At his last two doctor visits, blood pressure and
cholesterol were under control through medication and his echo results showed an EF of 57 %.
The first thing you will need is an updated set of results, hopefully that demonstrate that
you cholesterol is under control.
If you have high cholesterol treated with medications and
your cholesterol is under control, you can still qualify for a preferred plus rate class.
Not exact matches
Besides keeping the cell membranes healthy, lecithin helps in keeping
cholesterol levels
under control and it
's a component that
is rarely found in other foods.
Overall, the researchers aimed to meet three American Diabetes Association goals: keep blood pressure
under control; lower low - density lipoprotein
cholesterol (LDL); and limit levels of hemoglobin A1C, a protein that
's a measure of out - of -
control blood sugar.
But medication
is only part of the solution: To keep
cholesterol under control, maintaining a healthy weight and diet
is just as important as taking a daily pill.
At that time, just 38 % of Americans in general and 18 % of people with heart disease who
were trying to lower
cholesterol actually had their LDL
cholesterol under control.
«You have helped me in getting my
cholesterol under control and now my blood pressure
is almost perfect.
Another study examining the effects the different lipids in terms of heart disease risk found that «triglyceride concentration
was not independently related with CHD risk after
controlling for HDL - C, non — HDL - C, and other standard risk factors, including null findings in women and
under nonfasting conditions.21, 22 Hence, for population - wide assessment of vascular risk, triglyceride measurement provides no additional information about vascular risk given knowledge of HDL - C and total
cholesterol levels, although there may
be separate reasons to measure triglyceride concentration (eg, prevention of pancreatitis).»
My husband has high
cholesterol and we
're trying to get in
under control before he needs to go on meds... when we did more of a vegan / vegetarian lifestyle keeping grains in and limiting «fats» his
cholesterol went even higher.
Some carriers won't accept you if you
're taking 2 blood pressure meds and a
cholesterol medication because their underwriting guidelines won't allow it even if you
're in great health and have it
under control.
The last problem you want
is to apply for life insurance only to find out you have high
cholesterol and show you
are doing nothing to keep it
under control.
If you have conditions such as, diabetes, high blood pressure, high
cholesterol or heart disease, you can still
be approved for no exam coverage as long as these conditions
are under control.
Life insurance companies pay close attention to people with high
cholesterol that
are taking the proper precautions to keep it
under control.
Some carriers won't accept you if you
're taking 2 blood pressure meds and a
cholesterol medication because their underwriting guidelines won't allow it even if you
're in great health and have it
under control.
It
is estimated that over 70 million Americans have high
cholesterol and only one in three of those 70 million have their condition
under control.
So if you don't have any life insurance right now, and you
're certain that you will
be able to get your
cholesterol under control, why not take out a 10 year term life insurance policy now, and then just re-apply for a longer term policy in a year when you will qualify for a lower rate?
Typically, one should
be able to qualify for a preferred rate class within a year of getting their blood pressure or
cholesterol under control.
The kind of reconsideration I
'm talking about
is when a smoker becomes a non smoker, someone with high
cholesterol gets it
under control or someone who has -LSB-...]
- If you manage to get your high
cholesterol under control or, even better, manage to get it down, you will
be able to re-apply for a re-assessment of your life insurance premiums and will need to demonstrate that the situation remains positive for two years.