Antioxidant helps lower cholesterol

by | Mar 31, 2011 | 0 comments

A recent study performed by researchers from University of the Basque Country in Spain, proves that antioxidants help break down triglycerides into smaller units that can be processed more easily by the body. This lowers overall cholesterol level and decreases risk of...

Ch-ch-chia and Cholesterol!

by | Mar 25, 2011 | 10 comments

When a reader brought this point up we originally thought he was talking about Chai tea. But No! He asked about the benefits of chia seed and its use in improving cholesterol levels. As I looked into it, I found an enormous amount of research (and a ton of it was...

Atrial Fibrillation and High Blood Pressure

by | Mar 11, 2011 | 21 comments

So back to the reader inquiries we go with today’s article. We had a lot of readers ask about a condition called Atrial Fibrillation. Most of the questions related to how to stop or prevent it. What is Atrial Fibrillation (AF)? There are a lot of symptoms and...

Eggs drop THEIR cholesterol!

by | Mar 11, 2011 | 1 comment

The Agricultural Research Service recently released results from a nutrient content check on eggs from 12 locations that showed that eggs today have 30 mg less cholesterol than eggs twelve years ago. Modern eggs also contain 16 IU more Vitamin D than those a decade...

Good cholesterol lowers cancer risk

by | Mar 10, 2011 | 0 comments

A recent study including more than 520,000 Europeans, and published in the journal “Gut” shows that high HDL (“good cholesterol”) drastically decreases the risk of bowel cancer. A simple rise of only 16.6 mg/dl in HDL reduced bowel cancer risk 22%....

High Blood Cholesterol, or LDL – Causes

by | Mar 8, 2011 | 5 comments

Today, the term ‘Cholesterol’ figures repeatedly in health discussions, health articles, and health forums. The reason for this is this is not hard to comprehend. Cholesterol is a major cause of myriad of health problems, such as obesity, heart-related diseases, and...