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What are the causes of high cholesterol?
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Diet & liver metab: The two sources of cholesterol are dietary (you eat it) or your liver produces it. Statins are medications to reduce liver production.
Answered 7/8/2015
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Genetics & Lifestyle: These are the two main causes of high cholesterol. For the average individual only about 10 to 20% of your circulating cholesterol is from dietary sources, the remainder is manufactured by the liver according to your genetic "set point." foutunately the are a number of options available to control both sources of cholesterol in the body.
Answered 3/11/2016
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