What causes high cholesterol?

Answer 1

Combination of diet (the foods you eat-especially animal products) and heredity/genetics.

Answer 2

- What causes high cholesterol? There are several factors that may contribute to high blood cholesterol: a diet that's high in saturated fat and, less so, high in cholesterol lack of exercise may increase LDL ("bad") cholesterol and decrease HDL ("good") cholesterol family history - people are at a higher risk of high cholesterol if they have a direct male relative aged under 55 or female relative aged under 65 affected by coronary heart disease being overweight, which may increase LDL ("bad") cholesterol and decrease HDL ("good") cholesterol age and sex - cholesterol generally rises slightly with increasing age, and men are more likely to be affected than women drinking alcohol excessively Rarely, high cholesterol can be caused by a condition that runs in the family called a lipid disorder (familial hypercholesterolaemia). Other health conditions such as poorly controlled diabetes, certain kidney and liver diseases and an underactive thyroid gland may also cause cholesterol levels to rise. Some medicines such as beta-blockers, steroids or thiazides (a type of diuretic) may also affect blood lipid levels. - How diet affects blood cholesterol Only about 20% of cholesterol comes directly from the diet - the other 80% is produced by the liver. However, a diet high in saturated fats and cholesterol can cause the liver to produce more LDL ("bad") cholesterol. The amount that diet influences cholesterol levels varies from person to person and is probably an inherited characteristic. Some people who eat high-fat diets have high cholesterol levels; others may have normal or low cholesterol levels.

Answer 3

Because the liver produces about 2/3 of the cholesterol, high cholesterol is in part caused by genetic factors. But food, besides other factors plays also a role. For example intake of sucrose causes acetate to be produced which is a precursor of cholesterol.

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Answer 4

A combonation of Low LDL Cholesterol (A bad kind). Low density) and HDL cholesterol, (Good kind. High Density Lipoprotein) A family history of high Cholesterol or a Cholesterol diet.

A stressful enviroment or cheeseburgers are Factors, too.

Answer 5

There are two ways people get high CHolesteraol. COnsuming too much CHolesterol, and your body producing too much cholesterol.

Answer 6

High fat/high cholesterol diet and also due to increased production of cholesterol by the body.

Answer 7

I've read that a high sugar diet contributes to high cholesterol.

Answer 8

Sodium High Foods

Answer 9

eating a lot of salt and greasy food cause really high cholesterol
eating alot of fast and fried food will cause

Answer 10

Bad diet and genetics. But be more concerned about elevated triglycerides.