74 articles on "cholesterol"

What Is Cholesterol

What Is Cholesterol by: Jan Nicholas In order to understand why it is important to lower cholesterol, it is necessary to first understand what cholesterol is. Cholesterol is a fatlike waxy substance and is produced by the liver. Although cholest...

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Understand Wine and Your Health

During the 1990s, a physician voiced on a national TV show that drinking red wine reduces heart disease. It made all the headlines. He cited the relatively lower levels of the disease in France despite their ever so famously high fat diets. Since th...

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Fats & Cholesterol

Fats & Cholesterol by: Bruce Reid For years we heard that a low-fat, low-cholesterol diet would keep us healthy and help us lose weight. And many of us jumped on the bandwagon, eliminating fat and high-cholesterol foods from our diets. Well, un...

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Lower Cholesterol with Natural Foods

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Four Main Factors Causing High Cholesterol

Four Main Factors Causing High Cholesterol by: Jim Ellison Besides diet, other causes of high cholesterol are lifestyle, gender and the heritage of the individual. For some, even maintaining cholesterol at the right levels and being fit and thi...

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Lower Your Cholesterol and Increase Your Chance of Stroke

Lower Your Cholesterol and Increase Your Chance of Stroke by: Lee Cummings Recently, The New York Times published an article entitled – “U.S. calls for major cholesterol reductions” and which was also printed in numerous local papers. Sou...

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Green Tea and Cholesterol Facts

Green Tea and Cholesterol Facts by: Lorraine Bevere A green and lush oasis in the middle of a scorching dessert. A cool breeze on a hot summer night. A bright light in the end of a cold and dark tunnel. Green tea and cholesterol. For the million...

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Keeping away from heart problems

Question : I AM in my early 30s and recently I went for a blood test. The results showed that I have an elevated blood cholesterol level. I was advised to take a fish oil supplement to prevent cardiovascular disease. Can you tell me which fish oil su...

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Cholesterol

Cholesterol by: John Moore Ways To Keep It Low These days we hear a lot of warnings about cholesterol, but the funny thing is, cholesterol isn't all bad. Your body produces it naturally and it performs some pretty vital jobs - helping to bu...

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Diet and High Cholesterol: What You Need To Know

You must maintain a healthy cholesterol level in order to avoid heart disease. Increased cholesterol levels which are unhealthy are caused by many things. On its own, being overweight can not explain away heart disease but it can cause an increase in...

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