A new study has found that men who remain more active can help decrease their cholesterol levels. Get moving to help keep your cholesterol in a healthy range, which helps reduce the risk of many chronic comorbidities.
The Study
A new study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology has found that men who are more fit can help delay age-related-cholesterol-level-increases by 15 years.
A new study has found that men who remain more active can help decrease their cholesterol levels. Get moving to help keep your cholesterol in a healthy range, which helps reduce the risk of many chronic comorbidities.
Get Moving
11,400 men aged 20-90 years were followed from 1970-2006. Those who followed a more active lifestyle did not develop high cholesterol levels until their mid 40s; whereas, the men who were less active developed high cholesterol in their early 30s.
A new study has found that men who remain more active can help decrease their cholesterol levels. Get moving to help keep your cholesterol in a healthy range, which helps reduce the risk of many chronic comorbidities.
Benefits of Exercise
Exercise can help lower our LDL “bad” cholesterol and help raise our HDL “good” cholesterol. It can also decrease the risk of obesity, type 2 diabetes, and high blood pressure.
A new study has found that men who remain more active can help decrease their cholesterol levels. Get moving to help keep your cholesterol in a healthy range, which helps reduce the risk of many chronic comorbidities.
What Do I Have to Do?
Do you have to run marathons and triathlons? No! The amount of fitness the study found to be beneficial, was 150 minutes cardiovascular activity per week, or 75 minutes of vigorous cardiovascular activity per week. So, that translates into 30 minutes of cardio 5 times a week.
A new study has found that men who remain more active can help decrease their cholesterol levels. Get moving to help keep your cholesterol in a healthy range, which helps reduce the risk of many chronic comorbidities.
Cardiovascular Activities
Help improve your cholesterol and endurance by participating in some form of cardiovascular activity. A few of these types of activities include: walking, running, dancing, swimming, aerobic classes, cross country skiing, and biking. If you do something you like, then you are more likely to continue doing it. Thirty minutes a day is your goal, start slow and work up to it!
