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Monday, October, 26, 2009

How Does Cholesterol Relate To Cardiovascular Disease

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Red Yeast Rice: A Safe Therapy to Lower Cholesterol?

By Dr. Kang Health Expert

Tea is not the only ancient remedy for lowering cholesterol that has gained popularity over the past years. Red yeast rice is a food that has been a part of Asian culture for thousands of years. Red yeast rice is simply rice that has been allowed to ferment in the red yeast Monascus purpureus. This fermentation gives the rice a reddish color and spicier flavor, which is commonly used in Asian cooking. The Chinese have known about its health benefits for over a millennium and ancient Chinese ...

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...HIV and HAART. One of these conditions is abnormal cholesterol levels and an increased risk of... Read more »

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What’s Wrong with Saturated Fat?
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...which is the worst culprit in raising total and LDL cholesterol levels. It’s saturated fat,... Read more »

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Can My HDL Be Too High?
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...and particle number is the best way to tell if HDL cholesterol levels are safe/healthy. This... Read more »

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The JUPITER Trial
By Gretchen Becker , Health Expert

...people (men over 50 and women over 60) with normal cholesterol levels (LDL less than 130) but... Read more »

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Welcoming Welchol
By David Mendosa , Health Expert

...only Welchol also significantly reduced LDL (bad) cholesterol. In fact, the LDL levels of people... Read more »

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Mid-Life Stroke More Common in Women than Men
...Towfighi says several vascular risk factors including systolic blood pressure (upper number) and total cholesterol levels increased at higher rates among women compared to men in each older age... Read more »
Angina Patient Guide: Symptoms & Causes
...differing rates in different individuals, based on a variety of factors: High blood pressureAbnormal blood cholesterol levels (high LDL cholesterol and/or low HDL cholesterol)SmokingDiabetesMale... Read more »
Risk Factors of Alzheimer's Disease
...14 million Americans within 50 years. Evidence points to older age, high blood pressure, cholesterol levels, and a family history of the disease as the most important risk... Read more »
The Effects of exercise on the Heart: MyDietExercise.com
...walking or jogging 12 miles a week. However, more intense exercise is required to significantly change cholesterol levels, notably increasing HDL (good cholesterol). An example of such a program... 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 »

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