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What happens to your body when your LDL is high?
When you have too much LDL cholesterol in your body it can build up in your arteries, clogging them and making them less flexible. Hardening of the arteries is called atherosclerosis. Blood doesn’t flow as well through stiff arteries, so your heart has to work harder to push blood through them.
How does HDL and LDL affect diabetes?
Diabetes and high cholesterol often occur together The American Heart Association (AHA) states that diabetes often lowers HDL (good) cholesterol levels and raises triglycerides and LDL (bad) cholesterol levels. Both of these increase the risk for heart disease and stroke.
What is the relationship between HDL and cholesterol?
HDL (high-density lipoprotein), or “good” cholesterol, absorbs cholesterol and carries it back to the liver. The liver then flushes it from the body. High levels of HDL cholesterol can lower your risk for heart disease and stroke.
Can high HDL cause diabetes?
Experimental evidence suggests that levels of HDL cholesterol may contribute to the pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes through direct effects on plasma glucose levels (5).
Why does LDL increase in diabetes?
In diabetes greater amounts of fatty acids returning to the liver are reassembled into triglycerides and secreted in VLDL. A greater content of triglyceride leads to the production of larger particles. Not all VLDL are equally likely to be converted to LDL.
What is difference between HDL and LDL?
HDL (high density lipoprotein) cholesterol is known as “good” cholesterol. HDL takes the “bad,” LDL (low density lipoprotein) cholesterol out of your blood and keeps it from building up in your arteries.
Why is hdhdl the good cholesterol?
HDL is the good cholesterol because it protects the arteries from the atherosclerosis process. HDL cholesterol extracts cholesterol particles from the artery walls and transports them to the liver to be disposed through the bile. It also interferes with the accumulation of LDL cholesterol particles in the artery walls.
LDL cholesterol makes up the majority of the body’s cholesterol. LDL is known as “bad” cholesterol because having high levels can lead to plaque buildup in your arteries and result in heart disease and stroke. HDL cholesterol absorbs cholesterol and carries it back to the liver, which flushes it from the body.
What is a good HDL level for a woman?
A good goal to aim for is higher than 55 mg/dL for women and 45 mg/dL for men. The higher your HDL cholesterol numbers, the lower your risk is for heart disease, vascular disease, and stroke.
What are the LDL cholesterol goal values for patients with diabetes?
Low density lipoprotein (LDL cholesterol) goal values: Less than 70 mg/dL for those with heart or blood vessel disease and for other patients at very high risk of heart disease (those with metabolic syndrome) Less than 100 mg/dL for high risk patients (for example: some patients who have diabetes or multiple heart disease risk factors)
What is LDL (low-density lipoprotein)?
LDL (low-density lipoprotein), sometimes called “bad” cholesterol, makes up most of your body’s cholesterol. High levels of LDL cholesterol raise your risk for heart disease and stroke.
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