What are the Causes of High Cholesterol?
Dietary Factors • Saturated Fats: According to some dietary experts, saturated fat in the diet can lead to high cholesterol levels in the blood. Therefore, it is thought that lowering the saturated fat in the diet can help in lowering high blood cholesterol levels. • Trans Fatty Acids: According to recent research, trans fatty acids, produced by the hydrogenation of unsaturated fatty acids, which is used in processed foods, commercially baked foods, fried foods, and partially hydrogenated vegetable oils, is one the most important risk factors for hypercholesterolemia. • Carbohydrates: There is increasing evidence that a high carbohydrate diet, particularly comprising of refined carbohydrates, can lead to increasing LDL and triglyceride levels, lowering HDL levels in the blood, thus resulting in hypercholesterolemia. Hereditary hypercholesterolemia, which is a rare form of the condition, can run in families, where the person affected by it does not have the ability to metabolize cholest
