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Lower Your Cholesterol and Improve Your Ratio by TC Patient Expert

Posted Mon 28 Sep 2009 10:52pm (olive oil, sunflower oil, almonds, and walnuts) they also improve cholesterol ratios. Don’t smoke, among the other hazardous effects that it produces, it lowers good cholestero... What you eat in your diet can lower your cholesterol and improve your cholesterol ratio. The American Heart Association recommendations would be to limit meat consumption Read on »

Good Cholesterol, Bad Cholesterol - Can exercise make a difference? by Karen Bastille Health Maven

Posted Mon 20 Sep 2010 1:56pm MSN Health and Fitness A. For the record, cholesterol in the body is a good thingit is needed for cell membranes and the production of hormones, among other functions. But too much can signal that there is too much fat in the blood. Back in the ’80s when people became of aware of the need to control their cholesterol levels Read on »

A shocker of a discovery : HDL cholesterol could after all be a “Good -Old ” Bad cholesterol by Dr. Sangareddi V. Medical Doctor

Posted Fri 18 May 2012 12:35am International Astronomical Union in the year 2006 removed Pluto from the solar system for a simple reason , the so-called Pluto never revolved around Sun , hence it ceased to be a planet of the solar system , it was more of an asteroid ! So, an astronomical fact engraved in our brains for so long became a fairy tale. It is ver ... Read on »

Cholesterol - The Good, The Bad, and Your Diet by WeightLossTeam .. Posted Sun 24 Aug 2008 1:49pm level and, therefore, put you at a greater risk for heart disease. ANNOUNCER: But fat in your diet doesn't always raise bad cholesterol levels, so it's important to know which... is not good cholesterol, which encourages the deposit of fat in the arteries. And then there's HDL cholesterol, which actually is good cholesterol. Matter of fact, there are many Read on »

HDL cholesterol: How to boost your ‘good’ cholesterol by Karen Bastille Health Maven

Posted Sat 31 Jul 2010 12:08pm Mayo Clinic Staff Although your doctor may have told you to lower your total cholesterol, it’s important to raise your high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, which is known as the “good” cholesterol. It might sound like a mixed message, but reducing “bad” low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol and increasing HDL cholesterol Read on »

Low Carb Diet and Good Cholesterol? | low carb diet and cholesterol by Bill .. Posted Tue 03 Aug 2010 9:18am I kept seeing a research study about low carb diet and cholesterol that came out yesterday but was to far away from a good computer to post about it. Over...-carbohydrate diet got a bigger boost in their so-called good cholesterol, nearly twice as much as those on low-fat. In previous studies, low-carb diets have done better at weight loss Read on »

Why having high cholesterol isn't always bad by Mark Hyman, M.D. Medical Doctor

Posted Wed 17 Sep 2008 12:05am

2 Comments as the following: Your levels of HDL “good” cholesterol vs. LDL “bad” cholesterol Your triglyceride levels Your ratio of triglycerides to HDL Your ratio of total cholesterol to HDL... these impact your cholesterol levels too. If you have any of these conditions, they will cause your good cholesterol to go down, while your triglycerides rise, which further increases Read on »

Bad cholesterol not that bad? Shame on MSNBC...Again! by Dr. Matthew M. Medical Doctor

Posted Mon 15 Feb 2010 6:20am ), and found that 7 of the 8 drugs mentioned, most doctors had no problems prescribing. Now Men's Health is back to their usual scare tactics in an article called "Bad cholesterol... cholesterol being "bad" is oversimplified. In fact, certain LDL particles may actually not be that harmful, whereas other types of LDL cholesterol can be killers. Fortunately, newer Read on »

Cholesterol Lowering Drugs for the Elderly, Bad Idea by Jeffrey Dach MD by Jeffrey Dach MD Medical Doctor

Posted Mon 22 Sep 2008 10:59am from drug companies. Lowering Cholesterol in the Elderly is a BAD IDEA Contrary to the above flawed 2008 metanalysis, it is a very bad idea to lower the cholesterol levels...--Elevated total serum cholesterol level, low HDL-C, and high total serum cholesterol to HDL-C ratio were not associated with a significantly higher rate of all-cause mortality Read on »

More bad news for the makers (and takers) of cholesterol-reducing drug ezetimibe (Zetia) by Dr. John B. Medical Doctor

Posted Mon 16 Nov 2009 10:00pm Previously, I have written about the drug combination of simvastatin and ezetimibe (sold as Vytorin in the US). Both of these drugs reduce cholesterol, but through different mechanisms. Taken together, these drugs do do a good job of reducing cholesterol levels And we all know that the lower we get the cholesterol levels down the [...] Read on »