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Diet that Lowers Cholesterol as Good as Medication
Posted by Elvin Adams on
Diet is an important part of healthful living. There are foods that hurt your health and foods that improve your health. What you choose to eat is just as important as what you chose NOT to eat. This is particularly true for foods that help control your cholesterol levels.
Saturated fats in the diet are harmful to your health as they raise bad cholesterol (LDL-C) levels. Saturated fats are found in red meat, butter and other dairy products such as cheese, sour cream, whole milk, 2% milk, yogurt, and ice cream.
A study on the effects of diet on cholesterol was study recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. In this study, a group of 350 Canadians were randomly divided into three groups and prescribed special diets.
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Childhood Obesity Increases Risk for Early Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes
Posted by Galen Bosley on
Childhood obesity is a good environment for cardiovascular disease and diabetes.
Researchers examined the physiological changes in extremely obese children compared to normal weight. Those overweight and obese had higher levels of oxidized LDL cholesterol (the damaging kind) and inflammatory markers which help predict the early onset of cardiovascular disease and diabetes. The most important finding was that these predictors of early disease increased steadily with increasing weight gain in children.
PositiveTip: Low fat diets with more wholesome foods tend to help prevent weight gain along with active family activities to reduce sedentary hours.
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Risks of Dyslipidemia Begin Early in Life
Posted by Fred Hardinge on
Heart disease begins remarkably early in life.
Dyslipidemia (unhealthy total, LDL and HDL cholesterol levels) leads to coronary artery disease in middle-aged and older people. Two decades of research on 3200 young adults (18-30 yrs. old) has revealed that the consequences of dyslipidemia begin early in life. Coronary calcium was measured at 15-20 years of follow-up.