We have done articles before about LDLs and HDLs. By and large, HDLs are protective and function as your body’s garbage trucks. They scour your arteries for left-over cholesterol and take it back to your liver for reprocessing. You want a high HDL...
Nuts - you’ve just gotta love ’em. They’re the friendly food that brings you many more benefits than you expected. Be a good buddy to nuts, invite them to breakfast, lunch, or dinner and discover the tasty, healthful surprises they’ll deliver.
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the developed world. Although this disease employs more doctors than any other branch of medicine, recent discoveries show some fundamental flaws in our understanding of it - particularly the basic...
The latest drugs which look like making a fortune for the drugs industry are those designed to lower blood cholesterol levels. ...
HOMOCYSTEINE: The saga of a medical breakthrough
With every New Year, most of us resolve to eat better and to avoid all those goodies laden with saturated fats, from full-fat cheeses and butter to extra fat on our meat. These fats have long been condemned by governments and food experts as the...
The cholesterol lowering drug simvastatin may cause the development of the muscular disorder poly myositis in some patients. ...
The myth of low cholesterol being good for you has taken another beating. ...
American heart disease guru Dr Dean Ornish recently wrote: "Say no to the egg" (New York Times, Sept 15, 1997). ...
IT'S THE DIET, STUPID: It's just as good as drugs for reducing cholest
John Whitcomb
What Doctors Don't Tell You