Q Is high blood pressure one of the reasons for high cholesterol?
No its exactly opposite to your statement. High blood pressure doesn~t have any affection on cholesterol; rather high cholesterol deposits invite for high blood pressure. Cholesterol is an insoluble fat utilized by animal cells which directly connected to lipid level in cells. Increase in lipid level results in to excess collection of cholesterol in blood which may leads to harmful diseases like high blood pressure, heart attack, blood clots in blood, calf muscle pain. Mental stress, alcohol, obesity, diabetes, hypothyroidism, hormonal imbalance, menopause, long standing kidney disease, wrong medication, diet error, lack of exercise are other common reasons of high blood pressure. So make healthy habit habits and nutritious diet is the key to make heart healthy.