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According to the Heart & Stroke Foundation, nearly 40% of Canadians live with high cholesterol. Why is it so important to watch your cholesterol? High cholesterol is one of the major risk factors for heart disease and stroke. A healthy diet and active lifestyle can reduce your cholesterol levels and improve your well-being.

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Providing patients and their care providers with information about cardiovascular disease risk may help with prevention measures
Rating 5 out of 5 stars
BMJ Open (2015)
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Aerobic exercise can increase levels of HDL “good” cholesterol in middle-aged and older adults
Rating 4 out of 5 stars
Medicine (2025)
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The Portfolio diet in combination with an NCEP Step II diet may reduce multiple cardiometabolic risk factors
Rating 4 out of 5 stars
Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases (2018)
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Endurance exercise improves cholesterol levels and heart health in people with coronary artery disease
Rating 4 out of 5 stars
European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing (2017)
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Interventions to improve adherence to lipid-lowering medication.
Rating 4 out of 5 stars
Cochrane Database Syst Rev (2016)
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Mobile health interventions can improve medication adherence and physical activity in patients with cardiovascular disease
Rating 4 out of 5 stars
European Journal of Preventative Cardiology (2015)
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Statins do not increase risk of serious or minor symptomatic side-effects
Rating 4 out of 5 stars
Eur J Prev Cardiol (2014)
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In people with 2 to 4 diabetes risk factors, high-dose atorvastatin reduced cardiovascular risk but increased new-onset diabetes compared with low-dose statins
Rating 4 out of 5 stars
J Am Coll Cardiol (2013)
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Statins reduce mortality, cardiovascular disease, coronary heart disease, and stroke in people with no history of cardiovascular disease
Rating 4 out of 5 stars
Cochrane Database Syst Rev (2013)
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Self-management support interventions improve patient quality of life and reduce use of hospital care for patients with long-term respiratory and cardiovascular conditions
Rating 3 out of 5 stars
Health Services and Delivery Research (2014)
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Cholesterol: Exercising to increase the “good” and counteract the “bad”

Consider your cholesterol! Research points to exercises that can help get “good” cholesterol up.
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Concerned about your cholesterol? Let’s talk walking in women

Walking strikes again! Research shows it can hold benefits for women living with overweight and obesity when it comes to their cholesterol.
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The Portfolio diet: An investment in your heart health?

When it comes to lowering your cholesterol, eating a “portfolio” of cholesterol-lowing foods may be a good way to invest in your heart health.

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High cholesterol

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Providing patients and their care providers with information about cardiovascular disease risk may help with prevention measures

Aerobic exercise can increase levels of HDL “good” cholesterol in middle-aged and older adults

The Portfolio diet in combination with an NCEP Step II diet may reduce multiple cardiometabolic risk factors

Endurance exercise improves cholesterol levels and heart health in people with coronary artery disease

Interventions to improve adherence to lipid-lowering medication.

Mobile health interventions can improve medication adherence and physical activity in patients with cardiovascular disease

Statins do not increase risk of serious or minor symptomatic side-effects

In people with 2 to 4 diabetes risk factors, high-dose atorvastatin reduced cardiovascular risk but increased new-onset diabetes compared with low-dose statins

Statins reduce mortality, cardiovascular disease, coronary heart disease, and stroke in people with no history of cardiovascular disease

Self-management support interventions improve patient quality of life and reduce use of hospital care for patients with long-term respiratory and cardiovascular conditions

Cholesterol: Exercising to increase the “good” and counteract the “bad”

Concerned about your cholesterol? Let’s talk walking in women

The Portfolio diet: An investment in your heart health?

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