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Monday, October, 26, 2009

Cholesterol And Heart Disease

AHA: Americans' cholesterol still too high

October 03, 2008
The latest American Heart Association (AHA) Heart Disease and Stroke statistics show that almost half of the U.S. adult population has a total cholesterol level that puts them at risk for heart disease. The AHA says that though cholesterol levels have dropped, they levels are still too high and are putting people at risk. Read more »

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Dietary cholesterol: Does an egg a day bring the doctor today?
By Dr. Kang , Health Expert

...around the consumption of fat and their effects on cholesterol levels. We know that saturated... Read more »

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Cholesterol and Your Mood
By Dr. Kang , Health Expert

By the early 1990s, the link between high cholesterol and heart disease was well established and... Read more »

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Keep Your Heart in Tick Tock Shape
By Heather Reese , Health Expert

...(AHA). Worse yet, 17 percent of Americans have a blood cholesterol level over 240, which puts... Read more »

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Keep Your Heart in Tick Tock Shape
By Heather Reese , Health Expert

...(AHA). Worse yet, 17 percent of Americans have a blood cholesterol level over 240, which puts... Read more »

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Cholesterol and Your Kidneys: A Fatal Connection
By Dr. Kang , Health Expert

...complicate matters, a paradoxical phenomenon between total cholesterol and heart disease risk... Read more »

Health Guide

Keep Your Heart in Tick Tock Shape
...statistics from the American Heart Association (AHA). Worse yet, 17 percent of Americans have a blood cholesterol level over 240, which puts them at high risk for heart attack and stroke. These... Read more »
Cholesterol, Heart Disease
...evidence thatunhealthy levels may affect the heart muscles and increase the risk for heart failure. High cholesterol levels may evenreduce the protection that aspirin provides for people with... Read more »
Transfat
has also been found to raise cholesterol levels and has been associated with increased risk of heart disease. Transfat is listed under total fat on the food label. Look for foods that have zero or... Read more »
Low Cholesterol Diet: How to Cut Out the Fat
...limiting dietary cholesterol, some researchers assert that dietary fat is a larger factor in your body’s cholesterol levels because it can increase your total cholesterol and LDL levels. There... Read more »
The Skinny on Dietary Fats
...of fuel. Dietary Fat and Cholesterol Fat is the single largest dietary factor in your body’s cholesterol levels. I will explain how fat affects cholesterol levels in more detail below. But... Read more »

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