These 5 simple, but effective, lifestyle changes include:
A healthy diet
Physical activity (exercising ≥1 h/week, and walking/bicycling ≥40 min/day)
Moderate alcohol consumption (10 to 30 g/day)
No smoking
Healthy waist circumference (waist circumference <95 cm or 37.4 inches)
Even though you probably believe in the opposite, your biggest enemy are the following: sugar, refined carbs, and processed foods, and not the saturated fats found in eggs, lard or butter.
Yet, is understandable why you may have been confused, as fats lead to LDL cholesterol or “bad” cholesterol. Conventional belief states that high LDL is linked to heart disease and saturated fat actually increase LDL levels.
