Healthy Diet
How to Avoid Heart Disease
I was reading an article by Lisa Nelson, RD and she did a great job of explaining, at a very easy to understand level, the basic things you must do to help avoid heart disease. First of all, knowing your cholesterol numbers is important. Are your triglycerides high? Or is it your LDL number? As…
Read MoreThe Effect of Water on Blood Pressure and Cholesterol
A guest post from Patrick Rafferty, a consultant for Pure Water Technology of South Louisiana. Americans are living longer and longer every year. With the advent of new medicine and better practices, the human life span has surpassed even the wildest imaginations from just a century ago. We’re not in the clear, though. Not by…
Read More5 Super Foods that can Lower Cholesterol
This is a guest post by Patrick Rafferty, a consultant for Pure Water Technology. Thanks Patrick! It’s no secret that certain foods are better than others, especially when it comes to heart health. You’re obviously going to be better off if you eat an apple instead of a donut, or a piece of toast instead…
Read MoreHow to Raise Your Good Cholesterol
After successfully lowering my total cholesterol and bad cholesterol levels I’m still not satisfied. My good cholesterol also known as HDL or High Density Lipoprotien also went down. So I’d like to work on raising my good cholesterol. Researchers at the University of Scranton, Pennsylvania did a small study that showed cranberry juice helped raise…
Read MoreHow I Lowered My Cholesterol 44 Points Without Medication
6 months ago I opened the letter from my clinic and saw the results of my blood test. My cholesterol was 243. That’s high. Medication is often recommended for a cholesterol level above 240. So now I knew I had to do something. I had just been in for a routine physical exam. I knew…
Read MoreBest Ways to Keep Your Lifestyle Healthy
This is a guest post by Sophie from Manchester UK. A diet and exercise is like the end of the world for us! And maintaining a healthy lifestyle is that resolution we take every year and promptly forget about the next day, when we see or smell the aroma of some delicious goods. But there…
Read MoreTrans Fat in Oreo Cookies?
I came across a website that’s all about trans fat. Lots of good information. Usually we think about fatty foods being meat. But trans fat has traditionally been mostly in baked goods and fast food. This website I mentioned is all about getting trans fat outlawed. The discovery that trans fat is unhealthy is relatively…
Read MoreCan I Treat Cholesterol Issues Naturally?
This is a guest article that I ran across online. I think it’s good information for treating cholesterol without medication. Jeff By Dee M Geiles Low intensity walking has remarkable effects on controlling cholesterol even a tread mill or vibration walker machine can be a solution. Reducing your weight by 10 pounds causes the average…
Read MoreAnother Study Supports the Mediterranean Diet
The New England Journal of Medicine, on Monday, released the results of a study that supports the heart health benefits of the Mediterranean Diet. The study compared 3 groups over about 5 years. One group was given olive oil supplements, another group supplemented their diet with walnuts and almonds, and the third group, the control…
Read MoreEat an Apple to Lower Cholesterol
A new report from “USA Weekend” who partnered with the TV show “The Doctors” advised eating an apple a day for 4 weeks may lower your bad (LDL) cholesterol. The article says that apples are a good source of soluble fiber, that being the main ingredient that helps lower cholesterol. Soluble fiber actually helps minimize…
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