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October 02, 2008
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Natural Treatment Options for Lowering Cholesterol
By Glenn Gandelman, MD, MPH , Health Expert...cholesterol in the small intestine. Thus, cholesterol in food never gets from the stomach into... Read more »
Tips on How to Raise Your HDL
By Lisa Nelson, RD, LN , Health Expert...need to select healthy choices when dining out, read food labels, cook with healthy fats, and... Read more »
The Low-down on Saturated and Trans Fats
By Melanie Thomassian , Health Expert...we really know what these fats are, or indeed what foods they're found in? According to a new... Read more »
What is the difference between LDL and VLDL?
By Lisa Nelson, RD, LN , Health Expert...LDL. Let's start at the beginning. You eat a food and it provides more energy (calories)... Read more »
Cholesterol Education Month: Fiber and Cholesterol
By Dr. Kang , Health Expert...easily act as a substitute for a potential damaging food. For example, we know that we should... Read more »
Health Guide
Cholesterol
...vital hormones. The AHA recommends limiting dietary cholesterol to 300 milligrams per day. The food label tells you how much dietary cholesterol each serving contains; use this to help you... Read more »New York City Bans Trans Fats
...trans fats in December. This widely used fat has been linked to heart disease.This ban, the first on a food item approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), requires restaurants to... Read more »New York City Bans Trans Fats at Restaurants
...oils that contain artery-clogging trans fats and by July 2008 they won't be allowed to serve any foods that contain trans fats, the Associated Press reported. It's believed that trans fats... Read more »Heart Healthy Diet: soy, fish oil, low-carb and low-fat diets
...protein and isoflavone supplements do not help lower cholesterol or heart disease risk. However, soy foods are healthy choices, and the American Heart Association still recommends including them... Read more »Diabetes Diet: Heart-Healthy Diets
...health, experts generally agree on the following recommendations for heart protection:Choose fiber-rich food (whole grains, legumes, nuts) as the main source of carbohydrates, along with a high... Read more »Images
Medications
...Use Take this medication by mouth with or without food, usually once daily or as directed by... Read more »
...Use Take this medication by mouth with or without food, usually once daily or as directed by... Read more »
...medication. Some forms of this drug should be taken with food while some may be taken with or... Read more »
...usually once daily in the evening, with or without food; or as directed by your doctor. Dosage... Read more »
Related News
Trans Fats up Heart Disease Risk
April 10, 2007(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Trans fats -- the kind found in partially hydrogenated vegetable oils used in everything from baked goods to French fries --... Read summary »
FDA approves combo cholesterol med Simcor
October 03, 2008The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Simcor, a combination drug designed to lower levels of bad cholesterol and triglycerides and raise... Read summary »
Cholesterol drug Niaspan may soon have "low flush" formula
October 02, 2008Kos Pharmaceuticals has asked the Food and Drug Administration for approval of a new form of its cholesterol medicine Niaspan. The new caplet is... Read summary »
Trans-fat replacements may lower good cholesterol, raise diabetes risk
October 02, 2008Many restaurants are cutting controversial trans fats from foods in an effort to reduce heart risks. But researchers have found that the products... Read summary »
FDA rejects new cholesterol med
October 03, 2008The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has rejected an experimental cholesterol med, saying the agency needs more information about the drug.... Read summary »
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