How does exercise help to reduce cholesterol?

How Much Exercise Do You Need?

Most studies have been performed on aerobic exercises, such as jogging, running and aerobics.
Exercise is an important tool in lowering cholesterol and promoting overall health. It can lower total cholesterol by an average of 10% in conjunction with a healthy diet. There are a lot of exercise programs out there, and most types of exercise routines, ranging from walking to running to yoga, appear to have the same impact when it comes to lowering LDL (“bad” cholesterol) and raising HDL (”good” cholesterol).

Aerobic exercises appear to benefit cholesterol the most, by lowering LDL by 5 to 10% and raising HDL cholesterol by 3 to 6%.

Water exercises, such as swimming, water walking, and participating in water games, can also produce similar results in your cholesterol profile as aerobic exercise.

Even if you are not an avid jogger or haven’t been active in a while, you can also enjoy other exercises that may lower cholesterol. For instance, studies have shown that walking, yoga, and tai chi can also lower cholesterol. However, these studies are few in comparison to studies looking at aerobic exercise.

Current research has shown that in order to achieve lower cholesterol levels, you must obtain at least 30 minutes of exercise on most days of the week. If you are too busy to fit a 30 minute time period into your schedule, not to worry: Studies have shown that if this time is divided up in intervals throughout the day (for instance, two 15 minute exercise sessions), you will receive the same healthy benefits from the exercise.

Although aerobic exercise appears to provide the most cholesterol lowering benefits, it is important to note that any type of physical activity will help lower your cholesterol, help you lose weight and promote heart health. In order to achieve even lower cholesterol, exercise should be combined with healthy diet, weight loss, and smoking cessation (if you smoke).

exercise burns cholestrol and fats and giving u a healthy body.

By changing your lifestyle, you can keep your blood cholesterol level and at the same time have less risk of having a heart disease. Changing your lifestyle will include exercise and diet. Regular workout can help alleviate a part of the problem but having a proper diet always have to go with it.

Most people take medications because they opt for faster relief not knowing that there are secrets to lower cholesterol naturally.

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Natural Cholesterol Guide?

Sometimes high cholesterol is inherited and even diet and exercise does not work. You need to stay on a regimented routine of regular exercise and a low fat diet for a month or so and check your cholesterol again and if it is not significantly better then you probably need to see your doctor to see if you need to have medication to help control the levels in addition to diet and exercise. My husband has inherited this and he is in great shape and still cannot control the numbers. Good Luck!!