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Health Encyclopedia: Information On Keeping A Heart Healthy Diet Unsaturated Fats, Low Fat Diets
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Introduction
Heart-Healthy Goals. The goals of a heart-healthy diet are to eat foods that help obtain or maintain healthy levels of cholesterol and fatty molecules called lipids. You can achieve this by:
- Reducing overall cholesterol levels and low-density lipoproteins (LDL), which are harmful to the heart.
- Increasing high-density lipoproteins (HDL), which are beneficial for the heart.
- Reducing other harmful lipids (fatty molecules), such as triglycerides and lipoprotein(a).
Any diet should also help ...
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Expert & Community Posts
Combat High Blood Pressure with Essential Herbs and Vitamins
By Alvin Hopkinson , Health Expert...blood pressure, the natural supplements can lower cholesterol levels and fight arteriosclerosis.... Read more »
20 Heart Healthy Snacks for Any Occasion
By Melanie Thomassian , Health Expert...choose snacks that are high in fiber to help lower cholesterol levels, and try to go for foods... Read more »
Reduce Heart Disease Risk by Eating Breakfast
By Lisa Nelson , Health Expert...inhibits new muscle formation. Adrenaline Your "fight or flight" hormone increases your... Read more »
Raise HDL Naturally
By Dr. William Davis , Health Expert...even cancer, and are a major player in the body's fight against inflammatory patterns. In other... Read more »
Eat to Live: 10 Things to Know about Breast Cancer and Nutrition
By PJ Hamel , Health Expert...breakfast cereal and oatmeal (which also helps your cholesterol levels). And whole-wheat pita or... Read more »
Health Guide
Diabetes Diet: Major Food Components in a healthy diabetic diet
...two types:Sucrose (table sugar). Sucrose has been associated with higher triglycerides and harmful cholesterol levels. A 2002 study suggested that a high level of sugar consumption may also reduce... Read more »Vitamins: Dietary Health Benefits
...regardless of its effect on homocysteine.Niacin. Niacin (vitamin B3) is used for lowering unhealthy cholesterol levels. Although vitamin B3 is available over the counter, it can have significant... Read more »Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Treatment for Cutaneous and Mild SLE
...Hydroxychloroquine may help protect against blood clots in people with antiphospholipid syndrome, high cholesterol levels, and bone loss.Other antimalarial drugs include chloroquine (Aralen) or... Read more »High Blood Pressure: Classes of Medications
...(Crestor). In an important 2002 study, patients with high blood pressure but normal or slightly high cholesterol levels had fewer heart attacks and strokes when they took the a statin drug. In... Read more »Medications for Congestive Heart Failure
...lower cholesterol and to prevent heart disease leading to heart failure, even in people with normal cholesterol levels. The statins include lovastatin (Mevacor), pravastatin (Pravachol),... Read more »Images
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 »
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 »
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 »
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