{"id":501724,"date":"2026-03-03T18:48:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T18:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/501724\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T18:48:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T18:48:11","slug":"cardiologist-explains-ldl-apob-lpa-and-how-to-lower-your-real-heart-attack-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/501724\/","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>Medical experts consulted<br \/>\u200b<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":2,"featured_media":501725,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[88650,40041,33059,228648,228650,97,15421,228649],"class_list":["post-501724","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"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=501724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501724\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/501725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=501724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=501724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=501724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}