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Tips for maintaining healthy cholesterol levels

October 03, 2008
Experts at LifeMasters, a provider of health improvement programs, offer these tips for maintaining healthy cholesterol levels. The tips include information on such topics as diet, exercise, and other lifestyle changes that can help you keep both good and bad cholesterol at levels that are best for cardiovascular health. Read more »

Expert & Community Posts

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5 Simple Ways to Increase Your Good Cholesterol Levels
By Melanie Thomassian , Health Expert

...have been told that you need to lower your LDL (bad) cholesterol levels, and increase your HDL... Read more »

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Lose Weight to Improve Your Cholesterol Levels
By Melanie Thomassian , Health Expert

...it tends to increase your risk of having high LDL cholesterol levels.   However, the good news... Read more »

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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 »

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What is a “good” cholesterol level?
By Dr. William Davis , Health Expert

Warren, a 56-year old accounting manager at a manufacturing plant, recently came to my office and... Read more »

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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

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 »
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 »
Cholesterol
...the food label  Cholesterol: Big picture basics everyone should know Diabetes Diet: Checking your cholesterol levels at home Read more »
New York City Bans Trans Fats
...trying to legislate people’s diets. However, trans fats have been found to have an adverse effect on cholesterol levels because they lower your good cholesterol level while raising your bad... 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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Cholesterol in the Body- How is Cholesterol Produced?

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...(e.g., liver tests, breast cancer tumor markers, blood cholesterol levels, bone density test)... Read more »

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...interfere with certain laboratory tests (including blood cholesterol levels), possibly causing... Read more »

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...interfere with certain laboratory tests (including blood cholesterol levels), possibly causing... Read more »

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