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Genetic factors and diet are the two most common reasons for high cholesterol levels in your body. Though, you may not do anything about what you inherited genetically, you can always control your diet to keep the cholesterol level low, as required by your body. A high cholesterol level leads to building up of [...]

What is Cholesterol? Cholesterol is a fatty wax lipid that can be found in the cell membranes of humans and animals. Cholesterol is a tricky little devil, because if it gets out of hand you could have a serious health risk, including heart attack and other potentially fatal conditions. That is why it [...]

Cholesterol is one of the major substances that cause heart attacks, high blood cholesterol levels, and weight problems. Despite its “bad guy image,” this waxy, fat-like substances made in the body by the person’s own liver serves a number of vital functions unknown to many. Basically, there are two types of cholesterol: the Low-Density Lipoprotein [...]

Dating back more than 4,000 years, Chinese green tea diet has been long revered as a tasty drink that can ward off diseases and improve one’s well-being. There are only a few herbs that can surpass its impressive history. Since its first recorded use during the time of Emperor Shen Nung, the link between [...]

Due to the inactive lifestyle some people live and the unhealthy eating patterns; obesity has become one of the major health issues in our society today. It is estimated that more that 50% of the American population is overweight or obese. An increasing awareness on the risks of obesity, a lot of people are [...]

The first line of defense against rising cholesterol levels is a healthy diet. The National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III report has targeted lowering LDL cholesterol as one of the most important aspect of heart disease prevention. This report recommends that in order to lower the risk of coronary heart disease that a [...]

All of us need to eat healthy food to live a healthy life. The key lies in knowing not just what to eat but also how much and when to eat. Eating Healthy is not about strict diet philosophy, staying idealistically thin or to keep away from the food you love. It is about eating [...]

Good nutrition is always a great place to begin your skin care. With most of the things in life, our body is affected by the food we eat. A nutritious diet will significantly affect how your skin is protected, as well as helping repair when you have a problem. If you have decided on [...]

Understanding the effects of a high cholesterol diet is a bit tricky. The effects of a high cholesterol diet on high blood cholesterol are not completely understood and there are so many variables that the information can be very confusing. Let’s look at what cholesterol is, what high cholesterol means, what the effects are of [...]

If you have found out from your doctor or from doing home cholesterol test that you have a high total cholesterol level, one of the first things you need to do is to change your diet to a low cholesterol diet to help you lower your cholesterol. This is because a high cholesterol level is [...]