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Using Cholesterol Absorption Inhibitors
Using Cholesterol Absorption
Inhibitors
Scientists have found that in order to fight the war on high
cholesterol, they must learn to fight it at the source.
By using cholesterol absorption inhibitors they are able to do
just that.
There have been many medications used to do the same things that
these types of medications do, but none are quite as effective at lowering high cholesterol
as using cholesterol absorption inhibitors.
First lets discuss how the body turns all cholesterol into harmful
cholesterol.
There are two types of cholesterol in the upper intestine. First
you have dietary cholesterol that comes from all the food you eat. Then you have biliary, or bile, which is what is supplied to your
digestive tract from your liver.
These two elements combine together to form bile salt micelles.
These salt micelles work in attracting cholesterol and are then absorbed by the
intestine.
After they are absorbed, they are headed back through the
bloodstream to the liver where they are then secreted back into the blood as VLDL particles,
precursors to low density lipoprotein.
Low density lipoproteins are the ones that are most harmful to
your cholesterol levels.
With using cholesterol absorption inhibitors, instead of your
intestine absorbing the salt micelles, which ultimately would result in the production of
LDL, most of the salt micelles uptake is blocked.
When you reduce the cholesterol content that is delivered back to
the liver, you effectively reduce the amount of LDL that your body is creating.
This has become one of the most popular forms of reducing
cholesterol. Usually using cholesterol absorption inhibitors this medicine is given to
individuals who cannot keep their cholesterol under control with proper exercise and
diet.
This is not a magic pill that will work on its own. Your doctor
will also recommend that you start a new diet, one lower in sugar, saturated and trans fat;
this is the most important aspect of assuring that this medication works correctly for
you.
If you find that you have high cholesterol, it is best that you
get help from your doctor in figuring out what the best treatment will be for you.
Just like any other medication, Using cholesterol absorption
inhibitors have to be prescribed by a doctor, and rightfully so.
Lowering your cholesterol has never been easier with today's
medications taking leaps and bounds in the right direction every day, but remember that a
healthy diet and plenty of exercise is the best way to live an overall healthy
lifestyle.
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