Know Your Ideal Choelsterol Reading

Written by Dave Saunders


Cholesterol is a substance that is present inrepparttar human body, and is both good and bad for us. High levels of cholesterol, especially LDL or bad cholesterol can put you at an increased risk for heart diseases and strokes. Similarly, low levels of HDL or good cholesterol, can also increase your risk substantially. But what are high and low levels of cholesterol? Here's a view of ideal cholesterol readings.

Total Cholesterol

According torepparttar 105550 total cholesterol in your body, you may have normal levels or increased levels of cholesterol.

Under 200mg/DL: This isrepparttar 105551 most desirable level of cholesterol to have. If you have cholesterol lower than 200 milligrams per deciliter of blood, then you are considered to haverepparttar 105552 optimum and normal levels of cholesterol.

Between 200 and 239mg/DL: People within this range of total body cholesterol fall intorepparttar 105553 category of borderline high risk for getting heart diseases or stroke.

240mg/DL and above: If your total body cholesterol is 240mg/DL or more, then you are at very high risk for contracting heart ailments.

Normal Levels Of HDL Cholesterol

What are Generic Drugs?

Written by Ian L


When a drug company first invents a drug that company isrepparttar only one permitted to make that drug inrepparttar 105549 same country for a certain number of years. After this time period, other companies are allowed to makerepparttar 105550 same drug product. These drugs are called generic drugs. The original drug (e.g. Viagra) is called a brand name drug.

Brand name drugs and their generics are IDENTICAL in terms of actual active ingredients. The generic pills may look different (because they are made by a different company) but inside is exactlyrepparttar 105551 same active ingredients, which works in exactlyrepparttar 105552 same way. The only difference between brand name drugs and generic drugs is that generics are always much less expensive. Savings of up to 80% can be made by purchasing generic drugs instead of namebrand medication.

Are theserepparttar 105553 same drugs asrepparttar 105554 name brand products? Generic medication andrepparttar 105555 name brand equivalents are identical. All pharmaceuticals are simply various recipes of common chemical raw ingredients.

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