Wednesday, February 15, 2012

All SharePosts

Expert_badge Lisa Nelson, RD, LN

Lisa Nelson, RD, LN

(Profile)
Dietician
Our Expert |  HealthCentral Community Member
Get Widget TooltipGet Widget
This widget is a small module that you can place on personalized sites (like iGoogle, Facebook, or your blog) and get automatic updates from our experts!   |  RSS

Spirulina: The Super Food?

Are you familiar with spirulina? I've heard of this food being referred to as a super food, but I've not looked into it much until today. Let me share what I've learned. What is spirulina? Spirulina would be comparable to a sea vegetable such as kelp or wakame. It is both a human and animal food or supplement. Spirulina is a member of the... Read moreChevron
posted 12/17/2011, comments (0)|
Read all my posts  | Subscribe | Send Message
Expert_badge Lisa Nelson, RD, LN

Lisa Nelson, RD, LN

(Profile)
Dietician
Our Expert |  HealthCentral Community Member
Get Widget TooltipGet Widget
This widget is a small module that you can place on personalized sites (like iGoogle, Facebook, or your blog) and get automatic updates from our experts!   |  RSS

Portion Control at the Holidays: Will you succeed?

During the holidays it can be difficult to control how much we eat. When you attend gatherings with friends and there are all these new dishes you oftentimes want to sample some of everything. Then there are the desserts. . .how can you pass up on all these home cooked goodies?   It's not easy, but it's not impossible to stay on track.... Read moreChevron
posted 12/12/2011, comments (0)|
Read all my posts  | Subscribe | Send Message
Expert_badge Lisa Nelson, RD, LN

Lisa Nelson, RD, LN

(Profile)
Dietician
Our Expert |  HealthCentral Community Member
Get Widget TooltipGet Widget
This widget is a small module that you can place on personalized sites (like iGoogle, Facebook, or your blog) and get automatic updates from our experts!   |  RSS

C-Reactive Protein Better Predictor of Heart Attack

For quite awhile now, I've been encouraging you to look at more than just your standard cholesterol panel to assess your risk for heart disease. I'm going to share the findings of an expert panel that supports this need. In the Journal of Clinical Lipidology a panel of specialists concluded that patients considered at intermediate risk for heart... Read moreChevron
posted 11/27/2011, comments (0)|
Read all my posts  | Subscribe | Send Message
Expert_badge Lisa Nelson, RD, LN

Lisa Nelson, RD, LN

(Profile)
Dietician
Our Expert |  HealthCentral Community Member
Get Widget TooltipGet Widget
This widget is a small module that you can place on personalized sites (like iGoogle, Facebook, or your blog) and get automatic updates from our experts!   |  RSS

Apolipoprotein E and the Impact on Your Cholesterol

Are you someone that has followed a heart healthy diet "to the letter" and still struggled to lower blood pressure or cholesterol levels? If so, it's possible the diet didn't work for you due to your specific genetic makeup.   Mapping of the human genome (13 year project that identified all genes in human DNA) was completed by scientists in... Read moreChevron
posted 11/12/2011, comments (0)|
Read all my posts  | Subscribe | Send Message
Expert_badge Lisa Nelson, RD, LN

Lisa Nelson, RD, LN

(Profile)
Dietician
Our Expert |  HealthCentral Community Member
Get Widget TooltipGet Widget
This widget is a small module that you can place on personalized sites (like iGoogle, Facebook, or your blog) and get automatic updates from our experts!   |  RSS

Is a Lack of Chewing Causing You to Gain Weight?

Food digestion begins in the mouth, which is why how you chew your food can have an impact on not only digestion, but weight as well.   Chewing causes the mechanical breakdown of large food molecules into smaller particles. This increases the surface area of food exposed to digestive enzymes, such as salivary amylase that begins the... Read moreChevron
posted 10/30/2011, comment (1)|
Read all my posts  | Subscribe | Send Message

Ask a Question

Get answers from our experts and community members.

Btn_ask_question_med
View all questions (2274) >
Related Cholesterol Topics

Health Centers