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How to Lower Cholesterol: Don't Forget the Basics
In honor heart month, let's review the basics and make sure you have a solid foundation in place to support a healthy heart.
Here are three top steps you can take now to lower cholesterol and reduce your risk of heart disease.
1. Know and understand your cholesterol lab results.
A simple blood test will check your cholesterol levels. This test is also known as a lipid profile. You will learn your total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, and triglyceride levels....
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Expert & Community Posts
Exercise to Improve Your Cholesterol
By Melanie Thomassian , Health Expert...effectively lower cholesterol in conjunction with a healthy diet. So, why is exercise so... Read more »
Top 5 Omega-3 Sources to Lower Cholesterol
By Lisa Nelson, RD, LN , Health Expert...corn oil, beef, and chicken) completely from the diet, but to achieve a ratio of 4:1 or 1:1... Read more »
Weight Cycling: Break the Cycle for Heart Health
By Lisa Nelson , Health Expert...the following four causes: Extreme and unrealistic diets, such as "fad" or "crash" diets. These... Read more »
Weight Loss Resolutions: Do you need to shift your thinking?
By Lisa Nelson , Health Expert...I want you to explore your thoughts on. 1. Dieting The first is whether or not you... Read more »
Omega 3's: How Much to Lower Cholesterol?
By Lisa Nelson, RD, LN , Health ExpertIncreasing the amount of omega-3 fats in our diet and decreasing the amount of omega-6 is... Read more »
Health Guide
Lowering Cholesterol for Patients
...syndrome, like type 2 diabetes mellitus which it leads to, is a risk factor for arteriosclerosis. Managing diet and weight, and increasing physical activity can help bring low-density lipoprotein... Read more »Low Cholesterol Diets and Lifestyle Changes
...therapy, the absolute mandate for improving cholesterol levels is to first make changes in lifestyle (both diet and exercise). Even when drugs are used, healthy diet and physical activity are... Read more »Information on Keeping a Heart healthy Diet: unsaturated fats, low fat diets
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... Read more »Diabetes Diet: Major Food Components in a healthy diabetic diet
...intake. Carbohydrate intake should not fall below 130 grams/day. Most experts do not recommend low-carb diets for diabetes management or weight control.Vegetables, fruits, whole grains, and beans... Read more »Vitamins: Dietary Health Benefits
Dietary Health BenefitsThe benefits of any dietary factors are very difficult to prove, and, to date, there is no hard evidence that any supplement protects against any major disease. Studies on... Read more »Images
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