{"id":630364,"date":"2026-03-04T00:27:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T00:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/630364\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T00:27:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T00:27:20","slug":"cardiologist-explains-ldl-apob-lpa-and-how-to-lower-your-real-heart-attack-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/630364\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardiologist explains LDL, ApoB, Lp(a) and how to lower your real heart attack risk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: inherit; list-style: none; -webkit-user-drag: none; overflow: visible; font-family: inherit; color: inherit; display: block;\">Lowering cholesterol is not about eliminating fat from life. It is about reducing harmful particles and inflammation.<\/p>\n<p>Evidence-based strategies include:<\/p>\n<p>Reducing saturated fat and eliminating trans fats<br \/>Increasing fibre intake to 25-40 grams daily<br \/>Exercising at least 150 minutes per week<br \/>Controlling diabetes and blood pressure<br \/>Stopping tobacco use completely<br \/>Taking statins or other prescribed medications when indicated<\/p>\n<p>The World Health Organization confirms that lifestyle changes combined with medical therapy can significantly reduce cardiovascular mortality.<\/p>\n<p>For people with high ApoB or Lp(a), doctors often recommend earlier and more aggressive LDL reduction.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Medical experts consulted<br \/>\u200b<\/strong><br \/>This article includes expert inputs shared with TOI Health by:<br \/>Dr Sagar Shah, Consultant Cardiologist at Apollo Hospitals, Sheshadripuram, Bangalore.<br \/>Inputs were used to explain how cholesterol works in the body and what one can do to reduce the risk of heart-related issues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lowering cholesterol is not about eliminating fat from life. It is about reducing harmful particles and inflammation. Evidence-based&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":630365,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[11],"tags":[115573,69932,22104,268891,268893,210,14464,268892,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-630364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-apollo-hospitals","tag-bad-cholesterol","tag-cholesterol","tag-cholesterol-signs","tag-good-cholestrol","tag-health","tag-heart-health","tag-signs-of-cholesterol","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116168077287386945","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=630364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630364\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/630365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=630364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=630364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=630364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}