Katherine Harmon
Experts explain the benefits of cycling on belly fat and total body composition. Plus, tips to help improve the fat burn effects.
The importance of cholesterol in the brain functioning is suggestively reflected by the fact that the human brain making up only 2% of total body weight contains as much as 25% of the total pool of this lipid [17]. To a big extent it is concentrated in myelin sheath. However there are ...
Eating too much junk food can lead to a higher risk ofheart disease.Trans fatsin many processed and fried foods are the main culprits. These fats can increase yourbad cholesterollevels. This can cause plaque to build up in your arteries, raising your risk ofheart attack and stroke. Junk f...
Does the sclera have blood vessels? What side is the liver on in the human body? Does bone marrow have cholesterol? Which mesentery helps tether the stomach to the liver? What side of the body are your liver and pancreas on? What is the function of the liver in a rat?
like HDL has a delivery function. LDL delivers cholesterol made in the liver to the body’s other tissues. Even though this is often known as a “bad cholesterol,” you may remember from mylast post on cholesterolthat cholesterol is vital for life and required by every cell in the body,...
Following a low-cholesterol diet Carefully controlling your diabetes You may need medications to: Lower your blood pressure Lower your cholesterol Prevent a stroke likeaspirin, another antiplatelet drug, or a blood thinner If these changes and medications don’t improve your blood flow enough, yo...
Sometimes chest X-rays are required before operations to see if there is any evidence ofheartor lung disease that may need to be addressed before the procedure. This is called a pre-operative chest X-ray (or pre-op chest X-ray requirement). ...
What’sgood for the brainis usually good for the heart, an old medical saying goes, and that appears to be true with coffee too. "Some research shows drinking caffeinated coffee is possibly effective in reducing risk of developingType 2 diabetesand may have cholesterol lowering effects," Pence...
The thing that many people don’t know is that cholesterol is the main component of testosterone. That means that you need to get good cholesterol for your body to convert it to something like testosterone. Obviously, red meat can be high in fat, which means that you do need to consume...