Another study in 50 obese women found that eating two raw berries four times a week increased amounts of “good” HDL cholesterol. Higher levels of HDL cholesterol can help eliminate excess plaque and cholesterol in the arteries to keep your heart healthy and protect against cardiovascular disease...
What are the normal cholesterol levels for men and women? A cholesterol test generally determines 4 distinct numbers: Total cholesterol, LDL, HDL, and triglycerides. Cholesterol being fat, it is not soluble in water. So it cannot circulate freely in the blood. But, the fact is that nature ...
HDL cholesterol below 40 mg/dL (1.0 mmol/L) is considered too low and appears to be an independent risk factor for coronary artery disease. Furthermore, the definition of metabolic syndrome includes low HDL cholesterol as one of the five criteria for classification. Low HDL cholesterol is one ...
It can help in lowering triglycerides and slightly boosting healthy HDL cholesterol, thereby it can help to lower your risks of developing cardiovascular disease. Moreover, salmon contains low levels of saturated fat and cholesterol. To make use of salmon, there are two most common ways for you...
In fact, moderate alcohol consumption has actually beenlinkedwith higher levels of HDL cholesterol. Moderate consumption for healthy adults is one alcoholic drink per day for women of all ages and men over 65 and up to two drinks per day for mean 65 and under. ...
Using this approach to measure HDL function, Sawrey-Kubicek et al. (18) in this issue of the Journal conducted a randomized, single-blind crossover trial in 20 overweight postmenopausal women to examine the effects of consuming whole eggs compared with yolk-free eggs on measures of HDL ...
Curing cancer and heart disease is difficult. But preventing them is easy – and delicious. Heart disease is responsible for one in four U.S. deaths, and cancer is responsible for nearly as many. Although we have made strides in cancer treatment, some ra
For some time, the importance of dietary cholesterol has been appreciated in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease. As a result, the concept of ‘good’ and ‘bad’ cholesterol has emerged. Consequently, high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol has been termed ‘good’ whereas low density ...
Oftentimes, people are led to believe that soy is a healthy food. Especially women are led to believe it can be beneficial because it contains estrogen-mimicking compounds. In reality, havingexcess estrogenis not good for either sex. In fact, studies have documented the worsening of menopausal ...
Myo-inositol over 1 year improved metabolic syndrome in a clinical trial of 80 postmenopausal women. It improved insulin resistance, reduced blood glucose, insulin, triglycerides, total cholesterol, and raised HDL (the “good” cholesterol) [63]....