Friday, May 26, 2006

New Food Category Rises to Help Curb U.S. Cholesterol Epidemic: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance

"Customers coast-to-coast are gobbling up Right Direction Cookies(TM), the first product on the market with the proper amount of soluble fiber and plant sterols proven to help lower cholesterol. Sales of Right Direction Cookies, www.rightdirectioncookies.net, are soaring over 700 percent since the national launch of the product line earlier this year, establishing a new food category to help stem America's cholesterol epidemic."



New Food Category Rises to Help Curb U.S. Cholesterol Epidemic: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance

Trimming the fat: Limiting fat, cholesterol, sodium in your diet is easy to do by reading food labels

"When walking through the grocery store, for every product there are numerous options available. The difficult question is which to choose."

Cadillac News

Sunday, May 21, 2006

Reevaluating Eggs' Cholesterol Risks

"Adults are continually bombarded with messages about how eating foods rich in cholesterol can elevate an individual's risks of atherosclerosis and heart attacks. Many such warnings have focused on eggs because their yolks are a major dietary source of cholesterol."


Food for Thought: Reevaluating Eggs' Cholesterol Risks, Science News Online, May 13, 2006

Eat your way to lower cholesterol

"The 'portfolio' diet is challenging, but researchers say its benefits are indisputable."

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Sunday, May 07, 2006

Neptune hails breakthrough cholesterol control from krill oil

"Canada-based Neptune Technologies has announced results from a clinical trial that reports a daily dose of its krill oil can lower bad cholesterol levels by 34 per cent and boost good cholesterol by 44 per cent."


Neptune hails breakthrough cholesterol control from krill oil

Connie Aclin: Plant components can reduce cholesterol buildup

"What began as small talk at an engagement party several weeks ago prompted a more serious conversation about sterols and stanols to reduce LDL, the "bad" cholesterol. Beginning with a little knowledge about the subject, further research yielded information I found beneficial for myself and may be useful to readers also."


The Shreveport Times

Food for Thought: Reevaluating Eggs' Cholesterol Risks

"Adults are continually bombarded with messages about how eating foods rich in cholesterol can elevate an individual's risks of atherosclerosis and heart attacks. Many such warnings have focused on eggs because their yolks are a major dietary source of cholesterol."

Food for Thought: Reevaluating Eggs' Cholesterol Risks, Science News Online, May 6, 2006

New U of A equipment strips cholesterol from blood

"Dangerously high cholesterol levels have already given Shirley Chow-Maurice three heart attacks, double bypass surgery and a brain tumour."

New U of A equipment strips cholesterol from blood