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The effect of high-, moderate-, and low-fat diets on weight loss and cardiovascular disease risk factors.
The consumption of high-fat diets may increase cardiovascular disease risk. This study evaluated the effect of fat diets on weight loss, lipid profile, and cardiovascular disease risk factors. Researchers placed 100 men and women on either low-, high-,...
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Are You "Dying" to Lose Weight?
High-protein, low-carbohydrate diets, such as the Atkins diet, have become very popular, but is it possible to safely lose weight on such a diet without damaging our health? Dr. Joel Fuhrman addresses this concern in his article, The Atkins Cancer...
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Reduce High Blood Pressure With Plates, Forks, and Exercise
Hypertension is an epidemic in the United States, despite many people not even realizing they are at risk with blood pressures higher than 120/80. Nearly half of the adult population has high blood pressure or its precursor, called pre-hypertension....
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Dietary phylloquinone intakes and metabolic syndrome in US young adults.
Adequate intake of phylloquinones (vitamin K) from food sources may help guard against the development of metabolic syndrome Metabolic syndrome is defined as the presence of a cluster of risk factors that increase the odds of developing of developing...
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How the Calcium Paradox Baffles Bone Beliefs
Diseases like high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and atherosclerosis are rather hidden -- out of sight out of mind for many of us. But osteoporosis ? We've all seen an older neighbor with a bowed back or known an elderly relative whose health...
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Dietary cholesterol consumption and incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus: A dose-response meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies
of cholesterol-rich foods and greater risk of type 2 diabetes. This meta-analysis points out the contribution of high cholesterol diet in the development of type 2 diabetes.
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Cholesterol-lowering effects of dietary fiber: a meta-analysis.
Regular intake of foods high in soluble fiber, such as oat and psyllium, may help to reduce a high cholesterol number to a healthy one. This meta-analysis was carried out to determine whether an association exists between the consumption of soluble...
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What’s Wrong With Eggs?
eggs can contribute to developing risk factors for serious health problems. The first concern regarding eggs is its high cholesterol content - eggs contain the highest concentrated source of cholesterol . But, that is not the end of the story. Susan...
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Whole Foods Market Endorses Plant-Based Diet
to a one-week, health immersion program. The members that are chosen have either type-2 diabetes, heart disease , high cholesterol , autoimmune , and/or are obese . The team members are totally immersed in the live-in program which is designed to...
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Neil Nedley, MD
and lifestyle therapies to treat and prevent heart dsiease, cancer, hypertension, diabetes, kidney failure, high cholesterol and many other diseases. He is President of Weimar Center of Health and Education, which runs a residential lifestyle center,...
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Desirable Cholesterol Numbers
Unfortunately, most physicians today still consider a " normal cholesterol " level to be under 200 mg/dl. The average American's cholesterol is 210-220. However, Dr. John Mcdougall points out, "This level predicts a 50% chance of premature death from...
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Dietary Cholesterol Intake and Risk of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies
and 30,123 females without the condition who volunteered for 9 different studies. Researchers observed that women on high cholesterol diet faced increased risk of suffering from gestational diabetes mellitus. This meta-analysis concluded that generous...
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Cholesterol and Genes
have some friends that have high cholesterol. They tell me, "It runs in my family." I know that could be possible, but I also know they are eating a high fat diet. Can you suggest a kind way to encourage them to take some healthy steps forward?
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Dietary cholesterol and lung cancer risk in a multiethnic population in Hawaii
the highest amounts of cholesterol from their diet were at risk of having lung cancer. This study concluded that a high cholesterol diet may make a man more vulnerable to lung cancer.
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Genetics and Lowering Cholesterol
Although an individual may have a genetic weakness for high cholesterol and it runs in their family, a plant-based diet is capable of lowering cholesterol to an acceptable level. Dr. Joel Fuhrman uses a nutrient-dense, vegetable based plan to reverse...
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Susie's Crohn's Disease in Remission
I was looking for a doctor that could provide comprehensive care for me emotionally, mentally, physically, and spiritually. When visiting the doctor in the past each ailment was dealt with on a physical level with no regard for my emotional, mental, or...
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Dietary Fat and Cholesterol and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in Older Adults: The Health ABC Study
other cholesterol-containing foods exhibited high risk of developing cardiovascular disease. This study suggests that high cholesterol diet may increase an elderly individual's predisposition to cardiovascular disease.
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Meta analysis of the association of cholesterol with pancreatic carcinoma risk.
A surge in pancreatic cancer risk is associated with regular consumers of high cholesterol-containing foods and individuals with high plasma levels of cholesterol. This study examined the correlation between serum levels of cholesterol and consistent...
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Should a Vegan Diet be Considered Child Neglect?
Occasionally, it happens. Loving parents who've read the research on the advantages of a plant-based diet are accused of neglecting their children by refusing to give them animal products. Currently in Italy, there is proposed legislation that would...
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Vegetarian Diets Clean-Up Cholesterol Numbers
Higher levels of cholesterol in the blood correlate strongly with higher chances of suffering from a heart attack, stroke, or other complications from coronary heart disease . Physicians often prescribe statins, a class of drugs used to lower blood...
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