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Having a Heart for Low-Fat Foods

Heart disease is the number one cause of death in the United States. Over 12.5 million Americans are believed to suffer from this ailment, and more than 500,000 die each year as a result. Many people, like...

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Bad vs Good Cholesterol79

LDL Cholesterol

Cholesterol is a chemical that is considered to be a lipid (a compound dissolvable in organic solvents but not in water) and a sterol (combination steroid and alcohol) which is vital in the construction...

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The Benefits of Fruits

Fruits have many benefits to us. I love fruits because it's not only delicious and healthy, fruits also help us to prevent disease. These are some fruits that have great benefits : GrapeIf you would like...

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Cholesterol69

All About Cholesterol

Cholesterol is an odorless tasteless, white fatty alcohol (sterol) found in all animal tissue. It is an essential component of all cell membranes and is vital to cell survival and growth. Although...

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Top Four Nutritions to Prevent Heart Disease

Let's measure our waist. If your waist is more than 102 cm (40.15 inch) for man and more than 88 cm (34.6 inch) for woman then you should be very careful of the possibility of heart disease. Mine is about 78...

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Dyslipoproteinemia

Water-insoluble lipids are transported in the blood encapsulated in phospholipids and special proteins (called apolipoproteins). These lipid−protein particles are called lipoproteins. Lipoproteins are...

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What Do I Need to Know About My Cholesterol?

Cholesterol is essential to life. It is a type of fat made by the liver and found in all animal cells. We get less than 1/3 of cholesterol from the foods we eat. Even though about 33% from diet may not sound...

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Your LDL cholesterol reading may be 40 points off

As you are probably aware, cholesterol is neither good nor bad. There is the "good" or high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, and the "bad" or low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol. Given that...

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Understanding Normal Cholesterol Levels

People are concerned about their health these days. One of the indicators of good health is whether you have normal cholesterol levels. If you have cholesterol levels that are too high you run the risk of...

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Side affects of Diabetes

There are many affect of diabetes most people that have had little contact with someone suffering from the desease (condition) seem to think diabetes only affect you in one or two way. I have wrote this hub...

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