High Cholesterol Foods ? Healthy, not Harmful

September 3, 2010 · Posted in cholesterol · Comment 

High cholesterol foods are usually foods high in saturated fats. High cholesterol foods are the more delicious foods. High cholesterol foods are mainly found in all animals and animal products, for example, egg yolks, meat, poultry, fish and higher fat milk products. High cholesterol foods are a major contributor to having high blood pressure. High cholesterol foods are bad for us, and God knew it.

Your body produces three to four times more cholesterol than you eat. The production of cholesterol increases when you eat little cholesterol and decreases when you eat much. In other words, the more high cholesterol foods you eat, the [...] Continue Reading…

What Is High Cholesterol And How Does It Affect Me

September 3, 2010 · Posted in cholesterol · Comment 

Cholesterol is a type of fat that is part of all animal cells. It is essential for many of the body metabolic processes, including hormone and bile production, and to help the body use vitamin D.
Cholesterol is more abundant in tissues which either synthesize more or have more abundant densely-packed membranes, for example, the liver, spinal cord and brain.
The liver is the main processing center for cholesterol. When we eat animal fats, the liver returns the cholesterol it can not use to our bloodstream and when there is too much cholesterol circulating in our bloodstream, it can build up into fatty deposits. These [...] Continue Reading…

The Startling Truth About Cholesterol

September 3, 2010 · Posted in cholesterol · Comment 

* Cholesterol is produced by almost every cell in the body.* Cholesterol in cell membranes makes cells waterproof so there can be different chemistry on the inside and the outside of the cell.* Define “good” and “bad” cholesterol.LDL (low-density lipoprotein) cholesterol is known as “bad” cholesterol because it can build up in the walls of your arteries and form a thick, hard plaque that clogs your arteries and blocks the flow of blood to your heart and brain. HDL (high-density lipoprotein) cholesterol is called “good” cholesterol because it helps eliminate bad cholesterol from the body.* Where does cholesterol come from in the body?Your body produces cholesterol naturally. Your liver makes cholesterol, as do other individual cells throughout your body. [...] Continue Reading…

3 Things You Want to Know About Cholesterol

August 27, 2010 · Posted in cholesterol · Comment 

You wouldn’t judge a book by its cover, would you?You would want to open the book and read part of it to get a better idea about what is going on, right?Well, judging a book by its cover is what happens when you look at LDL (bad) cholesterol levels and decide that this is the only – or even the best indicator of heart disease.Worse yet, you are told you MUST lower your LDL cholesterol level.#1 Naturally produced by the body, cholesterol is needed for a variety of functions.-1Your body uses cholesterol to make testosterone and other essential hormones and is one of the best health and youth enhancing strategies for aging men and women. [...] Continue Reading…

How to Reduce Cholesterol the Natural Way

August 23, 2010 · Posted in cholesterol · Comment 

Having a high cholesterol level has become a very serious problem for many people today. This has been credited to a majority of the population getting accustomed to a diet rich in fats, bad habits such as smoking and leading a sedentary lifestyle. And because of high cholesterol levels, more and more people are finding themselves at an increased risk of developing coronary heart disease as well as stroke and heart attack. Heart disease is the number one cause of death for most people in the developed countries around the world. Having a high level of blood cholesterol has been linked to the increase of [...] Continue Reading…

There is a Drugfree Way to Lower Cholesterol

August 20, 2010 · Posted in cholesterol · Comment 

There has been a substantial increase in people having high cholesterol levels. It has been proven in many studies that an unhealthy increase in blood cholesterol levels can lead or be associated with the development of heart disease. High cholesterol levels can also increase the risk of strokes and heart attacks. Coronary heart disease is the leading cause of death among people living in industrialized societies such as the US. The increasing incidence of high cholesterol levels in people living in this part of the world can often be contributed to a high saturated fat diet, smoking and leading a sedentary lifestyle. There are several [...] Continue Reading…

How The Foods You Eat Can Influence Your Cholesterol Levels

August 20, 2010 · Posted in cholesterol · Comment 

As a follow up to a previous article let’s go into detail about how the foods we eat can or cannot influence our blood cholesterol levels. The previous article about what you eat was influenced by watching a television program by which the host has to devour enormous amounts of food in a certain time period and often these foods have an extremely high in calories and fat among other things. You are left to wonder, “That can’t be healthy!” Hopefully that young man is not shaving years off his life for the benefit of our entertainment and TV ratings, but is he?The scientific community has long debated over how dietary cholesterol (the foods we eat) affects the cholesterol [...] Continue Reading…

Understanding What is Bad Cholesterol

August 18, 2010 · Posted in cholesterol · Comment 

Cholesterol is a very familiar medical term almost to anyone, particularly the middle age group. It is a common thing the word will never be a part of teen-age lingo. The main reason is, most of the dreaded ailments accompanying “high cholesterol” levels are associated with hypertension, heart failure, diabetes and other long term and acquired conditions, which does not could also happen to younger generation as juvenile complications. To make it clear, when the majority is talking about lowering cholesterol, it is all about alleviating the further progress of bad cholesterol. There are two kinds of cholesterol accumulating or present in the human body. [...] Continue Reading…

Food to Lower Your Cholesterol

August 15, 2010 · Posted in cholesterol · Comment 

High cholesterol levels are slowly killing off the population. The increasing prevalence and risk of hypertension and heart disease in Americans are ringing the alarm bells in the country’s health sector. Health officials are desperately trying to find ways to combat the rise and make people aware of the eating lifestyle and exercise lifestyle that they are imbibing. The truth about cholesterol Although cholesterol is mainly the culprit in the increase in high blood pressure in the body, not all cholesterol that we take in is essentially bad. In fact, small amounts of cholesterol is being used by the body in the production of bile [...] Continue Reading…

Take Charge of Your Cholesterol

August 13, 2010 · Posted in cholesterol · Comment 

Our body has them all – the Good and the Bad cholesterol. Make no mistake, a higher than normal level of cholesterol is bad for your heart and will lead to heart diseases ultimately. Get acquainted with Cholesterol, and learn how you can battle them to good health.What Is Cholesterol?Cholesterol is a soft, wax-like substance found in our body system including the bloodstream and cells. Our body needs a certain level of Cholesterol for building healthy cells and vital sex hormones like estrogen and testosterone.How Does Cholesterol Gets Into Our Body? There are two main sources where cholesterol is derived from:1. 25% Of Cholesterol Comes From The Food We Eat We are what we eat! The main sources of [...] Continue Reading…

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