The New York Times reported recently that taking cholesterol-lowering medication can effectively prevent people from improving their fitness levels. Yes, you read that right. Taking cholesterol drugs may save someone from heart disease but it can put them at risk of premature death from low aerobic fitness, according to the article.
The author of the study offers one remedy for this dilemma: people could get in shape before starting to take cholesterol medication.
That’s one option. Or they could simply stop consuming cholesterol, which is only found in animal foods. And studies confirm that a vegan diet is associated with lower triglycerides, total cholesterol, and LDL (the “bad” cholesterol).
Enjoying the low cholesterol of a vegan diet, one can exercise knowing that all that hard work is paying off in good health.
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