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(as he stared at my bacon cheeseburger) that October has been designated as National Cholesterol Awareness Month and that maybe I should stop by his office where they’re doing free cholesterol screenings as part of the cholesterol awareness program. I told him that I would \u201ctry to come by\u201d, as he grabbed some packing\u00a0tape and boxes<\/a>, and headed for his car.<\/p>\nGood cholesterol, bad cholesterol? What exactly is cholesterol, and how much is too much?<\/strong>\u00a0I swung by Dr. Ron’s office on my way home, and picked up a pamphlet on preventing high cholesterol.<\/p>\n Cholesterol is a waxy, fat-like substance<\/strong> found in all your cells. It can tell you about your future heart health. High cholesterol doubles your risk for heart disease.<\/p>\n A blood test<\/strong> will tell you what your levels of total cholesterol, bad cholesterol, good cholesterol, and triglycerides are.<\/p>\n About 74 million U.S. adults<\/strong> have high cholesterol. Less than half of them are getting treatment.<\/p>\n You can\u2019t live without cholesterol.<\/strong> We\u2019re born with cholesterol in our bodies. Infants get added cholesterol from their mother\u2019s milk. Cholesterol is even added to baby formula.<\/p>\n One out of every three adults has high cholesterol.<\/strong> Everyone over age 20 should get their cholesterol checked every five years. About about 75 percent of people actually do.<\/p>\n High cholesterol can be genetic.<\/strong> Current research says the main influencing factor for high cholesterol is your genes.<\/p>\n Children can have high cholesterol \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0Especially kids with obesity or a family history of heart attacks.<\/p>\n Sweating can raise your good cholesterol levels.<\/strong> You can raise your good cholesterol levels, which protect against heart disease, by working out. The key is to use interval training by exercising at a medium-intensity, sprinkling in periods of high-intensity.<\/p>\n Supplements may work to lower cholesterol.<\/strong> Supplements need to be taken daily and they don\u2019t work overnight. Diet and exercise should always be your first options.<\/p>\n Cholesterol-lowering medications work quickly.<\/strong> You can take a cholesterol-lowering pill today, and your levels may be down by 3 to 4 percent tomorrow.<\/p>\n So there you have it – A combination of diet, exercise, and possibly medication, can keep your cholesterol in check. As for me, I am cutting back on the bacon cheeseburgers and trying to get more exercise. Maybe I’ll start walking around our storage facility<\/a> instead of driving the golf cart!<\/p>\n National Cholesterol Awareness Month! I was sitting in an our storage rental office here at The Storage Inn in Egg Harbor Township New Jersey, eating a bacon cheeseburger, when in walked Dr. Ron, one of our long-time self-storage customers. He informed me\u00a0(as he stared at my bacon cheeseburger) that October has been designated as National […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","hentry","category-fun-facts","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-storage-inn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-storage-inn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-storage-inn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-storage-inn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-storage-inn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1006"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/the-storage-inn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1018,"href":"https:\/\/the-storage-inn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1006\/revisions\/1018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-storage-inn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-storage-inn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-storage-inn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Here are some interesting tidbits about cholesterol…<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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