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Controlling your cholesterol

Controlling your cholesterol is key to lowering your chances of heart disease and stroke. A healthy diet low in saturated fats as well as daily aerobic exercise is the cornerstone of cholesterol control. Sometimes medicines are needed to bring cholesterol to appropriate levels.
Dr. Keegan Duchicela
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Family Medicine 14 years experience

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How long are cholesterol levels affected by cholesterol controlling medication after you stop taking it?
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Is it really important to take medicine?I was thinking of controlling it by diet control and excercise?And possibilities of risk I am 33 year old male, I am pure vegetarian, recently i found out my cholesterol is 258 with HDL 40 and LDL 178, my triglyceri
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