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Health Encyclopedia: Information On Keeping A Heart Healthy Diet Unsaturated Fats, Low Fat Diets
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Introduction
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 by:
- Reducing overall cholesterol levels and low-density lipoproteins (LDL), which are harmful to the heart.
- Increasing high-density lipoproteins (HDL), which are beneficial for the heart.
- Reducing other harmful lipids (fatty molecules), such as triglycerides and lipoprotein(a).
Any diet should also help ...
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Expert & Community Posts
Beyond the Pyramid
By Gretchen Becker , Health Expert...just saw yet-another variation on the infamous USDA Food Pyramid. I've seen so many variations I... Read more »
Poor Diabetes Management: What I Had To Learn the Hard Way
By Ann Bartlett , Health Expert...another couple's house for 4th of July. We had great food, great wine, thoroughly enjoying the... Read more »
Start the School Year Off With an "A" In Lunchbox Nutrition
By Heather Reese , Health Expert...also tasty enough that he won’t trade his healthy food for someone else’s more appealing... Read more »
Healthy Holiday Eating
By Dr. Bill Quick , Health Expert...Health & Human Services. (There's also a Holiday Food and Nutrition Resource List at the USDA... Read more »
Boost Your Brain Power with Healthy Foods: Part 1
By Dharma S Khalsa, MD , Health Expert...stress and pushes the body's nutritional limits. Using food as peaceful medicine can help to... Read more »
Health Guide
Percent Daily Value
These numbers tell you how much of the daily recommended intake the food item meets for a 2,000 calorie diet. For example, if a food label has 18 percent daily value of total fat, than one serving of... Read more »Fiber
Even though the number of total grams of carbohydrates listed on the food label includes fiber, the actual grams of dietary fiber are still included on the label. This is helpful information when... Read more »Sugar
...affects taste and calorie level. Grams of sugar are included in the total grams of carbohydrate on the food label. People who have diabetes should avoid foods that are high in sugar and have a lot... Read more »Food Allergies: A Case of Mistaken Identity
A food allergy occurs when the body mistakes a food item for a harmful substance, and the immune system creates antibodies to protect itself. Once this mistaken identity occurs, every time a person... Read more »Transfat
...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 only a small amount of Transfat.Back to the food... Read more »Images
Medications
...UseTake this medication by mouth with or without food, usually once daily or as directed by your... Read more »
...doctor. This medication works best when taken with food. Taking alfuzosin on an empty stomach... Read more »
... Take this medication by mouth with or without food, usually twice daily or as directed by... Read more »
...getting up for the day, before taking your first food, beverage or other medication. Do not... Read more »
...Use Take this medication by mouth with or without food, usually once or twice daily or as... Read more »
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November 10, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A new study shows children who live with smokers are less likely to have adequate access to food. Food insecurity affects about... Read summary »
Advertising Affects Children's Food Choices
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Eating Like Our Ancestors
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