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Thursday, October, 29, 2009

Does Drinking Increase Cholesterol

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

By Dr. Kang Health Expert
The French are renown for their exquisite cuisine and fashionable lifestyles. It’s not too hard for us to imagine a French person sitting at a sidewalk café in Paris dining on foie gras, coq au vin, and heavy cheeses, sipping a fine Bordeaux, and smoking several cigarettes to finish off the meal. It also doesn’t seem to be too difficult for us to imagine that same person later experiencing crushing chest pain while walking home and arriving at the nearest ER with a major heart attack.


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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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Alcohol and Heart Health: A Double Edged Sword?
By Melanie Thomassian , Health Expert

...moderate use of alcohol may be linked to higher HDL cholesterol levels. However, due to the... Read more »

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Your 15 Point Checklist to Better Health
By Melanie Thomassian , Health Expert

...discussed how managing your ABCs (A1C, blood pressure, cholesterol levels) could help prevent... Read more »

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Tea Proven to Help Lower Total Cholesterol
By Dr. Kang , Health Expert

...benefits such as grapes and red wine. Catechins reduce cholesterol levels by two main effects. ... Read more »

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Do Natural Methods of Lowering Cholesterol Really Work?
By Melanie Thomassian , Health Expert

Are you worried about your cholesterol levels?   Perhaps you've already started exercising and... Read more »

Health Guide

What is Cholesterol?: A Patient Guide
...people (more than 50 percent by recent estimates) are either inadequately treated or unaware that their cholesterol level is too high. Considering that more than million estimated American adults... Read more »
Coronary Artery Disease: Risk Factors
...and high blood pressure. For example, one genetic variant called apolipoprotein E4 (ApoE4) affects cholesterol levels, particularly those associated with heart disease.Ethnicity. African American... Read more »
Stroke Patient Guide, Part II: Diagnosis
...diabetes is an important stroke risk factor. Its common association with hypertension, elevated cholesterol levels, and obesity further compounds the risk. Cigarette smoking.... Read more »
Heart Attack Risk Factors
...bad press, cholesterol is an essential nutrient necessary for many functions. However, when certain cholesterol levels rise in the blood, they can have dangerous consequences, depending on the... Read more »
Gallstones and Gallbladder Disease: Prevention
...or not. Some evidence suggests that that, in addition to controlling weight, exercise helps reduce cholesterol levels in the biliary tract, which could help prevent gallstones.Nonsteroidal... Read more »

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