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A mediterranean approach to health
One of the most fascinating things to happen in the field of medicine over the past few decades is that scientists are now validating what herbalist and traditional healers have known for centuries – that many plants have amazing heali...read more
Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis, also known as arteriosclerosis or "hardening of the arteries", is a disease process that causes narrowing of the arteries and thickening of the artery walls. It occurs to some extent in most people as they get older, but more rapidly in some for re...read more
Cholesterol and strokes
Cholesterol plays an important part in the body, but too much is not good for us. Having a high cholesterol level increases the chance of having a stroke. All men over 35 and women over 45 should have their cholesterol checked. This factsheet provides information about what...read more
Cholesterol drug dilemma
A current topic of hot debate in the medical field is the efficacy of cholesterol-lowering drugs in prolonging life. Britain has one of the highest rates of heart disease in the world; every year over 300 000 people suffer from heart attacks and around 170 000 people die fro...read more
Cholesterol in the blood
When the levels of cholesterol in the blood are too high (6.5 mmol l-1 or higher), the condition is called hypercholesterolaemia. Doctors use cholesterol-lowering drugs to treat hypercholesterolaemia when dietary modification has failed to b...read more
Cholesterol lowering tips
Stock up on vitamin E. Scientists have discovered that we have both good (high-density lipoprotein, or HDL) and bad (low density lipoprotein, or LDL) cholesterol running through our blood stream. Consuming 400 international units of vitamin ...read more
Cholesterol: some information
What is it ? One time or other you have probably come across the concept of cholesterol. It could be described as a greasy substance which is non-dissolvable and is used by our body as a kind of building material. Though most of it is produced by our body, especially our li...read more
Dairy foods and heart disease
A challenge to the dairy industry It is widely accepted that saturated fats raise cholesterol and increase risk of heart disease. Official dietary guidelines across the world recommend that no more than 10% of calories should come fromread more
Decrease your risk at cholesterol.
Cholesterol is a fat, non-dissolvable substance in our body. It can be found in products we eat but the majority is produced by our own body. However, an excess of cholesterol is bad for our health. Therefore a lot of people need to control their cholesterol in order to prev...read more
Diagnosing atherosclerosis
Since atherosclerosis is a pathological or disease process rather than an illness in itself, your doctor wishes to establish whether you are at increased risk or whether you have already developed the clinical complications associated with it.The risk or predisposing factors...read more
Essential fatty acids
The main components of all fats are the fatty acids which might be saturated, monounsaturated or polyunsaturated. Fats containing a high proportion of saturated fatty acids are solid at room temperature. The...read more
Healthy choices on a vegan diet
Decades of experience, culminating in more than a million vegans today, have shown that appropriate vegan diets support good health at all stages of life and reduce the risk of heart disease. This has been confirmed by independent scientific...read more
High Cholesterol
What It Means Anyone can develop high blood cholesterol regardless of age, sex, race or ethnic background. Like high blood pressure, it is a potential threat to your health that you can do something about. High cholesterol is one of the major risk factors for coronary heart...read more
Homocysteine levels: getting to the crux of heart health
You wouldn't buy a house after looking at it just from the outside. The exterior is important, but you'd want to look around inside of course, check the foundation, the plumbing, the roof, the garden and the neighbourhood. Along the same lines, it's hard to understand why anyone would assess...read more
How a veggie diet can protect your heart
Heart Pumping Of all the complex jobs our bodies have to perform it sounds such a simple task to ask of our hearts - just sit there and pump. Yes that really is it - the heart just sits around day in and day out pushing the blood around the body, thereby supplying individua...read more
How is atherosclerosis treated?
The goals of treatment are to reduce the symptoms and prevent the complications of atherosclerosis. Your doctor will recommend which treatments are best for you after reviewing your symptoms, your risk factors, and the results of your physical exam and any lab tests. Treatme...read more
It all starts with good nutrition
We all want to enjoy good health don’t we? But some of the food we allow to enter our bodies is definitely not in our best interest. Too much stodgy or fatty foods, that fill us up, make us feel full but within a very short time we are hungry again. ...read more
Keeping cholesterol under control
Cholesterol is the Jekyll and Hyde of the body. Like the literary split personality, it has a good side because it is needed for certain important body functions. But for many Americans, cholesterol also has an evil side. When present in excessive amounts, ...read more
Policosanol: cholesterol : to lower, or not to lower...
Policosanol, a compound of fatty alcohols derived primarily from sugar cane or beeswax, is fast gaining a reputation as a natural alternative to statin drugs for lowering cholesterol. However, there is more to this supplement than meets the ...read more
Satured fats and cholesterol
There are several potential mechanisms by which an intake of saturated fat could lead to increased blood cholesterol:bullet unsaturated fatty acids tend to favour the formation of HDLs. Presumably this is linked to the reaction involving the enzyme lecithin ...read more
Something more about cinnamon
I know what you might be thinking, “is this the green light to eat homemade Cinnamon buns and drink Christmas punch until the cows come home?’ Sadly this is not so. The active parts of Cinnamon are not always strong enough in culinary preparations, which means to...read more
The mighty blueberry
Health benefits of blueberries One of nature's most amazing and powerful anti-oxidants, blueberries offer a variety of health benefits, from to lowering cholesterol to building up urinary tract health, improving vision and much more. Researchers around the world are provin...read more
Treating High Blood Cholesterol
When a patient without heart disease is first diagnosed with elevated blood cholesterol, doctors often prescribe a program of diet, exercise, and weight loss to bring levels down. National Cholesterol Education Program guidelines suggest at least a six-month program of reduc...read more
What causes high cholesterol?
Cholesterol - What is it? Cholesterol is a waxy substance that's manufactured in your liver and small intestine and found virtually everywhere in your body. Its chemical structure is similar to that of steriods, and is seen as a building block of testosteroneread more
What is Cholesterol?
Dietary cholesterol is a waxy substance found only in foods of animal origin such as poultry, beef, fish, eggs and dairy products. Fruits and vegetables do not contain cholesterol. Cholesterol is necessary to keep the body functioning normally. The liver manufactures enough ...read more
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