Reader question:

What level of blood pressure and cholesterol do I need to have to get cheaper  life insurance quotes, then?

Li

Good question, Li.

For your cholesterol, it breaks into two groups. If you want cheap  life insurance quotes, then in general you should have an overall cholesterol of under 200; the other part of this equation is the low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, which should be even lower, at under a hundred.

As for your blood pressure, you’re more likely to get better  life insurance quotes if you keep it around 140 over 90, you’re probably safe. Life insurance companies aren’t as strict on this as medical professionals, or at least not in my experience, so even having blood pressure out of that range will still not cause you trouble in a lot of cases.

Now, granted, all of this depends on a whole lot of other factors, such as your age and how many pounds you are, what your age is, whether you’re male or female, and so on, and so on.

take care,

Fashun.

Tags: cholesterol, female, high blood pressure, male

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