High Cholesterol By Jadelyn Brown, Marissa Cerda, Kayla Head, Courtney Cumby and, and Campbell Carter 

What causes High Cholesterol? Eating too much saturated fat, trans fat, and cholesterol can cause high cholesterol. Saturated fat and cholesterol are in foods that come from animals, such as meats, whole milk, egg yolks, butter, and cheese. Trans fat is found in fried foods and packaged foods, such as cookies, crackers, and chips. There is a condition passed through genes that causes high cholesterol called familial hypercholesterolemia. . They may experience xanthoma, which can appear as a yellow patch above the skin, or a lump underneath the skin.

Symptoms of High Cholesterol Can have no symptoms, but people may experience Aortic Aneurysm Heart attack Peripheral Artery Disease Stroke

Treatment for High Cholesterol When you have high cholesterol you can change your diet and fitness: less saturated fat, no trans fat, and more activity. If that doesn’t bring down your  cholesterol enough, your doctor may suggest that you also take medicine to help like Atorvastatin, Fluvastatin or Lovastatin

Prevention for High Cholesterol Eating a heart-healthy diet that is rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, fish, and low-fat or nonfat dairy foods. Being active on most, if not all, days of the week. Losing weight if you need to, and staying at a healthy weight. Not smoking.

Chocolate Chip Cream Cheese Cookies 1/3 cup plus 1/4 cup oat flour OR just process rolled oats in a blender until you get a fine flour (70g) 1/8 tsp salt 1/4 tsp baking soda 2-5 tbsp chocolate chips, as desired 1/4 cup granulated sugar or xylitol (46g) 3 tbsp full-fat cream cheese, such as Tofutti (45g) 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract 1 tbsp vegetable or melted coconut oil (12g) Combine the first 5 ingredients in a deep bowl. In a cup, stir together the remaining 3 ingredients, gently heating if the cream cheese is too firm to stir. Pour wet into dry, then stir together and do not add extra liquid. It will look a bit dry, but keep stirring and scraping off the spoon as you stir. After a few minutes, it will moisten into a cookie dough batter. Form a big ball, then roll into cookie dough balls. Place balls on a plate and freeze at least 30 minutes (or up to a month). When ready to bake, preheat oven to 325 F and grease a cookie tray. Place balls on the tray, press down if desired, and bake 8 minutes—they will look quite underdone when they first come out, so do not even touch them for at least 10 minutes, during which time they will firm up.

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