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Weight Management

There are many approaches to dieting and many claims for great success with various fad diets. To date, although many diets achieve effective immediate weight loss, none has emerged as an effective tool for maintaining healthy weight. The only definite recommendation that can be made about any diet plan is to be sure to include an exercise program, assuming there are no health problems to preclude it.

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Expert & Community Posts

What Does a High HDL Mean for Me?

By Lisa Nelson , Health Expert

...also providing energy to assist triglyceride and LDL cholesterol metabolism. Phosphatidyl... Read more »

Go Red! Or is it Go White? Alcohol and Cholesterol

By Dr. Kang , Health Expert

...good HDL and other proteins that are beneficial to cholesterol metabolism. Ethanol inhibits a... Read more »

"Metabolic Syndrome" Label Misleads...

By Amy Tenderich , Health Expert

Reprinted with permission from Amy Tenderich of www.diabetesmine.com.Maybe you already knew that... Read more »

Metabolic Syndrome, Obesity, Diabetes and the worsening of Rheumatoid Arthritis

By Mark Borigini, M.D. , Health Expert

The United States is becoming unhealthier: The rates of obesity, diabetes and metabolic... Read more »

Metabolic Syndrome: Is it Preventable?

By Melanie Thomassian , Health Expert

Metabolic syndrome is a combination of conditions that increase the risk of developing... Read more »

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Gallstones and Gallbladder Disease: Highlights

Risk FactorsObesity. Being overweight is a significant risk factor for gallstones. In obese people, the liver over-produces cholesterol, which is delivered into the bile and causes it to... 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 and Lipids

Lipids are the building blocks of the fatsand fatty substances found in animals and plants. They are microscopic layered spheres of oil, which, in animals, are composed mainly of... Read more »

Gallstones and Gallbladder Disease: Risk Factors

About 20 million Americans harbor gallstones. Only 1 - 3% of the population, however, complains of symptoms during the course of a year, and less than half of these people will experience... Read more »

What Is A Stroke?

New Prevention GuidelinesIn 2006, the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association released updated guidelines for preventing a second stroke among patients who have... Read more »

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Gene Variation May Block Cholesterol Drugs

July 01, 2008

(Ivanhoe Newswire) A gene variation may be why cholesterol-lowering drugs don't work in some people. The gene variation, called alternative... Read summary »

Diachrome helps cholesterol metabolism in Type 2 diabetics

October 02, 2008

A recent clinical trial has found that Diachrome improves blood-glucose control and cholesterol metabolism in people with Type 2 diabetes. Diachrome... Read summary »

Soft Drinks Linked to Increased Heart Disease Risk

August 09, 2007

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Soft drinks -- even diet ones -- may increase your risk for heart disease and diabetes. Researchers looked at the soft drink... Read summary »

Another Link to Metabolic Syndrome

May 29, 2008

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- The small portion of LDL (bad cholesterol) that undergoes oxidation may be one of the causes of metabolic syndrome, a cluster... Read summary »

Ladies, Keep an Eye on That Cholesterol!

February 21, 2007

By Betsy Lievense, Ivanhoe Health Correspondent ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Now, even the fittest of females have a good reason to cut down... Read summary »

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