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Monday, October, 26, 2009

What Can I Eat To Lower My Cholesterol

Tips for maintaining healthy cholesterol levels

October 03, 2008
Experts at LifeMasters, a provider of health improvement programs, offer these tips for maintaining healthy cholesterol levels. The tips include information on such topics as diet, exercise, and other lifestyle changes that can help you keep both good and bad cholesterol at levels that are best for cardiovascular health. Read more »

Expert & Community Posts

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Natural Treatment Options for Lowering Cholesterol
By Glenn Gandelman, MD, MPH , Health Expert

...Control) and Sitostanol (Benechol) can reduce LDL (bad) cholesterol levels by up to 10%.  Soy... 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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Dangers of Too Low Cholesterol: Are You at Risk?
By Lisa Nelson, RD, LN , Health Expert

...many people are doing everything they can to lower cholesterol levels as much as possible. This... Read more »

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How Do I Keep My Cholesterol Down?
By Dr. Kang , Health Expert

...you are having some trouble with maintaining good cholesterol levels despite eating what sounds... Read more »

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Dietary cholesterol: Does an egg a day bring the doctor today?
By Dr. Kang , Health Expert

...around the consumption of fat and their effects on cholesterol levels. We know that saturated... Read more »

Health Guide

Cholesterol
...the food label  Cholesterol: Big picture basics everyone should know Diabetes Diet: Checking your cholesterol levels at home Read more »
Cholesterol Information After Diagnosis
...contribute to raising LDL and lowering HDL. Read our guide to healthy eating and start improving your cholesterol levels today. What Do I Do Now?One of the first steps you should take after... Read more »
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 »
Transfat
has also been found to raise cholesterol levels and has been associated with increased risk of heart disease. Transfat is listed under total fat on the food label. Look for foods that have zero or... 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 »

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Cholesterol in the Body- How is Cholesterol Produced?

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Medications

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...with others. Laboratory and/or medical tests (e.g., cholesterol levels) should be performed... Read more »

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...others. Laboratory and/or medical tests (e.g., blood cholesterol levels, liver and kidney... Read more »

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...others. Laboratory and/or medical tests (e.g., blood cholesterol levels, liver function tests)... Read more »

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