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| Low-Carbohydrate Diet Best for Weight and Cholesterol | | 2008-07-21 13:26:00 | | The Atkins diet may have proved itself after all: A Mediterranean-style regimen and a low-carbohydrate diet helped people lose more weight than a traditional low-fat diet in one of the largest and longest studies to compare the dueling weight-loss techniques. Moreover, the low-carbohydrate diet improved cholesterol more than the other two, although, some critics had predicted the opposite.
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| | | Is Your Happy (HDL) Cholesterol Too Low? It Could Cause Memory Loss... | | 2008-07-09 01:41:00 | | While visiting one of my favorite blogs I came across a great article titled "Did I Eat My Good Cholesterol Today? I Forget..." Of course just the title caught my attention and made me try to remember what I ate yesterday. OK, sorry to ramble, I forgot what I was doing...What's this about? Well Sue has learned that low levels of "good cholesterol" have been linked to memory loss. Hmm, I have gotten forgetful over the years and thought it was age, maybe not. I always enjoy how Sue makes it so easy to remember and understand what she says. Read on and see what I mean.Sue writes, "There's a lot of confusing information out there about cholesterol these days. We hear that it's better for our health to lower our cholesterol, but what does that really mean? There are two kinds of cholesterol that are measured whenever we get tested. One is what they call "bad" cholesterol, the LDL (remember "Lousy" cholesterol) and "good" cholesterol, the HDL (remember "Happy" cholesterol). LDL is blamed for | | By: Whole Food And More | | |
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| The LDL cholesterol and HDL are independent | | 2008-07-08 07:19:41 | | 1) The LDL cholesterol to distribute the cells. And this function is positive.2) Unfortunately, during this function, part of LDL cholesterol deposits on the inner walls of arteries forming plaque.3) The lipoprotein HDL removes excess cholesterol from the wall of the arteries and back to the liver.From these three points is obvious that LDL cholesterol and HDL are independent, the HDL not "destroy" the LDL, but the show lipoprotein HDL cholesterol to the liver. Having high cholesterol HDL allows you to reduce the negative effect dell'LDL in the formation of plaques. To understand better, two analogies:The analogy of food - food is essential for survival, but if they eat too ingrassiamo. Cholesterol is essential for some functions of the body, but if it is not correct quantity becomes a negative factor.The analogy of the leaves - Consider a tree-lined avenue autumn on an asphalt road. They fall leaves many (LDL) and the road is covered. If we have many spazzini (HDL), the road remains c | | By: medical dictionary | | |
| | The Cholesterol Risk | | 2008-07-08 07:18:14 | | According to the analogy is simple enough to understand that a value of total cholesterol in the blood (cholesterolemia) higher than normal is not in itself worrying, especially if there are no other cardiovascular risk factors (LDL lipoprotein, however, cause a cell proliferation that can restrict the lumen of the arteries), if necessary to distinguish between bad cholesterol (LDL lipoprotein tied) and good cholesterol (HDL linked to). The old interpretation considered optimal values those less than 240 mg / dl total cholesterol (200 mg / dl or even 160 mg / dl if there are cardiovascular risk factors or is already in place a coronary artery disease) and less than 160 mg / dl LDL cholesterol (130 mg / dl to 100 mg / dl in the case of risk factors or coronary artery disease). The old interpretation considered only the total cholesterol also because in the sedentary population (and often with poor diet) the good cholesterol is very low. With the spread of concepts health (physical activ | | By: medical dictionary | | |
| | As controls cholesterol endogenous? | | 2008-07-08 07:16:02 | | Acting on the mechanism of production. There are several roads that pass through all the power. Caution though: we should not confuse these solutions with that of treating the power to lower cholesterol made by food. The power can control the production of endogenous cholesterol! Recalling the first that:a) cholesterol precursors are glicidib) the synthesis of cholesterol in the liver is controlled dall'enzima HMG-CoA reductase-which in turn is activated dall'insulina,we see some solutions1) using natural substances that can inhibit HMG-CoA reductase-(such as green tea). This solution is among the most optimistic, because no natural substance is so powerful as to be a cholesterol lowering drug. It should be remembered that inhibition dell'HMG-CoA reductase-has side effects (rhabdomyolysis, a disease that causes muscle injuries - remember that the heart is a muscle!) And that if there were a natural substance that powerfully check the HMG - - CoA reductase would have the same degree of | | By: medical dictionary | | |
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| The truth about cholesterol | | 2008-07-08 05:11:48 | | Many people think there are 2 kinds of cholesterol. The bad LDL-cholesterol that clogs your arteries and the HDL-cholesterol that cleans your arteries again. Actually there is only one kind of cholesterol. A fatty substance, that doesn’t dissolve in water or blood. To transport cholesterol in the body, it is bound to lipoproteins. And these [...] | | By: Masenka.Be - your guide to a healthy lifestyle | | |
| | The good side of cholesterol | | 2008-07-04 04:52:38 | | Put the pan on the fire, an omelet per day might reduce the risk of metabolic syndrome, a combination of high blood pressure, obesity, diabetes and high cholesterol. American researchers had men eat 3 eggs daily for a period of 12 weeks as part of a diet that is low in carbohydrates and high in [...] | | By: Masenka.Be - your guide to a healthy lifestyle | | |
| | What is Cholesterol, Home Remedies for Cholesterol | | 2008-07-04 00:00:00 | | Cholesterol is a soft, fat-like, waxy substance found in the bloodstream and in all your body’s cells. It’s normal to have cholesterol. Cholesterol is an important part of a healthy body because it’s used for producing cell membranes and some hormones, and serves other needed bodily functions. But too much cholesterol in the blood is [...] | | By: Resources Zone | | |
| | Cholesterol, blood sugar, HbA1C, & thyroid madness | | 2008-06-19 22:15:15 | | Calories eaten yesterday: 1277
Fat: 27g (19%)
Carbs: 103g (32%)
Protein: 151g (47%)
Weight this morning: 128.2 (One week ago: N/A)
Calories burned in exercise today: 95
Alright! Finally under 130 today, but nowhere near a new low. I have been very good all week keeping my calories low. And I'm finally back in my skinny shorts today!
I got a sort of compliment today. I saw somebody at work | | By: Carbohydrate Addict | | |
| | The Cholesterol - Heart Disease Myth | | 2008-06-17 00:00:00 | | In the last decade, cholesterol has become a familiar word in many homes - Dad can’t have bacon and eggs for breakfast because of the eggs’ cholesterol, we buy low-cholesterol margarine to lower our risk of heart disease, you buy the low-cholesterol sausages because they are healthier for you, even though they cost more. [...] | | By: Resources Zone | | |
| | consuming natural material to reduce high blood cholesterol | | 2008-06-16 05:39:34 | | One of most popular disease in this epoch is excess of hyper cholesterolemia or cholesterol. it's daunted by cause can bother health of heart. By abstaining source of cholesterol food, this blood cholesterol rate can be lessened. Even so high, can be degraded with consuming natural material like celery, garlic, onion prei. | | By: medical dictionary | | |
| | Kinds of Cholesterol | | 2008-06-16 05:36:11 | | There are 2 cholesterol type in our body they are Cholesterol LDL and HDL. LDL is a kind of too much cholesterol in blood which precipitated at vein wall form clot available for corking vein. LHD cupula is cholesterol functioning clean vein from cholesterol LDL abundant. Again high cholesterol HDL again good to man body body. | | By: medical dictionary | | |
| | What caused CHOLESTEROL in blood increase? | | 2008-06-16 05:33:38 | | 1. Genetic factorBody too much producing cholesterol. As we know 80 % from cholesterol in blood produced by body x'self. There are some people producing more cholesterol other compared. The caused by breed factor. At this people though only a few consume food what containing saturated fat or cholesterol, but permanent body just produce more cholesterol.2. Food factorFrom some foods factors, intake fat is things which of vital importance to pay attention. Fat is food-stuff what of vital importance, if(when we don't eat enough fat hence energy we will decrease, but if(when we eat fat which abundant can result damage of vein. Like known by fat in food can come from fleshs. | | By: medical dictionary | | |
| | The high cholesterol protects against cardiovascular disease? | | 2008-06-14 21:17:44 | | Apparently microorganisms play an important role in cardiovascular disease. They can be one of the factors that begin the process lesionando the endothelium arteriale. A second role role can be inferred by the association of cardiovascular disease and acute infection. The infectious agent may preferably be located in parts of the arterial walls that were previously damaged by other agents, starting a local coagulation and the creation of a thrombus (clot) and thus create an obstacle to the bloodstream. But if so, the high cholesterol may protect against cardiovascular disease rather than be the cause!In any case, the idea of the diet for the heart, with its demonization of the cholesterol, is obviously in conflict with the idea that high cholesterol protects against infection. The two ideas can not be true simultaneously. We do a summary of the many facts that run counter to the idea that cholesterol is harmful.If cholesterol was the most important cause of atherosclerosis, people with | | By: medical dictionary | | |
| | Sterols and plant stanols - has shown that lowering cholesterol | | 2008-06-14 21:16:39 | | For almost 50 years we know that plant stanols and sterols, also called phytosterols and phytostanols, lowering the level of cholesterol in the blood partly blocking the absorption of cholesterol intestines. Today they are widely available in a variety of products for those who want to lower their cholesterol levels. Sterols and plant stanols have a structure very similar to that of cholesterol. The sterols are found naturally in small amounts in many fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, pulses, vegetable oil and other vegetable sources and are essential components of cell membranes of plants.In the same foods are also traces of stanols, but these are produced for commercial use for hydrogenation by plant sterols. People who follow a typical Western diet, consuming 20-50 mg per day of stanols and sterols 150-400 mg per day.To these low levels, have a clinically insignificant effect on absorption of cholesterol. The benefits of stanols and sterols to reduce cholesterol levels in the bloodAn | | By: medical dictionary | | |
| | The cholesterol as a risk factor | | 2008-06-14 21:14:39 | | The cholesterol as a risk factorMost of the studies on men young and middle-aged has identified high cholesterol as a risk factor for coronary insufficiency, apparently in contradiction with the idea that instead it is protective. Because high cholesterol is a risk factor in men young and middle-aged? A likely explanation is that at that age men are often at the top of his professional career. The high cholesterol may therefore indicate mental stress, because well-known cholesterol and high risk factor for heart disease. In this case, the high cholesterol is not necessarily the direct cause but it could be only one indicator. The high cholesterol in men young and middle-aged could, for example, reflect the needs of the body for further cholesterol because it is the material basis of many of stress hormones. Every possible protective effect on the vascular system had the high cholesterol may therefore be offset against the negative of a stressful life. | | By: medical dictionary | | |
| | Evidence laboratory of Cholesterol | | 2008-06-14 21:13:58 | | Evidence laboratoryThe studies in the laboratory are essential to better understand the mechanisms through which lipids exert their protective function. One of the first to study this phenomenon was Dr Sucharit Bhakdi the Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Giessen, Germany (Institut für Mikrobiologie Medizinsche, Justus-Liebig University Gießen), together with his team of researchers from various German and Danish institutions. The toxin-of Staphylococcus aureus is the most toxic substance produced by the family of bacteria that predispose to disease such staphylococci. It can destroy a wide variety of human cells, including red blood cells. For example, adding small amounts of the toxin in a test tube with red blood cells in a saline solution to 0.9 percent, occurs hemolysis, namely the membranes of red blood cells are split and haemoglobin out in the solvent. Dr. Bhakdi and his team have mixed toxin-a purified with human serum (the liquid they are in the red blood cel | | By: medical dictionary | | |
| | Cholesterol and chronic heart failure | | 2008-06-14 21:11:55 | | Cholesterol and chronic heart failureA cardiac disease can lead to a weakening of the heart muscle. A weak heart means that less blood, and therefore less oxygen, is brought to the arteries. To compensate for the power decreased, the heartbeat rises, but if the malanno is serious this is not enough. Patients with heart failure remains serious wind because the tissues receive too little oxygen, pressure is growing in their pots because the heart can not pump blood with sufficient power and become oedematous, that there is fluid that accumulates in the legs and even more serious cases in the lungs and other parts of the body. This condition is known as heart failure or chronic congestiva.There are many indications that the bacteria or other microorganisms play an important role nell'insufficienza chronic heart. For example, patients with severe chronic heart failure have high levels of endotoxin and various types of cytokines in their blood. Endotoxin, also called liposaccaride, is the m | | By: medical dictionary | | |
| | Low Cholesterol and HIV / AIDS | | 2008-06-14 21:10:57 | | Low Cholesterol and HIV / AIDSA man young, unmarried with liver disease or a sexually transmitted disease, runs a much greater risk of contracting the infection of HIV. Researchers in Minnesota, headed by Dr's. Ami Claxton, followed individuals of this type for 7-8 years. After excluding those who became HIV-positive during the first four years, had been with a group of 2446 men. At the end of the study, 140 of these people were HIV positive, while that at the beginning of the study had low cholesterol were twice as those with higher cholesterol. [6]Results emerging from a similar study on persons subject to screen MRFIT, more than 300,000 young men and middle-aged, who found as a distance of 16 years from the first major cholesterol, the number of men whose cholesterol was lower than 160; that had died from AIDS was four times that of men died of AIDS and with a higher cholesterol to 240. | | By: medical dictionary | | |
| | The high cholesterol protects against infections | | 2008-06-14 21:10:10 | | The high cholesterol protects against infectionsThere are many studies that have found as a low cholesterol is in some respects worse than a high cholesterol. For example, in 19 large studies involving more than 68,000 dead, examined by Professor David R. Jacobs and his staff of the Division of Epidemiology at the University of Minnesota, a low cholesterol indicates an increased risk of death for gastrointestinal and respiratory diseases [3]Most of the gastrointestinal and respiratory diseases has an infectious. Therefore an important question is whether the infection to lower cholesterol or whether it would be a lowering of cholesterol to prepare to infection. To give an answer Professor Jacobs and his group, together with Dr. Carlos Iribarren, followed more than 100,000 individuals in the health of San Francisco for fifteen years. At the end of the study those who had low cholesterol at the beginning of the study were hospitalized more often than others due to infectious diseases. [4 | | By: medical dictionary | | |
| | People with high cholesterol are those who live longer | | 2008-06-14 21:09:26 | | People with high cholesterol are those who live longer. Having undergone a brainwashing argument can sembrarci so incredible to take a long time to be assimilated and fully understand its importance. Yet the fact that individuals with high cholesterol live more clear by many scientific studies. Consider the result of 1994 by Dr. Harlan Krumholz of the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine at Yale, where he found that elderly people with low cholesterol have a mortality double for heart attack compared with older people with high cholesterol. [1] Supporters of a campaign to lower cholesterol , Consistent with their position, ignoring this objection or regarded as a rare exception, that occurred randomly between a large number of studies supporting the contrary.Yet this is not an exception, and now there is a large amount of results that contradict the lipid hypothesis. Going in particular, many studies on elderly have shown that high cholesterol is not a risk factor for coronary disease | | By: medical dictionary | | |
| | Cholesterol and triglycerides | | 2008-06-14 21:07:10 | | The cholesterol, triglycerides along with phospholipids are the fat content in our body. The phospholipids are major components of cell membranes and sheaths of the nerves. The triglycerides represent the largest reserves of our lipids and represent almost 90% of the fat ingested. Cholesterol is an essential component of cell membranes and of bile. Origin of circulating fatsThe most important part of fats circulating is produced by the body itself, while another part is introduced with the diet. The absorption of dietary fat occurs at the level of the small intestine, through the work of certain enzyme systems after an emulsion with bile salts.The internal summary of lipids occurs primarily in the liver. The triglycerides are produced from carbohydrates (sugars), while cholesterol is synthesized dall'acetil-Co. A. Transport of lipids in the blood (VLDL, LDL and HDL)The cholesterol and triglycerides are transported from the blood in the form of lipoproteins. The VLDL carrying triglyceri | | By: medical dictionary | | |
| | a value of cholesterol increased | | 2008-06-14 21:05:30 | | Unfortunately, the term "high cholesterol" is often used ambiguously (wealthy nations) to indicate a value of cholesterol increased. Starting from the questionable deduction "cholesterol => aterogenesi => infarction coronario" is done deduction reverse "prevention infarction coronario => prevention dell'aterogenesi => care cholesterolemia high" (scientifically a mortal sin). It is a behavior (not lege artis medicae), which focuses exclusively on cholesterolemia and does not address the more dell'aterogenesi speech and of the many risk factors involved, sometimes fatal for the patient (see list next).The hypothesis of a link between cholesterolemia and diseases aterogene (atherosclerosis, cardiac infarctions) and the subsequent deduction reverse led to a prevention campaign that has no parallel in human medicine of industrialized nations. After so many years can now take stock, and it is disappointing: a sventata death for cardiovascular therapy anticolesterolica coast (in Switzerland) | | By: medical dictionary | | |
| | Disputes on cholesterol | | 2008-06-14 20:59:09 | | Despite the enormous amount of data in favour of the importance of cholesterolemia as cardiovascular risk factor, numerous publications stress the danger of a low cholesterolemia or deny the role of cholesterol in the development of the disease aterosclerotica. The problem is extensively documented in site "The International Network of Cholesterol Skeptics."The problem of low cholesterolemia has already mentioned. In the aforementioned meta-Jacob (1992), men, and to a lesser extent women, with serum concentrations of total cholesterol | | By: medical dictionary | | |
| | Cholesterol, and its four rings of carbon atoms | | 2008-06-14 20:51:46 | | Cholesterol is a steroid, that is a lipid molecule consists of four rings of carbon atoms and a tail alifatica, as well as any functional groups. The structure policiclica base takes its name cyclopentane peridrofenantrene.The word cholesterol comes from the greek chole (bile) and stereos (solid), but was used for the first time in 1894. The Used to-ol stems from the fact that the C3 of the first ring of carbon [A] is a hydroxyl radical. OH (IUPAC) typical of aliphatic alcohols.Its presence had already been found in the calculations of the gall bladder as early as 1784, but only in 1975, the Nobel laureate John W. Cornforth made clear the orientation of the space hydrogen atoms on the molecule.Cholesterol is essential for animal life. The plants contain cholesterol only slight traces and other lipid structurally similar (fitosterine or phytosterols).The man produces for biosynthesis Autonomous most cholesterol necessary, in adults between 1 and 2 grams per day. Only a small part (on av | | By: medical dictionary | | |
| | The synthesis of cholesterol | | 2008-06-14 20:50:06 | | Cholesterol is a lipid molecule sterolica, typical of animal organisms, especially the Vertebrates. It is present in all tissues and in greater quantity in the brain, in bile and blood. Because of its structure has hydrophobic characteristics and is therefore poorly water-soluble. The intestine absorbs thanks to the bile salts.There is both a free form (35-40% of the total) is verified with long chain fatty acids. The synthesis of cholesterol takes place mainly in the liver, although many other participating bodies (adrenal gland, testis, etc. aorta.). Cholesterol is instead eliminated in the bile, transformed into bile acids and then in bile salts (from gallstones cholesterol can be obtained in pure crystalline).On cholesterol there is a lot of misinformation. If levels of competence is high enough goals, at low levels often sell old information or misunderstood. This page therefore wants to be clear on this issue. | | By: medical dictionary | | |
| | How Does Cholesterol Cause Heart Disease? | | 2008-06-14 20:42:33 | | When there is too much cholesterol (a fat-like substance) in your blood, it builds up in the walls of your arteries. Over time, this buildup causes "hardening of the arteries" so that arteries become narrowed and blood flow to the heart is slowed down or blocked. The blood carries oxygen to the heart, and if enough blood and oxygen cannot reach your heart, you may suffer chest pain. If the blood supply to a portion of the heart is completely cut off by a blockage, the result is a heart attack.High blood cholesterol itself does not cause symptoms, so many people are unaware that their cholesterol level is too high. It is important to find out what your cholesterol numbers are because lowering cholesterol levels that are too high lessens the risk for developing heart disease and reduces the chance of a heart attack or dying of heart disease, even if you already have it. Cholesterol lowering is important for everyone--younger, middle age, and older adults; women and men; and people with o | | By: medical dictionary | | |
| | overall healthy diet to maintain normal blood cholesterol levels | | 2008-06-14 20:41:41 | | An overall healthy diet can help to maintain normal blood cholesterol levels. Saturated fat, trans fats, and dietary cholesterol tend to raise blood cholesterol levels. Other types of fats, such as mono unsaturated and polyunsaturated fats can help to lower blood cholesterol levels. Getting enough soluble fiber in the diet can also help to lower cholesterol. For some people, a diet that has too many carbohydrates can lower HDL (the good cholesterol) and raise triglycerides. Alcohol can also raise triglycerides, and excessive alcohol use can lead to high blood pressure, another risk factor for heart disease and stroke. | | By: medical dictionary | | |
| | Being overweight or obese can raise your bad cholesterol levels | | 2008-06-14 20:40:41 | | Being overweight or obese can raise your bad cholesterol levels. Losing weight can help you lower your blood cholesterol levels. Healthy weight status in adults is usually assessed by using weight and height to compute a number called the "body mass index" (BMI). BMI is used because it relates to the amount of body fat for most people. An adult who has a BMI of 30 or higher is considered to be obese. Overweight is a BMI between 25 and 29.9. Normal weight is a BMI of 18.5 to 24.9. Proper diet and regular physical activity can help to maintain a healthy weight. Other measures of excess body fat may include waist measurements or waist and hip measurements. | | By: medical dictionary | | |
| | A number of things can affect the cholesterol levels in your blood | | 2008-06-14 20:38:58 | | # Diet. Some foods are the types of fat that increase the level of cholesterol. These types of fats include saturated fat, trans fatty acids or trans fats, cholesterol and weight control. Saturated fat comes mostly from animal fats in the diet, but also some vegetable oils such as palm oil. Trans fats are made when vegetable oil is hydrogenated to harden. The research suggests that trans fatty acids may increase cholesterol levels. Diet cholesterol is present in foods from animal sources such as egg yolks, meat and dairy products. # Weight. Being overweight tends to increase levels of LDL, HDL lowers levels, and increases the level of total cholesterol. # Inactivity physics. Lack of regular physical activity can lead to weight gain, which could increase the level of LDL cholesterol. # Heredity. High blood cholesterol can run in families. Genetic inherited a condition results in very high levels of LDL cholesterol. This condition is called familial hypercholesterolaemia. # Age and sex. | | By: medical dictionary | | |
| | Cholesterol-Fighting Foods | | 2008-06-10 07:55:12 | | SOY : Reducing saturated fat is the single most important dietary change you can make to cut blood cholesterol. Used as a replacement for meat and cheese, soy foods help your heart by slashing the amount of saturated fat that you eat. Crumbled soy--an alternative to ground meat--works well in chili, burritos, lasagna, soups, and casseroles. Add tofu to chili, eggs, or casseroles. It absorbs the flavor of whatever you're cooking.BEANS : Beans are especially high in cholesterol-lowering soluble fiber. Eating a cup of any type of beans a day---particularly kidney, navy, pinto, black, chickpea, or butter beans--can lower cholesterol by as much as 10 percent in 6 weeks. Soluble fiber forms a gel in water that helps bind acids and cholesterol in the intestinal tract, preventing their re-absorption into the body. Soluble fiber is also found in oats and oat bran, barley, brown rice, beans, apples, carrots, and most other fruits and vegetables.SALMON : My favorite fish in the world. Soluble fib | | By: Weight Loss | | |
| | Understanding Cholesterol | | 2008-06-05 23:12:00 | | Cholesterol is a lipid found in the cell membranes of all animal tissues, and it is transported in the blood plasma of all animals. Cholesterol is also a sterol (a combination steroid and alcohol). Because cholesterol is synthesized by all eukaryotes, trace amounts of cholesterol are also found in membranes of plants and fungi.The name originates from the Greek chole- (bile) and stereos (solid), and the chemical suffix -ol for an alcohol, as researchers first identified cholesterol in solid form in gallstones by François Poulletier de la Salle in 1769. However, it is only in 1815 that chemist Eugène Chevreul named the compound "cholesterine".Most of the cholesterol in the body is synthesized by the body and some has dietary origin. Cholesterol is more abundant in tissues which either synthesize more or have more abundant densely-packed membranes, for example, the liver, spinal cord and brain. It plays a central role in many biochemical processes, such as the composition of cell membr | | By: Biosolution | | |
| | 4 natural ways to reduce cholesterol levels | | 2008-05-10 15:00:00 | | 1. Start an exercise program: exercising 3 times a week will help you in many ways. It will help your cardiovascular system, and help you lose weight. These are great results for overall health. But exercise has a very positive on your cholesterol levels as well. When your body needs energy during exercise, it will trigger the liver to produce more HDL. This "good cholesterol" will travel the | | By: healthy life | | |
| | | Foods that reduce cholesterol levels | | 2008-04-01 08:34:08 | | As a woman who is beautiful, we have to concern to our health too. We all know that certain foods can raise your level of cholesterol but few of us realize that other foods can actively lower your cholesterol. So don't just stay away from high cholesterol foods, but keep healthy with these cholesterol friendly foods.What are these cholesterol friendly foods? Here are five of the best: GarlicFirst up we have the genuine superfood garlic. Garlic contains the substance allicin which ca | | By: Women's Interest | | |
| | Cholesterol and Its Connection to Heart Attack | | 2008-03-18 03:10:00 | | My Health - Cholesterol is fatty substance (lipid) which is part of outer cell membrane in animal tissues. It is also found in human blood circulation. Two main sources cholesterol in the blood is from foods and liver production.Food cholesterol comes from meat, chicken, fish and dairy product. After a meal, cholesterol is absorbed by bowel into blood circulation and gets covered by protein. The cholesterol encased in protein is called chylomicron.Computer model of cholesterol molecule.Liver can remove cholesterol from blood circulation and also make cholesterol and secrete cholesterol into the circulation. After you eat, liver removes chylomicron from blood circulation. In between lunch time, liver produce and secretes cholesterol back into blood circulation.Bad Cholesterol, Good CholesterolCholesterol is indissoluble in the blood except if it joins with special protein called lipoprotein. Cholesterol secreted by the liver into the blood can combine with very low density lipoprotein ( | | By: My Health | | |
| | | Diabetes and High Cholesterol | | 2008-02-18 10:02:13 | | Along with diabetes come many other health concerns. High cholesterol is a problem that is faced by diabetics and nondiabetics alike. In all people, from all walks of life, high cholesterol contributes to heart disease, and it is something that you must be aware of.
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| | | Cholesterol and Hypertension | | 2008-02-11 16:02:55 | | There are lots of things that contribute to hypertension, or high blood pressure. Your age, your sex, and your race are all factors that can contribute to high blood pressure. The level of noise that you are exposed to and the levels of stress that you live with are also factors that contribute to hypertension [...] | | By: Online Business Alliance & Niches | | |
| | | Causes and Prevention of High Cholesterol | | 2008-02-11 16:02:40 | | Reports show that approximately 50% of people in America have borderline or high cholesterol levels. Having high cholesterol will greatly increase your chances of suffering a heart attack or stroke. Read more about how cholesterol works in your body and how to reduce it to a healthy level.
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| | | Lowering Cholesterol with Natural Techniques | | 2008-02-11 15:02:52 | | People have started taking action to lower cholesterol levels so that they can reduce the chances of complications due to cholesterol. The problem is that a lot of people think medication is the answer, when often times a few simple adjustments may make a very large difference in bad cholesterol levels. Implementing these [...] | | By: Online Business Alliance & Niches | | |
| | An Overview of Cholesterol Reducing Herbs | | 2008-02-11 15:02:15 | | This article discusses the benefits of lowering high cholesterol and using herbs to do so. You will find examples of great herbs to do just this. By lowering cholesterol, you lower your risk of heart attack and stroke.
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| | Cholesterol Regulation - Natural and Safe Approach | | 2008-02-11 15:02:07 | | Cholesterol serves a number of purposes that are vital for the body. However, when there is too much in the body it can lead to plaque buildup on artery walls, atherosclerosis, and heart disease among other things. This article will discuss a few natural remedies, general diet guidelines, and lifestyle habits that can lead to [...] | | By: Online Business Alliance & Niches | | |
| | 9 Causes of High Cholesterol | | 2008-02-11 14:02:53 | | High cholesterol level or hypercholesterolemia is a condition where levels of cholesterol in the bloodstream are higher that normal. Contrary to popular beliefs, hypercholesterolemia isn’t caused by high-cholesterol diet alone - it is a combination and interaction of different factors.
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| | If You Have High Blood Pressure, Lower Your Cholesterol | | 2008-02-11 13:02:42 | | High blood pressure, high cholesterol, being over weight, inactive lifestyles and smoking are high risk factors regarding heart attacks and strokes. If you have been diagnosed with high blood pressure it’s strongly recommended that you lower your cholesterol level as part of a plan to prevent a heart attack and a stroke from occurring. [...] | | By: Online Business Alliance & Niches | | |
| | Cholesterol Fighting Foods | | 2008-02-11 13:02:28 | | Experts agree that eating cholesterol fighting foods greatly contribute to lowering one’s cholesterol level. This is because the food intake itself can control the amount of bad cholesterol that enters the body. While other foods control the level of cholesterol in the body, others serve as an “antidote” to balance the foods responsible for bad [...] | | By: Online Business Alliance & Niches | | |
| | | | Tips to Maintain Healthy Levels of Cholesterol | | 2008-02-04 02:12:00 | | Follow these tips to get healthy cholesterol levels to body:Lessen red meat, animal fat and dairy product diets.Lessen foods intake which are high in cholesterol like liver and certain seafood.Lessen foods intake with high in sugar and other simple carbohydrates.Take more fruits and fresh vegetables.Lecithin intakes can also help to prevent sedimentation and facilitate body fat removal.Continuously exercise; it helps to increase HDL cholesterol (High Density Lipoprotein), thus reducing the total cholesterol.Avoid taking excessive alcohol because it contributes to the decline of HDL cholesterol level which then increases the risk of heart diseases.
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| | Control Increase of Cholesterol Levels Naturally | | 2008-02-03 20:44:00 | | Cholesterol is a fat compound which is required for many functions such as to form and to protect membrane, produce sex hormone, digest fat and others.Around 80 to 90 percent of cholesterol was produced by liver, while the rest were taken through diet. Cholesterol increase problem only occurred when the cholesterol production, especially LDL-cholesterol (Low-Density Lipoprotein) excessively produced and being unable to be excreted by the body.Nutritional factor played a big role that contributes to the increase cholesterol. Therefore, be careful in choosing food especially during festive seasons, which when we go to many parties and open houses where they dish up appetizing meals.Plaque or deposited cholesterol and other settled compounds will harden and thicken, which then will cause the artery wall to harden. Increased deposits will narrow the artery channel thus prevents the blood flow to heart and heighten the risk of heart disease and the risk of stroke.Study founds that guggulip | | By: My Health | | |
| | | | | The Keys To Reducing Cholesterol | | 2008-01-28 13:01:06 | | Perhaps you just got the call from your doctor telling you your cholesterol levels are too high. Maybe you have known for some time that you need to do something about your cholesterol levels, but you are just not sure what. It is a fact that high cholesterol levels can lead to many potentially dangerous [...] | | By: Online Business Alliance & Niches | | |
| | Lowering Cholesterol by Reducing Stress | | 2008-01-28 12:01:26 | | Stress has become a part of our daily lives. Many of us are in a rush to get to work and when we are there we are pushed to meet quotas and/or goals. Our lives will continue to have stress and how we deal with it is important. Many people use physical exercise to alleviate [...] | | By: Online Business Alliance & Niches | | |
| | Lowering HDL Cholesterol By Smoking | | 2008-01-28 11:01:07 | | It has long been established that cigarette smoking adversely affects heart disease. The American Heart Association (AHA) points out that cigarette smoking is the most important preventable cause of premature death in the United States. Since HDL good cholesterol levels are depressed in smokers, cholesterol is free to build up in the arteries. Hence, atherosclerosis [...] | | By: Online Business Alliance & Niches | | |
| | The Importance of Knowing Your Cholesterol Level | | 2008-01-28 10:01:12 | | It is important for everyone to know their cholesterol levels. Regular checks of cholesterol ensure that a person is at a lower risk of cardiac problems and that a healthy balance of the ‘good’ and ‘bad’ cholesterol is maintained.
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| | Foods that Lower your Cholesterol (knowing LDL and HDL) | | 2008-01-18 17:03:00 | | The human life tends to get busier da by day, and the stress that surrounds us is increasing by leaps and bounds. We all know what harm stress can do to our body, including rising our blood sugar and cholesterol levels. This in turn leads to incresed risk of heart attacks, obesity and osteoporosis, to name a few! So its extremely essential that we take charge of our lives, and do whatever is in our hand to keep our cholesterol levels under control right from the beginning. It gets more and more difficult to do this as you age, so start right now! Exercise and a check on your daily diet can help lower your bad cholesterol. Though there are several medications now prescribed for the same, there are also a lot of natural food options, and incorporating these in our diet can make it much easier for you or your family member to keep the "High-Cholesterol" fever at bay. So what exactly is "LDL and HDL", and what foods can you take to help fight against the demon named cholesterol?What is LDL and HDL?Cholesterol is a type of fat found in your blood. Fats and cholesterol are part of the same family of chemical compounds known as lipids, and is either made by the liver, or found in our food. Low-density lipoprotein, or LDL, is known as “bad” cholesterol. When too much LDL(bad) cholesterol circulates in the blood, it can slowly build up in the inner walls of the arteries that feed the heart and brain. Together with other substances, it can form plaque, a thick, hard deposit that can narrow the arteries and make them less flexible. This condition is known as atherosclerosis. If a clot forms and blocks a narrowed artery, heart attack or stroke can result. High-density lipoprotein, or HDL, is known as “good” cholesterol, and constitues about 1/3-1/4th of the blood cholesterol. Medical experts think that HDL tends to carry cholesterol away from the arteries and back to the liver, where it's passed from the body. Some experts believe that that HDL removes excess cholester | | By: Fun and Food | | |
| | Eminem Is Out Of Touch With His Cholesterol | | 2008-01-18 17:01:47 | | The weight-loss gurus at Slim-Fast have offered Eminem the chance to become their next spokes model, after leaning he’s battling obesity.
According to the Eminem’s estranged mother Debbie Nelson, “His face has broken out in pimples and he’s put on so much weight that he’s causing all sorts of other health problems for himself.”
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| | Cholesterol Drug Zetia Doesn't Benefit Health, Trial Shows | | 2008-01-14 20:50:04 | | results of a trial of Zetia, a cholesterol-lowering drug prescribed to about a million Americans, shows the drug confers no medical benefit to users.In fact, the pace at which artery-clogging plaques formed within vessels almost doubled in patients taking Zetia (ezetimibe) along with another cholesterol-lowering drug, Zocor (simvastatin), compared to those taking Zocor alone, the study found.The two medications -- ezetimibe plus simvastatin -- are also marketed in one prescription pill, called Vytorin. About 60 percent of U.S. patients who are taking Zetia now receive the drug as part of Vytorin.But the new two-year trial of 720 patients sheds doubt on whether it makes any sense for people battling cholesterol to take Vytorin versus Zocor alone, experts said. The study was funded by the two companies that make Zetia, Merck and Schering-Plough."This wraps it up," said Dr. Steven E. Nissen, chairman of cardiology at the Cleveland Clinic. "That's all there is. There just isn't any evidence that adding ezetimibe to simvastatin produces any advantage."No one is disputing that Zetia can lower levels of LDL "bad" cholesterol by 15 percent to 20 percent -- that had been shown in previous trials. However, whether that reduction led to any greater lowering of heart attack or stroke risk had remained unclear.The new ENHANCE trial -- which involved patients with a genetic condition that causes abnormally high levels of blood cholesterol -- found no such added benefit. According to a statement released by the two drug companies Monday, researchers found no statistically significant difference in heart attacks or stroke among trial participants who took Zetia plus Zocor, a widely used cholesterol-lower drug, versus those who got Zocor alone.The study also noted that the speed at which arteries thickened with plaque almost doubled among those on the two-drug regimen compared to those taking Zocor alone.Safety profiles were similar for Zetia/Zocor versus Zocor alone, the team add | | By: Goss INDIA | | |
| | Should I measure my Cholesterol and CRP? | | 2008-01-06 03:47:00 | | RSS CrossRef Search and visit Healthlines: CRP. Should I have my CRP level measured? Leave a Comment!85 tot 90 procent van de hartinfarcten in de wereld worden veroorzaakt door negen risicofactoren:Hoge bloeddruk, roken, diabetes, buikvet, stress, overmatig alcoholgebruik, onvoldoende dagelijkse consumptie van groenten en fruit, onvoldoende dagelijkse lichaamsbeweging en teveel slecht cholesterol. Volgens Professor Kastelein behoort een ontstekingsreactie in de bloedvaten tot één van die mogelijk allerlaatste risicofactoren, wellicht zelfs de laatste. De ontsteking is op te sporen via een eiwit, het CRP (C-Reactief Proteïne).Should I have my CRP level measured? If a person’s cardiovascular risk score is low, no test is immediately warranted. If the risk score is in the intermediate range, such a test can help predict a cardiovascular or stroke event and help direct further evaluation and therapy. However, the benefits of such therapy based on this strategy remain uncertain. A person with a high risk score or established heart disease or stroke should be treated intensively regardless of hs-CRP levels. What is the normal range of hs-CRP level? If hs-CRP level is lower than 1.0 mg/L, a person has a low risk of developing cardiovascular disease. If hs-CRP is between 1.0 and 3.0 mg/L, a person has an average risk. If hs-CRP is higher than 3.0 mg/L, a person is at high risk. If patients have persistently unexplained, markedly elevated hs-CRP, they should be evaluated to exclude noncardiovascular causes. Patients with autoimmune diseases or cancer, as well as other infectious diseases, may also have elevated CRP levels.Why is it important to have both hs-CRP and Cholesterol measured? High hs-CRP and high LDL or 'bad' cholesterol levels represent different pathways leading to heart disease. Therefore doing measurements of both of these provides the doctor with more information about your cardiovascular risk than measuring LDL cholesterol alone. If your hs-CRP or LDL | | By: The Health Archive | | |
| | Lower your cholesterol by eating more eggs | | 2007-12-31 03:47:49 | | Even though it is said that eggs contain cholesterol, research has shown that eggs actually lower cholesterol levels. A study at the University of Connecticut done with people who ate three or more eggs per day showed that the cholesterol particles in their blood were larger that the cholesterol particles in the blood of people [...] | | By: Masenka.Be - your guide to a healthy lifestyle | | |
| | Chromium as a Cholesterol Supplement | | 2007-12-06 03:58:00 | | Chromium is an essential trace mineral first discovered in 1955. Although our bodies contain only a few milligrams, even this tiny amount is critical for regulating insulin and blood sugar levels, as well as activating enzymes essential for energy production. We get chromium through food, primarily yeast, grains, nuts, prunes, potatoes, and seafood. But we don't get enough overall; many Americans are deficient in chromium. One reason is that diets high in refined sugar leach chromium right out of us. Recent studies find that supplementing with chromium may not only lower cholesterol but also help stabilize blood sugar levels and improve insulin sensitivity. Thus, it may be particularly beneficial to people with metabolic syndrome or diabetes. What the research shows: In one small study of 28 people, those taking 200 micrograms of chromium daily for 42 days had significant decreases in both total cholesterol and LDL, decreases that didn't occur when they took a placebo. At least ei | | By: Natural Sexual Enhancement | | |
| | | Look Out for a Cholesterol Drug called Zocor | | 2007-11-09 01:00:26 | | The thing about sleep deprivation is that they are termed as mental problems. However, sleep problems can also be solicited from pills and drugs we take that aim to solve various health problems as well.
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| | Drop your Cholesterol by Picking Products with Plant Components | | 2007-09-01 21:46:35 | | Stroll through the grocery aisles and you’ll find labels proclaiming the health benefits of plant sterols on everything from buttery spreads to chocolate bars. But are these substances, billed as natural cholesterol-busting wonders, really everything they’re cracked up to be?
“Maybe,” says Anne Carol Goldberg, MD., an associate professor of medicine in the division of endocrinology, [...] | | By: Cardiology Journal | | |
| | Know Your Blood Cholesterol | | 2007-08-28 12:23:00 | | In the life time no body want to get get sick. They need that their life is always keep a way from any sick, but sometimes human being unable to keep their body a way always health as many reason such illness caused by intern and extern factors. The extern factors like accident, injury or many infection diseases caused by environmental factors influences to their body healthy.Internal factors such as psychologist, biologist imbalance, food style claimed play to lead many death disease one of them is Heart Disease. Heart Disease is still rank in the top position death disease in the world. Number of deaths for leading causes of death could be mentioned by categories as follow:Heart disease: 654,092Cancer: 550,270Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 150,147Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 123,884Accidents (unintentional injuries): 108,694Diabetes: 72,815Alzheimer's disease: 65,829Influenza/Pneumonia: 61,472Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis: 42,762Septicemia: 33,464Sources N C H S - FASTATS - Leading Causes of Death and Deaths: Preliminary Data for 2004, tables 7.What Heart Disease Causes?Major Risk FactorsHigh Blood Pressure (Hypertension)High Blood CholesterolDiabetesObesity and OverweightSmokingPhysical InactivityGenderHeredityAgeContributing Risk FactorsStressSex hormonesBirth control pillsAlcoholFrom all factors above Cholesterol was claimed as common leading causes Heart Attack. Cholesterol Level in your blood must be control so always Normal or near normal then to keep your Blood Cholesterol always normal you have to manage your food pattern and food style, below many food you to pay attention eat so make your life keep a way from Heart Disease you have to be follow and obey it.Here the list of food consist of high cholesterol you have to be concern as folowing are:FoodServing SizeCholesterol LevelBoiled Egg1225 mgCream Cheese1OZ27 mgCheddar Cheese1OZ19 mgButter3.5OZ250 mgLamb3.5OZ70 mgBeefsteak3.5OZ70 mgChicken3.5OZ60 mgKidney, Beef3.5OZ375 mgL | | By: nurse activity | | |
| | Natural Cures for lowering Cholesterol level | | 2007-08-21 20:30:03 | | In blood, cholesterol is bound to certain proteins - lipoproteins which have an affinity for blood fats, known as lipids. There are two main types of lipoproteins : a low density one (LDL) and a high density one (HDL). The low density lipoprotein is the one which is considered harmful and is associated with cholesterol deposits in blood vessels.The higher the ratio of LDL to the total cholesterol, the greater the risk of arterial damage and heart disease. The HDL on the other hand plays a salutary role by helping remove cholesterol from circulation and thereby reduce the risk of heart disease.Achieving lower cholesterol is one of the best ways to protect yourself from heart attack and stroke. A fat-like substance found in the blood, cholesterol can build up and form deposits in your arteries. These cholesterol deposits can clog or in some cases completely block the passage of blood and oxygen to the heart. The result, for hundreds of thousands of people every year, is chest pain, heart attack, or other cardiovascular problems.Hyperchjolsterolaemia or increase in cholesterol is mainly a digestive problem caused by rich foods such as fried foods, excessive consumption of milk and its products like ghee,butter and cream,white flour, sugar, cakes, pastries, biscuits, cheese, ice cream as well as non-vegetarian foods like meat, fish and eggs. Other causes of increase in cholesterol are irregularity in habits, smoking and drinking alcohol.Stress has been found to be a major cause of increased level of cholesterol. Adrenaline and cortison are both released in the body under stress. This, in turn, produces a fat metabolizing reaction. Adrenal glands of executive type aggressive persons produce more adrenaline than the easy going men. Consequently they suffer six to eight times more heart attacks than the relaxed men.To reduce the risk of heart disease, it is essential to lower the level of LDL and increase the level of HDL.DIETAs a first step, foods rich in cholesterol and saturated fats, which lead toincrease in LDL level, should be reduced to the minimum. Cholesterol -rich foods are eggs,organ meats and most cheese, butter, bacon, beef, whole milk, virtually all foods of animal origin as well as two vegetable oils, namely coconut and palm, are high in saturated fats and these should be replaced by polyunsaturated fats such as corn, safflower, soya beans and sesame oils which tend to lower the level of LDL. There are monosaturated fats such as olive and peanut oils which have more or less neutral effect on the LDL level.FIBREThe most significant sources of dietary fibre are unprocessed wheat bran, whole cereals such as wheat , rice, barley, rye; legumes such as potato, carrot, beet and turnips; fruits like mango and guava and green vegetables such as cabbage, lady’s finger, lettuce and celery. Oat bran is especially beneficial in lowering LDLcholesterol.LECITHINLecithin, also a fatty food substance and the most abundant of the phospholipids, is highly beneficial in case of increase in cholesterol level. It has the ability to break up cholesterol into small particles which can be easily handled by the system. With sufficient intake of lecithin, cholesterol cannot build up against the walls of the arteries and veins. It also increases the production of bile acids made from cholesterol, thereby reducing its amount in the blood.Egg yolk, vegetable oils, whole grain cereals, soya beans and unpasteurised milk are rich sources of lecithin. The cells of the body are also capable of synthesizing it as needed, if several of the B vitamins are present.WATERDrink A lot of water at least 8-10 glasses of water everyday as it can eliminates cholesterol from the system.VITAMINSDiets high in vitamin B6, cholin and inositol supplied by wheat germ, yeast, or B vitamins extracted from bran have been particularly effective in reducing blood cholesterol. Sometimes vitamin E elevates blood lecithin and reduces cholesterol presumably by preventing the essential fatty acids from being destroyed by oxygen.EXERCISERegular exercise also plays an important role in lowering LDL cholesterol and in raising the level of protective HDL. It also promotes circulation and helps maintain the blood flow to every part of the body. Jogging or brisk walking, swimming, bicycling and playing badminton are excellent forms of exercise.ASANASYogasnas are highly beneficial as they help increase perspiratory activity and stimulate sebaceous glands to effectively secrete accumulated or excess cholesterol from the muscular tissue. Asanas like ardhamatsyaendrasana, shalabhasana, padmasanaand vajrasana are useful in lowering blood cholesterol by increasing systemic activity.TIPS TO LOWER YOUR CHOLESTEROL FASTAccording to experts, there are four basic ways to get your cholesterol where you want it: * Eating a healthy diet. * Exercising * Losing weight * Taking medicine -- in some casesLATEST BREAKTHROUGH OF LOWERING CHOLESTEROL NATURALLYNUTS AND SEEDA new study shows pistachios and sunflower seeds contain the most cholesterol-lowering phytosterols of commonly eaten nuts and seeds. This is followed by pumpkin seeds, pine nuts, almonds, macadamia nuts, black walnuts, pecans, cashews, peanuts, and hazelnuts. In comparison, chocolate ranked between black walnuts and pecans in phytosterol content."Basically, nuts are good as they're high in vitamins, minerals, and good monounsaturated fat, which can lower cholesterol."WHOLE GRAIN OATSEating a diet rich in whole-grain oats may help lower cholesterol in people at risk for heart disease.Oatmeal and whole-grain oat products can help decreasing in both total cholesterol and unhealthy low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels.PLANT STEROLS AND STANOLSPlant sterols and stanols are substances that occur naturally in small amounts in many grains, vegetables, fruits, legumes, nuts, and seeds.These sterols and stanols have a powerful cholesterol-lowering properties.FISHOily fish such as salmon, tuna, sardines, mackerel, and trout are full of omega-3 fatty acids - good fats unlike the bad saturated fat you find in most meats. These fish should be a staple of everyone's heart-healthy diet.Get More Info -Garlic May Not Lower Cholesterol LevelHow To Exercise To Lower Cholesterol Level | | By: The Natural Cures | | |
| | Cholesterol Problem and Foods | | 2007-06-06 10:42:16 | | Cholesterol is a waxy naturally occurring fat that is made by the liver. Cholesterol is a paradox. On one hand, it contributes to such vital bodily functions as building new cells, insulating nerves, and producing hormones. On the other hand, it is a potential killer due to its association to various cardiovascular diseases. The risk [...] | | By: Healthy Foods | | |
| | Is Your Doctor Clueless About How to Lower Cholesterol? | | 2007-04-23 02:38:00 | | Pfizer, which stands to lose billions of dollars if health plans continue to encourage patients to switch from their statin drug Lipitor to the cheaper generic Zocor, is trying to get a letter-writing campaign started to change the policies.Pfizer has been sending doctors a CD containing two letters -- one to send to health plans and one to send to pharmacists.The letters state that switching from Lipitor to a generic statin for cost reasons will undermine doctors' clinical judgment.Using generic statins can save health care plans millions of dollars each year. The switch saves plans $70 to $80 a month per patientUSA Today April 3, 2007Dr. Mercola's Comment:Considering how damaging and life-threatening taking Lipitor or any other statin can be to your health, it's hard to believe that your doctor may be vigorously defending his or her right to prescribe them to patients anyway.But then again it is not surprising at all if you have been reading this newsletter for awhile. If you have | | By: Full Time Income From Home | | |
| | Another reason why trying to lower cholesterol in women does more harm then good | | 2007-03-11 05:31:34 | | Hey I was just reading this article and thought I'd share, another reason for us ladies to eat up in regards to animal products!Cholesterol is so important to fetal development that pregnant women who do not have high enough cholesterol levels are at increased risk of having babies with developmental problems, even without consuming alcohol.And the article finishes off with:the findings provide further credence to current practice of ensuring that pregnant women should not lower their cholesterol too low. A recent study found that women who took cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins were at greater risk of giving birth to babies with developmental problems.Cholesterol aside, in regards to alcohol they say this:Li said that the keys to fetal alcohol syndrome's severity are the amount of alcohol consumed, the duration of the consumption and the timing of the pregnancy. For example, alcohol consumed by a mother with a one-month-old fetus could alter the development of the brain; a | | By: Pinch of... | | |
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