In previous research, Pletcher found that high blood pressure at a young age sparked a higher risk of coronary heart disease later in life.

On that basis, the American Heart Association recommends that every young child aged 20 years or more for a cholesterol test once every five years. Those who have cholesterol levels of 200 milligrams per deciliter of blood at risk for heart disease.

This study is important because, according to the American Heart Association, 17.6 million Americans estimated to suffer from coronary heart disease. As for heart disease is the leading cause of death in United States and other industrialized countries.