{"id":374800,"date":"2025-08-26T11:27:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T11:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/374800\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T11:27:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T11:27:11","slug":"high-cholesterol-can-be-inherited-heres-what-you-can-do-about-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/374800\/","title":{"rendered":"High cholesterol can be inherited. Here&#8217;s what you can do about it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What to do if you have inherited high cholesterol<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Once you find out you have FH, your doctor will likely advise paying attention to your diet and exercise habits, according to Kopecky. These lifestyle changes won\u2019t actually change your LDL cholesterol because your high cholesterol is driven by genetics, Kopecky explains. However, living a healthy lifestyle does lower your cardiac risk by <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/heart-disease-family-history\/about\/about-familial-hypercholesterolemia.html\" target=\"_blank\" dir=\"ltr\" rel=\"noopener\">up to 80 percent<\/a>, he says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.heart.org\/en\/health-topics\/cholesterol\/prevention-and-treatment-of-high-cholesterol-hyperlipidemia\" target=\"_blank\" dir=\"ltr\" rel=\"noopener\">AHA recommends<\/a> eating fruits, vegetables, whole grains, poultry, fish, and nuts, and limiting sodium, added sugars, and red and processed meats. Additionally, you should get at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic exercise a week\u2014in the form of walking, running, cycling, swimming, or even yard work, according to the AHA. Kopecky warns against smoking as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Katz says it\u2019s a good idea to keep up with cholesterol screenings every year or every other year\u2014and to consider medication like statins\u2014based on your individual risk level and family history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">A diagnosis of FH can actually be good news because it means you can ultimately prevent the dangers that high cholesterol poses. \u201cIn most cases, I consider high cholesterol treatable and a winnable battle,\u201d Sarraju says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What to do if you have inherited high cholesterol Once you find out you have FH, your doctor&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":374801,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3846],"tags":[267,70,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-374800","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-genetics","8":"tag-genetics","9":"tag-science","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115094830627213169","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=374800"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374800\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/374801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}