Monday, October, 26, 2009
Wine And Cholesterol
The French are renown for their exquisite cuisine and fashionable lifestyles. It’s not too hard for us to imagine a French person sitting at a sidewalk café in Paris dining on foie gras, coq au vin, and heavy cheeses, sipping a fine Bordeaux, and smoking several cigarettes to finish off the meal. It also doesn’t seem to be too difficult for us to imagine that same person later experiencing crushing chest pain while walking home and arriving at the nearest ER with a major heart attack.
Howev...
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Expert & Community Posts
By Dr. Kang
,
Health Expert
...benefits such as grapes and red wine. Catechins reduce cholesterol levels by two main effects. ...
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By Heather Reese
,
Health Expert
...red wine has been found to increase “healthy” cholesterol levels in the body, a benefit that...
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By Dr. Kang
,
Health Expert
...evidence suggests that peanuts are not only good for cholesterol levels but may reduce your risk...
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Health Guide
...if its white
wine or red
wine? Both red and white
wines will help increase your HDL, or healthy
cholesterol levels which can improve heart health. However, red
wine provides more antioxidants...
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...undoubtedly brings a host of delicious food and drink, which can really play havoc with our waist line and
cholesterol levels! Some people throw their hands up and give into temptation as if...
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...that lowering
cholesterol saves lives are done using drug therapy, the absolute mandate for improving
cholesterol levels is to first make changes in lifestyle (both diet and exercise). Even when...
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...as few as 4 weeks. An intensive program may be necessary to achieve any significant improvements in
cholesterol levels and to reduce heart risk factors.[For more information, see In-Depth Report...
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...and high blood pressure. For example, one genetic variant called apolipoprotein E4 (ApoE4) affects
cholesterol levels, particularly those associated with heart disease.Ethnicity. African American...
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