Constant breakthroughs concerning the treatment of high cholesterol. Understanding the differences between LDL and HDL and how diet can effect your normal cholesterol level and why reducing cholesterol or by having lower cholesterol levels often leads to a healthier life.
"If a new national survey is any indication, most women don’t know the difference between bad and good cholesterol. This is actually fairly surprising given the woman is typically the healthcare advocate in the family. "
posted by Healthy Wealthy & Wise @ 10:34 AM
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"While it has been a long established fact that high cholesterol levels increase the risk of a person developing heart disease, its link to stroke when combined with high blood pressure has only been recently proven."
posted by Healthy Wealthy & Wise @ 6:46 PM
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"Whether you are male, female, White, or Black, if you have high blood pressure and high cholesterol, you are at greater risk of heart disease and stroke than those without these combined conditions. "
posted by Healthy Wealthy & Wise @ 6:44 PM
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"Supplements of calcium phosphate could help lower cholesterol levels, according to a Germany study out this month. "
posted by Healthy Wealthy & Wise @ 6:42 PM
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"When it comes to cholesterol and preventing heart disease, actress Marilu Henner is committed to informing the public, especially women, about how to be proactive through healthy diet and lifestyle choices. "
posted by Healthy Wealthy & Wise @ 9:53 AM
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"Striking a balance between two healthy forms of dietary fat may be key to lowering blood cholesterol, a small study suggests."
posted by Healthy Wealthy & Wise @ 7:27 AM
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"Some patients with underlying health conditions could be at risk of serious side-effects from widely prescribed cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins, Health Canada warned Tuesday."
posted by Healthy Wealthy & Wise @ 7:25 AM
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"For some people, no matter how much time they spend at the gym or on the couch, it may have little effect on their cholesterol levels."
posted by Healthy Wealthy & Wise @ 7:24 AM
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"Striking a balance between two healthy forms of dietary fat may be key to lowering blood cholesterol, a small study suggests."
posted by Healthy Wealthy & Wise @ 7:23 AM
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"LUCKY people can eat all the fatty foods they want without increasing their cholesterol while the less fortunate have to watch their diets like a hawk to avoid risk of heart disease, according to a new study. "
posted by Healthy Wealthy & Wise @ 5:47 PM
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"Cholesterol continues to be a major health problem in America -- more than 100 million struggle with borderline to high cholesterol.(1) High cholesterol levels can lead to heart disease and stroke, leaving many Americans searching for ways to reduce their cholesterol levels and lower their risk of heart disease. A recent survey commissioned by Nature Made CholestOff and conducted by Harris Interactive® reveals that 59 percent of U.S. adults who currently have or previously had high cholesterol use lifestyle changes to treat their high cholesterol.(2) "
posted by Healthy Wealthy & Wise @ 5:45 PM
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"A McMaster University researcher will be leading the Canadian arm of a six-year, 3,300-patient, multi-centre North American study that will evaluate whether the risk of heart attack, stroke and acute coronary syndromes can be further reduced by increasing low levels of good cholesterol (HDL-C), and lowering elevated levels of triglycerides and bad cholesterol (LDL-C)."
posted by Healthy Wealthy & Wise @ 5:44 PM
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"Blood levels of "bad" low-density-lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol vary widely between individuals, and the blame for at least part of that variance may lie in genetics, researchers report."
posted by Healthy Wealthy & Wise @ 4:51 PM
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"In the search for the best fats for a heart healthy diet, trans- and saturated fats have long been recognized as undesirable and those that contain polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) and mono-unsaturated fatty acids (MUFAs) are preferred -- with no clear benefit demonstrated for higher levels of either the PUFAs or the MUFAs within recommended limits. "
posted by Healthy Wealthy & Wise @ 8:29 PM
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"Over the last 40 years, heart specialists have learned a lot about the way cholesterol behaves in the body, much to the benefit of Americans destined to suffer heart attacks or strokes - at least half of the population. "
posted by Healthy Wealthy & Wise @ 8:26 PM
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