To determine cholesterol levels in women, a one-time measurements alone may not be accurate. Hormonal changes that occur in the menstrual cycle was causing cholesterol go up and down.

According to a course of a study, the measurements should be performed several times to get the results really accurate. And that's to be done in a couple of times mestruasi cycle, which means eating a few months.

To be consistent and reliable results, measurements were taken at each phase of the same. According to the researchers, the easiest phase to be observed is around the beginning of the cycle either before or after menstruation.

Quoted from HealthDay, Wednesday (08/11/2010), fluctuations in cholesterol levels most visible in the vicinity of the fertile period. Right at the peak of fertility, levels of HDL (good cholesterol) to rise than in other phases.

Phase is the peak increase in the hormone estrogen. Beginning in phases, levels of LDL (bad cholesterol), triglycerides and total cholesterol decreased and reached its lowest point just before menstruation.

This was revealed in a study in the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Results were published recently in the latest issue of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism.

This examination involves a number of female participants, with only 5 percent who have total cholesterol levels above 200 mg / dL. However, in 14 tests done at random times, 19.7 percent of participants reached these levels in at least 1 times the examination.

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