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...
Macadamia nuts are frequently treated as outcasts, shunned because they’re charged with being TOO HIGH IN FAT. Even the FDA refused to include them on the list of nuts they considered acceptable for health claims. Do macadamias need to prove their...
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.
It is important to recognize that even though cholesterol gets a lot of attention, it is not necessarily the most important (or even an especially significant) factor in preventing heart disease. Other factors, such as nutritional support and...
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...
American heart disease guru Dr Dean Ornish recently wrote: "Say no to the egg" (New York Times, Sept 15, 1997). ...
Q I’ve heard a lot recently about syndrome X, but I don’t really understand what it is. Can you please explain what the symptoms are, who is likely to develop it and how it can be treated? - AJ, Plymouth
The myth of low cholesterol being good for you has taken another beating. ...
In WDDTY vol 13 no 4 (Alternatives), Harald Gaier tells us that lowering cholesterol helps to avoid heart attacks. I think a lack of vitamin C is the real cause of heart attacks.
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...
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