Lastly, diet and exercise are fundamental in weight management. Obesity has a completely negative effect on all lipid levels. This is in addition to its independent effect of increasing heart disease risk. If you are overweight, losing 10lbs may decrease your LDL level by 5-8%.
In summary, there's a lot you can do to help improve your cholesterol without having to resort to prescription medication. If you are able to achieve all of these therapeutic lifestyle changes as mentioned above, the total net benefit may be a LDL reduction of 20-30% - that's equivalent to taking 10mg of simvastatin, 20mg of lovastatin, or 40mg of fluvastatin. But even if you have to take prescription medication, these therapeutic lifestyle changes still have significant value and should be followed to the best of your motivational ability. Remember that a little TLC can go a long way.
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