Cholesterol and High Blood Pressure – How are the Two Related?

For most people who have been diagnosed with high blood pressure they will also be told their cholesterol is too high (over 88 percent, in fact). Traditional Western medicine dictates that we are prescribed pills by our doctor to treat both conditions.

In addition to this we most often told to change our exercise and eating habits. For many, this means adopting some sort of exercise routine after years of inactivity.

Exercise and diet helps to improve health, but even a healthy new habit is very hard to adopt. All the people do this correctly and without questioning. Medicines taken for cholesterol and high blood pressure mostly work.

Medicines are considered to be an easy option, as it involves very little effort. It is just following the prescription of taking medicines every day. Only when we get the side effects of that medication we think about it.

Let me ask a very basic question? Why blood pressure and cholesterol should in control? Because high blood pressure can lead to damages of tissues in kidney, heart and eyes. And this may lead to heart attack, stroke, blindness if not treated.

Normally higher blood pressure do not come with any symptoms, so even it has the name of silent killer. The systolic reading of high blood pressure is 140 and diastolic reading is 90.

Cholesterol is found in cell walls and tissues all over the body. It is even found in heart, liver, brain, intestines etc. Body needs cholesterol to produce certain hormones and to breakdown fats. A fatty and waxy substance is called cholesterol.

Only a very small amount of cholesterol is needed to do this, however. Too much cholesterol in the body can lead to deposits and buildup in the arteries. One area this causes concern is in the coronary arteries. This can lead to coronary heart disease (CHD).

When not treated this sediment will narrow the artery walls and this will limit the flow of blood to the heart. And this may lead to chest pain and heart attack.

A simple blood test will reveal the level of cholesterol in our body. Low-density lipoprotein or LDL (bad cholesterol), high- density lipoprotein, or HDL (good cholesterol) and triglycerides (other fatty substances in the blood) are measured.

Many of the studies based on cholesterol shows that diets that contain high saturated fat can lead to high cholesterol. Other factors that can lead to cholesterol are heredity, obesity, age, stress and usage of alcohol.

While moderate drinking actually shows an increase in HDL levels, it doesn\’t lower LDL levels and excessive drinking can lead to liver disease and high blood pressure.

Studies say that high blood pressure does not lead to high cholesterol, but these are the two factors that lead to heart disease and these two are controllable factors. The study also reveals that there is only 10% chance for a person to have high cholesterol and low blood pressure or vice versa.

This shouldn\’t be surprising as they share many of the same risk factors (age, weight, diet). Added to this, it takes different drugs to treat each condition. This often leads to multiple medications and a greatly increased chance for dangers of drug interactions.

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