Someone who is overweight should be aware of bad cholesterol in the body. But that does not mean the owner of the ideal weight can stay calm, because equally at risk of excess cholesterol.
"Not only weigh just a benchmark to determine a person's cholesterol levels, not 100 percent of the ideal body weight and cholesterol free," said Prof. Dr. Tjandra Yoga Adhitama, Director General of Disease Control and Environmental Health Ministry of Health of Indonesia in the Press Conference at Balai Kartini (Wednesday 10 / 3/2013).
Cholesterol to prevent disease, one should routinely measure cholesterol levels in the blood, not only by measuring the weight.
Despite having an ideal weight, a person remains at risk of excess cholesterol when eating lots of fatty foods. Consumption of fatty foods will influence the high consumption of cholesterol into the body.
Setting healthy eating with calorie balanced is the pattern of consumption of foods containing the nutrients in the type and amount in accordance with the needs of the body. These settings include choosing foods low in sugar, low salt, low fat, high fiber, and caloric balance.
Nutrients needed for healthy living such as carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals, and calcium. In the body, the nutrients may act as a source of energy, builder substances, and replace the body's cells are damaged.
The nutritional needs of a person needs to be met in order to remain healthy.
Ideal weight can be calculated by the following formula:
Ideal BB = (Height - 100) - 10 Percent
(height In units of cm and weight in kg units)