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Diet - heart disease
Recommendations
- Maintain your ideal body weight and balance the number of calories you eat with the number you use each day. You can ask a dietician or a health care professional to help you determine these numbers.
- Limit your intake of foods high in calories or low in nutrition, including foods like soft drinks and candy that have lots of sugars.
- Eat five or more servings per day of fruits and vegetables. ...
Expert & Community Posts
Unsaturated, saturated, and trans fat: the good and the bad
By Dr. Kang , Health Expert...commonly thought that high fat diets contribute to bad cholesterol levels and increased risks of... Read more »
More Encouraging Research on Fish and Healthy Brains
By Carol Bradley Bursack , Health Expert...depression. They are good for a healthy heart and cholesterol levels. For those of us who don't... Read more »
David’s Diabetes Diet
By David Mendosa , Health Expert...Saturated fat is almost as bad for us, especially for our cholesterol levels. I try to minimize... Read more »
Dangers of Too Low Cholesterol: Are You at Risk?
By Lisa Nelson, RD, LN , Health Expert...many people are doing everything they can to lower cholesterol levels as much as possible. This... Read more »
Cholesterol Alert: Prostate At Risk is the New Message
By healthgal , Health Expert...a "brain attack." I've written repeatedly about cholesterol levels, and artery clogging plaque... Read more »
Health Guide
Osteoporosis: Lifestyle Changes
...maintain healthy blood pressures. A 2003 study also reported that it might help protect bones and improve cholesterol levels. This diet not only is rich in important nutrients and fiber but also... Read more »Cholesterol Risk Factors
About half of all American adults have total cholesterol levels over 200 mg/dL. Over 25% have been told by doctors that they have unhealthy levels. Total cholesterol levels have been... Read more »Cholesterol: Stroke, Brain Function
...stroke, a less common type ofstroke caused by bleeding in the brainthat isassociated with low overall cholesterol levels.The build-up of plaque in the internal carotid artery may lead to narrowing... Read more »High Cholesterol Diagnosis and Testing
...associated with the inflammatory response and a higher risk for heart attack, even in people with normal cholesterol levels.CRP is also associated with high blood pressure, insulin resistance (the... Read more »Symptoms of High Cholesterol
There are no warning signs for high LDL cholesterol levels. When symptoms finally occur, they usually take the form of angina or heart attack in response to the buildup of atherosclerotic... Read more »Images
Find out how cholesterol is produced.... Read more »
Related News
Midlife Cholesterol Tied to Alzheimers
April 21, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Heart disease is the most well known complication of high cholesterol, motivating many to cut the fat, exercise and take... Read summary »
Low Cholesterol Linked to Premature Birth
October 29, 2007By Kate McHugh, Ivanhoe Health Correspondent ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Women with very low cholesterol levels have an increased risk of... Read summary »
Study: High Cholesterol Increases Dementia Risk
August 10, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Elevated cholesterol levels in midlife ? even levels considered only borderline ? significantly increase the risk of... Read summary »
Cholesterol Guidelines for Kids Need a Second Look
August 13, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- With an obesity epidemic brewing among U.S. children, there is concern that overweight and obese children need to be screened... Read summary »
Veggie Heavy 'Eco-Atkins' Diet Improves Cholesterol
July 14, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- One of the hottest diet trends of the past decade is back, but this time, meat is taking a backseat to vegetables. New research... Read summary »
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