| More than 50% of American populations have | | | | mortality in the First Instance heart attack in |
| cholesterol above 200 mg per dl. Of these more | | | | patients. Having adequate levels of HDL is also |
| than 25% have levels which can cause potentially | | | | important especially to prevent stroke. As |
| fatal diseases like cardiac arrest or stroke. Though | | | | explained deposition of cholesterol in the form of |
| statistics show that the Cholesterol levels are | | | | plaques narrow the lumen of arteries including |
| falling in the middle age and the elderly partly due | | | | important ones like carotid artery. This reduces |
| to increased awareness and use of statins and | | | | blood flow risking the death of Brain tissues due |
| other lipid lowering drugs, the worrying point is the | | | | to ischaemeis leading to stroke. |
| increase in Lipid levels in the younger adults. | | | | Vegetarian foods are much in vogue these days. |
| Sedentary life style and increased consumption of | | | | It has been said that a simple change into |
| packed and junk food have contributed to the | | | | vegetarian diet can lower cholesterol by more |
| rise in the young. Lack of fibers is also contributing | | | | than one third. Canadian scientists have claimed |
| to this unfortunate tendency. As in their elderly | | | | that people can drastically reduce their cholesterol |
| counterparts this cholesterol comes mainly in the | | | | by subsisting on plant foods. Further the scientists |
| form of dairy products, meat, and trans-fatty | | | | said that the results cannot be matched even by |
| acids seen mostly in packed and junk foods. An | | | | the most modern dietary regimen to reduce |
| over consumption of these unhealthy foods | | | | cholesterol. Among the various plants which were |
| carries the risk of obesity and cardiac diseases. | | | | tried out Egg Plant was found to be particularly |
| Cholesterol levels have a profound effect on | | | | effective in reducing LDL levels. eggplant have |
| obesity. Obese individuals have unusually high levels | | | | natural phenols which inhibit the ACE or angiotensin |
| of LDL and low HDL. Obesity also is indicted in | | | | converting enzyme much like the drug like enalapril |
| ailments like cardiac arrest, high blood pressure. | | | | or lisinopril does. But it does not mean that people |
| Obesity is also the cause of syndrome X. | | | | on ACE inhibitors should stop taking the drug and |
| Syndrome X is characterized by collection of fat | | | | switch over to Eating eggplant. But it is not |
| on the abdominal walls, raised levels of bad | | | | without reason that naturalists recommend Egg |
| cholesterol (LDL), hypertension and insulin | | | | Plant in home remedies for treating hypertension |
| resistance. Syndrome X is also believed to be a | | | | and high cholesterol. |
| pre-cursor to diabetes and is associated with high | | | | |