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Summary: HDL cholesterol, or good cholesterol, is what protects people against atherosclerosis, and all of the measures that lower bad cholesterol typically raise good cholesterol as well. Learn about dieting, exercising and avoiding trans and poly saturated fats with help from a board-certified medical doctor in this free video on increasing low HDL cholesterol.
Dr. Margaret B. Collins-Hill is a board-certified medical doctor in nephrology, hypertension and kidney disease. She attended medical school at the University of North Carolina School...read more
"Hi I'm Dr. Margaret Collins-Hill with Consults in Hypertension in Wilmington, North Carolina. The question this evening is how to increase a low HDL level. HDL is what we refer to as good cholesterol. If you have high levels of this kind of cholesterol it protects you against atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis is the disease that causes heart attacks, strokes and other vessel disease. Lowering bad cholesterol has received a lot of attention but increasing good cholesterol is also helpful. Fortunately all the measures that lower bad cholesterol generally raise good cholesterol as well. Diet, exercise, and avoiding trans and poly saturated fats are very important. Unfortunately you do have set points determined by your heredity about where your good cholesterol and bad cholesterol will begin but if you do your part with healthy lifestyle measures you can have an impact on those numbers. Talk to your doctor about what your goal should be for your good cholesterol and bad cholesterol based on the general level of your health and you too together can construct a plan for diet and exercise and medication only if needed. So to recap to increase low good cholesterol levels you do all the same things that it takes to lower bad cholesterol levels with a healthy lifestyle and medications if you need it."
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