'Berry' the hatchet with bad cholesterol
We frequently hear about making sure that our cholesterol is low, but rarely are we questioned about whether it is high enough. As you may already know, there are two types of cholesterol, LDL (which is considered "bad" cholesterol) and HDL (which is considered "good" cholesterol). Essentially, you want your LDL to be low, but you want to make sure that your HDL is high.
Fortunately, many foods that help lower "bad" cholesterol can also help boost your "good" cholesterol. RealAge.com highly suggests eating mixed berries to do just this. In a recent study, people with high blood pressure (a condition that can sometimes be attributed to cholesterol levels) who ate berries daily saw a seven point drop in their systolic blood pressure after only eight weeks. What's more, not only did their blood pressure go down, but their HDL went up, too.
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Did you know your liver can produce all the cholesterol your body needs? But, a resourceful little organ, when we have
It's no secret that I love cheese. I have many vices, but cheese is definitely one of the front-runners for worst food that I can hardly ever resist. And although I make a point of uncovering ghastly ghastly calorie-laden foods for the artery-damagers they are, when it comes to cheese, I am too chicken to hear the truth because, for the love of pete, please give me this one indulgence and don't make me feel bad about it.
Heart disease is the number one killer of women here in the U.S., and in many cases it's due to high cholesterol. Making matters worse, most times women don't realize that they even have high cholesterol, especially women who live healthy lifestyles.
It happens all the time: Some researchers will say one thing, and then other researchers will refute the original research results -- only to then put forth research results of their own (which usually is later refuted by other researchers -- and so on, and so on...). Such is the case with margarine and butter. As far as I have read up until recently, real butter seemed to be the healthier choice over margarine. However,
Walnuts, Pistachios, Macadamias and now Hazelnuts. Frankly, the only negative thing related to writing about nuts is trying not awaken my inner eighth-grade boy and make an inappropriate joke. Aside from that, there is a great deal of benefits I'd like to pass along about....nuts. Arggg -- moving right along.
What is cholesterol? We talk about it all the time, but do we really know what it is? And how does it effect our bodies? Now, I'm not a doctor, and I'm definitely not a scientist, but I am curious -- so I looked it up.
Do you know how much you weigh? How about how tall you are? What about your license number? Do you remember the telephone number for the house you grew up in? What are your cholesterol? Ahhh ... I got you with that last one, didn't I?
Sometimes it may feel like you just can't win against science. For diabetics, at least, there's some
High cholesterol? There's help on the way. A new medication is being developed that can cut your half cholesterol in as soon as two weeks. The drug could be a lifesaver for people--particularly women--who haven't been helped by the drugs on the market these days.
Here's the operative word for this entire post: MODERATE. Keep that it mind as we move forward.
Cholesterol basically gums up the arteries and causes blood flow problems to occur should you have too much of the "LDL" kind of cholesterol in your system.
If you have an abnormally high amount of bad cholesterol in your system, the amount of good cholesterol still will have an effect on the possibility of heart disease, according to research released this week.
With all the focus on body weight and fat intake, we sometimes forget that cholesterol is also something that we should all be concerned about as we age. Many know that 25%-35% of their daily calorie intake should come from fat, but does anyone know what the maximum amount of cholesterol you should consume in a day is? Didn't think so. The answer is 200 mg, which is found in the yolk of just one egg. 











