Men who have passed the age of 40 are recommended by General Practioners to perform regularly blood tests in order to see if they are okay or if they need to do any adjustments in their way of life.

The cholesterol is an important issue which needs to be measured from time to time because it exposes persons to risks of heart attacks. When controlling the blood tests results the doctor knows that the ideal level of cholesterol in under 200mg/dL. If it is 239 it is considered to be a small bit high and at the borderline of risk and if it is over 240 the patient is at ultimate risk of having a stroke .

Those who have a level of cholesterol under 200mg/dL are ok but still should take care what food they take in and should live an active life. If they have a family experience of high level of cholesterol and other risk factors they should request a check-up every five years. Experiments have showed that at least one third of American adult people have the level of cholesterol somewhere at the borderline of risk.

Most of these cases are due to the poor diet they follow and due to the fact that they life an non exercising life. They should have their cholesterol checked every two years and this only if they do not have other family track of heart diseases and are not exposed to one too. A diet is necessary and this means not eating fatty foods, and eating a lot of vegetables and fruits which contain a lot of fiber.

Also, they should check the level of their LDL and ask their doctor information about this. The LDL is considered to be the bad cholesterol for your heart and the HDL is the good cholesterol. The healthy persons and women before menopause seem to have a lot more HDL in the body than LDL and you should check this out with your doctor too