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• Easy to use
  
• Large display
  

• Strips are a bit pricey
  

If you are looking for a way to keep a close and regular check on your blood cholesterol, triglycerides and HDL cholesterol levels, the gadgets from CardioChek are the perfect idea for you. A fast pace lifestyle often makes it difficult to regularly visit the physician for blood cholesterol checks and with the significance of monitoring the levels of these in your body, the tracking devices are innovations from CardioChek that are absolute must haves. Perhaps the best thing about these monitors is that they are very quick and easy to use; they will give you an accurate measurement of macromolecule levels in just 2 minutes.

A closer look at the specifics and benefits of the range of products by CardioChek should explain why they are so popular.

1. Total cholesterol test strips – if there are high levels of LDL cholesterol (normal cholesterol level – 200mg/dL) it tends to accumulate in the blood vessels including the coronary arteries that supply the heart. This leads to a condition called arthrosclerosis which is the leading cause of heart attacks today especially if you have other risk factors such as if you are a smoker, have a family history of heart disease, are hypertensive or have low HDL cholesterol levels. A single package of cholesterol test strips from CardioChek contains 3 test strips, plastic blood collectors and lancets and costs under $20.
2. HDL test strips – keeping the level of your HDL cholesterol (good cholesterol) is almost as important as keeping your LDL cholesterol levels in preventing the onset of heart attacks. Medical health professionals and experts attest to the theory that this good cholesterol works to effectively remove bad cholesterol from the vessels so that they do not accumulate, form plaque and cause the formation of blood clots which can impede blood flow. Online you will find packages priced at $21 that will contain 6 test strips, lancets and plastic blood collectors.
3. Triglycerides test strip – triglycerides are lipids that are commonly found in diets with a high fat content. These are usually stored in adipose cells and medical research and studies have shown that they cause thickening, hardening and rigidity of the vessel walls thereby worsening atherosclerotic conditions that might already have existed because of obesity, physical inactivity, cigarette smoking, alcoholism and a diet with high carbohydrate content. If the level of triglycerides in the blood stream goes unmonitored (normal level – below 150mg/dL), they could silently cause narrowing of the vessel lumina and occlude it causing a heart attack. Packages of 3 test strips, lancets and plastic blood collectors should not cost you more than $15.
4. CardioChek Analyzer – This device typically costing about $100 is an accurate and quick measure of the levels of HDL, LDL, triglycerides, glucose and ketone in your blood. All you need to do is prick your finger with a lancet, collect a sample of blood with the capillary, apply it with a strip on to the analyzer and in just two minutes you will be able to read an accurate measure of these compounds on the large display screen.