How Much is Good Cholesterol Levels? 

Do you care about yourself? I bet everyone cares of himself or herself. The reason why the people need to care about them self is because no one would care but them self. I’m talking about our health. We must stay healthy to be able to do all of our daily activities. When we are unhealthy, it will be so difficult to do our activities. We must maintain our good cholesterol levels if we want to stay healthy for such a long time. Talking about cholesterol, do you have any idea about it?

Do you know why I mention good cholesterol levels? Not many people know that there are two kinds of cholesterol. The people only know that cholesterol is bad for health. Actually, there are two types of cholesterol HDL and LDL. HDL or High Density Lipoprotein is the kind cholesterol and we need it to keep our arteries from being clogged. While LDL is Low Density Lipoprotein or so called bad cholesterol that can cause heart diseases. Many people don’t really know their cholesterol level because we must do blood check to know the exact cholesterol number.

To avoid heart disease, we must keep our good cholesterol levels in normal number. When our level is not ideal, our chance to suffer from heart diseases is bigger. So, do you know what the ideal cholesterol number is? If you don’t know about the ideal number yet, you should find information about it. The information is very important so that you can know well about your health condition. Good cholesterol number on LDL and HDL is different. What important is that you must push your LDL level. Well, here is complete information about it. For LDL, below 70 mg/dL is ideal for the people at very high risk of heart disease, below 100 mg/dL is ideal for the people at risk of heart disease, 100-129 mg/dL is near ideal, 130-159 mg/dL is borderline high, 160-189 mg/dl is high and 190 mg/dL is very high.  While for HDL, here is the list. Below 40 mg/dL (for men) is poor, below 50 mg/dL (for women) is poor, 50-50 mg/dL is better, and 60 mg/dL to above is the best level.

Now that you know the level, you should know about what causes high cholesterol. Of course I’m talking about bad cholesterol. Bad cholesterol can lead into deadly diseases such as coronary heart, heart failure, and blockage in arteries. What causes high cholesterol is the bad life style and bad foods intake. To keep our good cholesterol levels ideal, we must eat healthy food with complete nutrition.

What are the cholesterol levels for men that are good cholesterol levels?

Of course, men and women have different cholesterol level. Cholesterol levels for men are higher since men are easier to suffer from high cholesterol levels. Men are easier to suffer from it because their life style tends to worse than the women. Men like to drink alcohol, smoking and eat food rich in fat. This bad habit causes them bigger chance to suffer from high cholesterol. So here is the list of the cholesterol levels for men. Below 100 mg/dL is harmless for body, 100-129 mg/dL a little higher from harmless level, 130-159 mg/dL is borderline high, 160-189 mg/dL is high, and above 190 mg/dL is very high and too risky for body. If your LDL is high, you should do diet to lower your LDL level. Try to avoid cigarette, alcohol and fatty food in your diet.

Safe Cholesterol Levels for women that good cholesterol levels

Now that you know cholesterol levels for men, you also need to know about the safe cholesterol levels for women. Of course, women also have tendency to have high cholesterol. Indeed, the chance is not as big as the men, but still, every woman has the chance to have high cholesterol. Cholesterol levels for women of course different from the good cholesterol levels for men. In regard to cholesterol levels for women there are two different of coronary heart and non-coronary heart. For women without coronary heart 130 mg/dL is ideal while 130-159 mg/dL is high risk. For women with coronary heart, the ideal level is about 100 mg/dL or below and considers high if the level above 100 mg/dL.