{"id":17782,"date":"2025-07-31T08:37:46","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T12:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manhattancardiology.com\/?p=17782"},"modified":"2026-07-27T00:50:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T04:50:59","slug":"cardiologists-1-recommendation-for-lowering-cholesterol-levels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manhattancardiology.com\/es\/news\/cardiologists-1-recommendation-for-lowering-cholesterol-levels\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardiologists #1 Recommendation for Lowering Cholesterol Levels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>People who have high cholesterol are being urged by cardiologists to not ignore the food they consume that contains saturated fat. They find that a high consumption of saturated fats is associated with a considerable increase in the risk of developing heart disease. In addition, <a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC10495817\/\">studies<\/a> have shown that saturated fat is more likely to have an effect on cholesterol levels than dietary cholesterol, although the degree to which this is the case can vary in different individuals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats, which are able to maintain their liquid state at room temperature, have the potential to be beneficial to the cardiovascular system. Saturated fats, on the other hand, can be dangerous since they can raise your cholesterol levels or make your existing high cholesterol worse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manhattancardiology.com\/es\/team\/dr-bhavna-suri\/\">Dr. Bhavna Suri,<\/a> a cardiologist with Manhattan Cardiology in NYC, says, &#8220;Saturated fat, which is usually found in animal products like red meats and full-fat dairy, makes your liver make more LDL, or &#8220;bad,&#8221; cholesterol in your blood.&#8221; For this reason, Dr. Suri notes that the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart.org\/en\/healthy-living\/healthy-eating\/eat-smart\/fats\/saturated-fats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">American Heart Association<\/a>\u00a0recommends limiting your saturated fat consumption to less than 6% of your daily calories. <a href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/health\/habit-people-with-high-cholesterol-should-break-according-to-cardiologists\">Read the article.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/manhattancardiology.com\/es\/book-an-appointment\/\">Would you like to book an appointment with Dr. Suri?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Doctors find that a high consumption of saturated fats is associated with a considerable increase in the risk of developing heart disease. <\/p>","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":17789,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[126,128],"tags":[266,332],"class_list":["post-17782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-media","tag-heart-disease","tag-cholesterol"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lower Cholesterol Levels | Manhattan Cardiology<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Doctors 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