What Is Hypercholesterolemia?
4. Diet
One of the main contributors to high cholesterol levels is the patient’s diet. Some cholesterols are produced by our own bodies, but a lot of the cholesterols in our body will have come from what we eat. Thus, people are often advised to avoid a high cholesterol diet in order to help keep their cholesterol levels at safe levels.
However, the body will often overcompensate if the amount of cholesterol we consume is decreased, resulting in higher cholesterol levels overall. This might explain why hypercholesterolemia is a problem for people with anorexia nervosa. It is thought that HDL cholesterols can help to reduce the levels of LDL cholesterols in the blood.
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