Cholesterol is a waxy substance that's found in the fats (lipids) in your blood. While your body needs cholesterol to continue building healthy cells, having high cholesterol can increase your risk of heart disease.
If you have too much cholesterol, it starts to build up in your arteries. (Arteries are the blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart.) This is called hardening of the arteries, or atherosclerosis . It is the starting point for some heart and blood flow problems.
The build-up can narrow the arteries and make it harder for blood to flow through them.
The build-up can also lead to dangerous blood clots and inflammation that can cause heart attacks and strokes.
There are different types of cholesterol.
• LDL (Low density lipoprotein) is the "bad" cholesterol. It's the kind that can raise your risk of heart disease, heart attack, and stroke.
• HDL (High density lipoprotein) the "good" cholesterol. It's the kind that is linked to a lower risk of heart disease, heart attack, and stroke.
Why does cholesterol matter?
Your cholesterol levels can help your doctor find out your risk for having a heart attack or stroke. But it's not just about your cholesterol. Your doctor uses your cholesterol levels plus other things to calculate your risk. These include:
• Your blood pressure.
• Whether or not you have diabetes.
• Your age, sex, and race.
• Whether or not you smoke.
What affects cholesterol levels?
Many things can affect cholesterol levels, including:
• The foods you eat. Eating too much saturated fat, trans fat, and cholesterol can raise your cholesterol.
• Being overweight. This may lower HDL ("good") cholesterol.
• Being inactive. Not exercising may lower HDL ("good") cholesterol.
• Age. Cholesterol starts to rise after age 20.
• Family history. If family members have or had high cholesterol, you may also have it.
How is cholesterol tested?
You need a blood test to check your cholesterol.
A cholesterol test, also called a lipid panel, measures all of the fats in your blood, including total, LDL, and HDL cholesterol.
High cholesterol levels don't make you feel sick. So the blood test is the only way to know your cholesterol levels.
Alkaline Water in the Prevention and Treatment of High Cholesterol
The build-up of harmful LDL cholesterol is typically associated with the excessive consumption of omega-6 and omega-9 fatty acids.
However, there is a large body of evidence to suggest that high cholesterol levels, and the cardiovascular problems that they engender are connected to your body’s acid/alkaline balance.
In The Acid Alkaline Balance Diet, Professor Felicia Kilmet tells us that:
“Cholesterol is only deposited when acidic compounds make scratches and bumps on the inside of arteries and veins that then have to be 'bandaged' over with cholesterol, triglycerides and other acidic wastes. Of course, the higher the triglyceride and cholesterol levels, the thicker the bandage and the narrower the arteries.
"Still, a high cholesterol level is not the underlying cause of hardening of the arteries. Cholesterol and other thick, sticky substances cannot adhere to vessel walls that are smooth. Only after the arterial walls become pitted by acid particles are fatty plaques able to stick to them.
"Narrowed arteries are dangerous for two reasons. Not only can fatty plaque become detached from the walls and travel through the bloodstream to the brain where they cause strokes, they also raise blood pressure, which in turn increases the likelihood of heart attacks.”
Evidence supporting the idea that cholesterol levels are directly linked to acid/alkaline balance can also be found in a series of studies published by Hironaga Kuninaka, an esteemed professor and director of Kuninaka Hospital, Japan.
These studies show that both the blood pressure and cholesterol levels of a control group can be significantly lowered when alkaline minerals are used to neutralise acidic compounds in the blood over a three-week period.
Moreover, the studies highlight a clear link between blood acidity and the deposition of LDL plaques.
So, while it may be true that your body will only manufacture LDL cholesterol when you consume an excess of unhealthy fats, it’s also important to bear in mind that this 'bad' cholesterol will only be applied if you allow your blood and tissues to become overly acidic, forcing your body to ‘bandage’ any tears in vein or artery walls with whatever (LDL) plaques are available.
How Can I Prevent LDL Cholesterol Deposits From Forming?
According to Professor Kuninaka’s study, the best way to prevent cholesterol deposits from forming is to ensure that your delicate pH balance doesn’t deviate towards acidity and cause irreparable damage to your veins and arteries.
In Professor Kilmet's judgement, this should be achieved by drinking plenty of alkaline, antioxidant water (kangen water) that’s rich in minerals like potassium, zinc and magnesium.
These alkaline minerals will serve to neutralise acids in your blood and return your body to optimum balance.
The process will help to prevent the scarring of blood vessel walls and obviate the need for a protective coating of cholesterol.
Furthermore, there is evidence to suggest that, over time, the process of alkalising your body can help to break down cholesterol deposits that have already formed – dispersing them throughout your bloodstream and reducing the strain placed on your cardiovascular system as a result.
Go green.
Generous consumption raw alkaline fruits and vegetables and green food supplements are another great way to bring your body back to into optimum balance.
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