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    Dietary cholesterol: Does an egg a day bring the doctor today?

    By Dr. Kang Health Expert
    It seems that nowadays all the attention concerning diet and heart disease risk centers around the consumption of fat and their effects on cholesterol levels. We know that saturated and trans fats are bad while unsaturated fats can be good for your cholesterol. Whatever happened to the relationship between eating cholesterol and your blood cholesterol level? Doesn’t it seem logical that the more cholesterol you eat, the higher your blood level will be and therefore the higher your risk of... Read more »
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    ...your risk for heart disease, and the higher your cholesterol level, the greater your risk.   If... Read more »

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    Keep Your Heart in Tick Tock Shape
    By Heather Reese , Health Expert

    ...(AHA). Worse yet, 17 percent of Americans have a blood cholesterol level over 240, which puts... Read more »

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    Keep Your Heart in Tick Tock Shape
    By Heather Reese , Health Expert

    ...(AHA). Worse yet, 17 percent of Americans have a blood cholesterol level over 240, which puts... 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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    Dietary Fiber: 4 Tips to Lower Cholesterol with Fiber
    By Lisa Nelson, RD, LN , Health Expert

    ...responsible for lowering total cholesterol and LDL (bad) cholesterol levels.    2. Sources of... Read more »

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    Keep Your Heart in Tick Tock Shape
    ...statistics from the American Heart Association (AHA). Worse yet, 17 percent of Americans have a blood cholesterol level over 240, which puts them at high risk for heart attack and stroke. These... Read more »
    Low Cholesterol Diet: How to Cut Out the Fat
    ...limiting dietary cholesterol, some researchers assert that dietary fat is a larger factor in your body’s cholesterol levels because it can increase your total cholesterol and LDL levels. There... Read more »
    The Skinny on Dietary Fats
    ...of fuel. Dietary Fat and Cholesterol Fat is the single largest dietary factor in your body’s cholesterol levels. I will explain how fat affects cholesterol levels in more detail below. But... Read more »
    The Skinny on Dietary Fats
    ...of fuel. Dietary Fat and Cholesterol Fat is the single largest dietary factor in your body’s cholesterol levels. I will explain how fat affects cholesterol levels in more detail below. But... Read more »
    High Cholesterol a Threat to the Entire Vascular System (Not Just Heart Vessels)
    Everyone understands the importance of maintaining healthy cholesterol levels to protect their heart, but many are not aware of how high cholesterol levels threaten the health of their entire... Read more »

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