What is Cholesterol
This is the name of the situation where there is an abnormal increase in the amount of cholesterol in the body
What is High Cholesterol?
Cholesterol is made by the body and is gotten from what we eat. High cholesterol can happen if we eat too much bad cholesterol, or our body makes too little good cholesterol
High cholesterol can increase the risk of this disease affecting the heart.
What is heart disease?
Explanation: Cholesterol buildup in arteries can lead to heart attacks, stroke, hypertension.
Only overweight people have high cholesterol.
False
Explanation: Even thin people can have high cholesterol due to genetics, lack of exercise or diet.
Doing this exercise often helps to make the heart stronger, reduce bad cholesterol and increase good cholesterol
What is Walking?
A blockage in an artery leading to the brain can cause this medical emergency.
What is a Stroke?
Explanation: Cholesterol buildup can reduce blood flow to the brain, leading to a stroke.
Stroke symptoms: face drooping, arm weakness, difficulty working, confusion, headache, loss of coordination
Medication is the only way to lower cholesterol.
False
Explanation: Diet, aerobic exercise, and quitting smoking can all help lower cholesterol naturally.
This type of oil helps in managing cholesterol by reducing the bad cholesterol. It is gotten from a small, round green or black vegetable
What is Olive Oil?
This daily habit, known to damage blood vessels, also lowers good cholesterol.
What is smoking?
Explanation: Smoking lowers good HDL cholesterol. It also raises your risk of heart disease.
Cheese and butter contain a lot of healthy type of fat.
False
Cheese and butter contain a lot of saturated/bad fat.
Saturated fat is the type of fat that is found in animals and is solid at room temperature.
Explanation: Eating too much saturated fat can raise LDL cholesterol (bad cholesterol).
Taking this as prescribed will help to keep cholesterol within normal levels
What is cholesterol medication or what is a statin?
Examples of stains is lipitor, crestor, mevacor, lescol, pravachol, zocor
Statins are taken at night because the liver makes cholesterol at night
When you experience this, immediately call 911 and get help or get someone to call 911 if you are not able to
What is chest pain, extreme tiredness, dizziness, difficulty breathing?
High cholesterol is only a problem for older adults.
False
Explanation: High cholesterol can happen at any age, but it becomes more important to monitor as we get older.
This type of grain is found in rice, oats, wheat bread and helps to make cholesterol better
What is whole grain food?
Name one thing you can do to keep your cholesterol healthy.
What is eat healthy (reduced butter/margarine, palm oil, animal fat; more of healthy fat like olive oil, avocado oil, fish oil aka omega 3), exercise (aerobic exercise), or take medicine if needed?
Explanation: Eating better, staying active, and following your doctor’s advice can help keep cholesterol levels normal.
You can feel when your cholesterol is too high.
False
Explanation: High cholesterol doesn’t cause pain or symptoms, so you need a blood test to check it.