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- 3. Condition that can raise your triglyceride levels. total cholesterol Overall cholesterol in your blood.
- 9. The "good" cholesterol.
- 10. When you have too much cholesterol over time, ______ can build up in your arteries and make it hard for blood to flow to your heart and brain.
- 12. Eat foods low in ____ fat.
- 13. ____ can be worse than bacon if you have high triglycerides.
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- 1. How often adults need to have their cholesterol checked?
- 2. The "bad" cholesterol.
- 4. 150 minutes of ______ intensity exercise per week can help lower cholesterol and triglycerides.
- 5. Eat foods reach in _____ fatty acids.
- 6. A waxy, fatty substance in the blood.
- 7. What kind of grain is linked to lowering the risk of heart disease?
- 8. Cholesterol is produced by the ____.
- 11. Major form of fat stored by the body.