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A heart problem is a health risk, but it can also be a lifestyle problem. For example, if you consume lots of fatty food or lots of food that contain heavy doses of cholesterol such as eggs, meat and milk (and junk food of course), this waxy substance can begin to gather inside your arteries. Cholesterol is carried around with blood. Since blood goes to your heart, it also carries cholesterol with that.
Cholesterol is an essential substance for the healthy functioning of your body so enough cholesterol in the blood is needed. The problem surfaces when you already have too much cholesterol. This is when you need to get a cholesterol test or a heart test.
How do you know you have high cholesterol? Unfortunately, there is no way of finding it through the symptoms and by the time the symptoms show up – normally a heart attack – it is too late. Hence, it is very important to get regular cholesterol test and heart test if you feel that you are vulnerable.
Your body needs cholesterol to build cells and make Vitamins and other hormones. Normally you don’t need external sources of cholesterol. Your liver makes enough cholesterol for your body. If you need more, the additional cholesterol comes from other animal products such as meat, poultry and dairy products. These food products in themselves don’t produce cholesterol.They supply heavy doses of saturated and trans fats. These fats in turn make your liver produce more cholesterol than needed. Some non-animal oil sources like palm oil and coconut oil can also be big sources of saturated fat that can result in bad cholesterol.
Not all cholesterol is bad. The bad one is LDL cholesterol and the good one is HDL cholesterol. Extra amount of LDL cholesterol can give you problems and so does less amounts of HDL cholesterol.There needs to be a balance.
Cholesterol often combines with other substances inside your body to form thick, hard deposits that get collected inside your arteries. They make your arteries less flexible. They clog your arteries and hinder the flow of blood. This results in a heart attack or a stroke. Getting a regular cholesterol test or a heart test can help you keep your cholesterol levels in check.
Cholesterol can impact multiple organs of your body and therefore, there are a multitude of tests that can be performed based on your doctor’s advice. We provide our own preventive heart package that includes all the necessary tests and parameters. We also have our extended heart care package to include more tests and give you more solid data. You can have a lipid profile test. You can also have a cholesterol test. HDL and LDL cholesterol levels can be tested in the same test or separate tests.