Sentences with phrase «hdl cholesterol lowering»

The DASH diet, significantly reduced LDL cholesterol, large LDL particle size (reduced LDL particle size raises risk) and HDL cholesterol (more HDL cholesterol lowers risk).

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This sweet, rich oil was shown to do some pretty nifty things for abdominally obese women in a 2009 study out of Brazil, including decreasing their waist circumference, increasing beneficial HDL (high - density lipoprotein) cholesterol and improving the ratio of «bad» LDL (low - density lipoprotein) to «good» HDL cholesterol.

Pistachios have been shown to lower LDL cholesterol (bad cholesterol), while at the same time, increasing HDL cholesterol (good cholesterol).

Peanut butter contains monounsaturated fat which helps lower triglycerides, good HDL cholesterol and regulate blood insulin levels.

However, numerous studies have demonstrated that eggs tend to raise HDL (good cholesterol) and lower LDL (bad cholesterol associated with heart disease).

A 1995 study published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that the consumption of oats and buckwheat lowered LDL «bad» cholesterol while raising HDL «good» cholesterol.

Avocados are famous for their healthy monounsaturated fats which are thought to lower levels of LDL (bad cholesterol) and raise levels of HDL (good cholesterol).

rich in mono - unsaturated fatty acids like oleic acid that helps lower bad LDL cholesterol and increases good HDL cholesterol in the blood.

A 1955 study, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, showed that consumption of buckwheat lowered total cholesterol while improving HDL cholesterol levels.

It also helps decrease total cholesterol, increases HDL - c, and lowers blood pressure.

This study, like many others, showed that virgin coconut oils actually lower LDL cholesterol, while raising the «good» HDL cholesterol.

In serum and tissues, very low density lipoprotein (VLDL) cholesterol levels werelowered and HDL - cholesterol was increased.

Coconut oil will help to balance LDL: HDL cholesterol and lower triglycerides.

First benefit, chia seeds can improve heart health because it proved to maintain blood pressure and increase good cholesterol (HDL) so as to lower the bad cholesterol (LDL) and triglycerides.

High LDL cholesterol (the bad cholesterol) runs in my family, I had high LDL levels back in high school but now I have low LDLs and high HDLs (the good cholesterol), which I believe is due to me avoiding butter, lard and other animal products high in fat.

Trans fats are known to reduce your beneficial HDL cholesterol, raise your LDL cholesterol, increase the risk of type - 2 diabetes, heart disease, lower sperm production, and stroke.

First benefit, chia seeds can improve heart health because it proved to maintain blood pressure and increase good cholesterol (HDL) so as to lower the bad cholesterol...

Studies have found that dihydrocapsaicin, a constituent of capsaicin, can lower blood levels of lowdensity lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL), which contributes to atherosclerosis, and raise high - density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL), which retards atherosclerosis.

They help manage weight (because they help curb cravings because they take a lot time to digest), they can help reduce the risk of heart disease, they help to ward off diabetes (helping to reduce both blood sugar and insulin levels and they help to keep cholesterol in check (by lowering LDL (bad cholesterol) and elevating HDL (good cholesterol).

It found that eating methodologies with meat and cheddar as the essential wellspring of immersed fat caused larger amounts of HDL, or supposed «great» cholesterol contrasted with a low - fat, high - starch abstain from food.

Barley: This grain boasts beta - glucan, a special kind of fiber that helps lower dangerous LDL cholesterol without reducing beneficial HDL cholesterol.

You will notice that I am not recommending stick margarines which were once recommended as a substitute for butter but that was before we knew that the trans fats (listed as either «hydrogenated» or «partially hydrogenated» oils) that are used to make margarine solid raises bad cholesterol (LDL) and lowers good cholesterol (HDL).

While we don't know the long - term effects of unhealthy fats on infant cardiovascular health, we do know that in adults these fats negatively affect heart health by raising LDL (bad cholesterol), lowering HDL (good cholesterol), and increasing signs of inflammation.

By analyzing the data collected from two generations of participants in the study, investigators found that the breast - fed babies were more likely to have a lower body mass index (BMI) and higher level of HDL cholesterol — often referred to as «the good cholesterol» — when they reached adulthood.

People with type 2 diabetes are at high risk of cardiovascular - related events, such as heart attacks, stroke, and even death, often because their levels of triglycerides are so high, and their high - density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol levels are low.

The findings suggest that fenofibrate therapy may be beneficial in the way the researchers hoped: by reducing cardiovascular events in patients with type 2 diabetes who take statins but still have especially high triglycerides levels and low HDL cholesterol levels.

An analysis using genetics finds that increased low - density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL - C), high - density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL - C), and possibly triglyceride (TG) levels are associated with a lower risk of diabetes, and increased LDL - C and TG levels are associated with an increased risk of coronary artery disease, according to a study published online by JAMA Cardiology.

«We found that Amish people with this mutation have defects in fat storage, increased fat in the liver, high triglycerides, low «good» (HDL) cholesterol, insulin resistance and increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes,» says the study's senior author, Coleen M. Damcott, Ph.D., an assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition and member of the Program for Personalized and Genomic Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.

In preclinical studies using cell models that mimicked liver cells of patients with the rare disease Friedreich's ataxia (FA), a widely used cholesterol - lowering drug increased a precursor of HDL (high - density lipoprotein), the «good cholesterol,» according to new research published in PLOS ONE from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

They not only lower high - density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL, the «good» cholesterol) but they also raise low - density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL, the «bad» cholesterol) and triglycerides, he says.

Omega - 3s evidently help raise HDL cholesterol, lower triglycerides, and are known for anticlotting effects.

The walnut - rich diet had the most impact on cholesterol levels by decreasing low - density lipoprotein (LDL), or bad cholesterol, and increasing beneficial high - density lipoprotein (HDL).

«Low HDL - cholesterol: Not quantity, but quality.»

In individuals, whose HDL - cholesterol levels were low, the quality of HDL particles was also impaired; they contained smaller amounts of lipid molecules which are known to be antioxidant and thus protective to arteries.

The inflammation may block the transport of cholesterol from vessel walls to circulation leading to lower HDL - cholesterol levels in the circulation,» says Dr. Pirkka - Pekka Laurila.

Dunbar noted that the population study findings probably have lain to rest a lingering concern about targeting ANGPTL3, namely its effect in lowering not just LDL and triglycerides but also the so - called «good cholesterol,» known as HDL cholesterol.

The study subjects were Finnish individuals with either extremely high or extremely low HDL - cholesterol.

The scientists discovered several new genes which predispose low HDL - cholesterol levels.

Cardiovascular System Steroids can raise blood pressure, enlarge the heart, cause the formation arterial plaque, raise total cholesterol, and lower HDL, the good kind of cholesterol.

Additionally, men with low cardiorespiratory fitness reached abnormal HDL and non-HDL cholesterol levels around their early 20s and mid-30s, respectively, while those with higher fitness saw normal amounts for the entire lifespan.

«Our study shows that both higher levels of HDL — good — and lower levels of LDL — bad — cholesterol in the bloodstream are associated with lower levels of amyloid plaque deposits in the brain,» said Bruce Reed, lead study author and associate director of the UC Davis Alzheimer's Disease Center.

Higher fasting levels of LDL and lower levels of HDL both were associated with greater brain amyloid — a first - time finding linking cholesterol fractions in the blood and amyloid deposition in the brain.

Extra standing time was also associated with 0.06 mmol / L higher average levels of the «good» type of cholesterol, HDL, and a 6 % lower average total / HDL cholesterol ratio, which indicates an improvement in the total amount of HDL cholesterol in relation to «bad» LDL cholesterol.

Low - carb had the greatest increase in HDL, the so - called good cholesterol.

Despite lowering low - density lipoprotein (LDL), known as «bad» cholesterol, while markedly increasing levels of high - density lipoprotein (HDL), or «good» cholesterol, a large clinical trial to investigate the cholesterol drug evacetrapib was discontinued early after a preliminary analysis showed it did not reduce rates of major adverse cardiovascular events, according to research presented at the American College of Cardiology's 65th Annual Scientific Session.

On average, patients taking evacetrapib lowered their LDL cholesterol by 37 percent and increased their HDL cholesterol by 130 percent compared with patients taking a placebo.

Among type - 2 diabetic patients with an elevated risk of cardiovascular disease — those with high levels of triglycerides and low levels of «good» cholesterol (high - density lipoprotein or HDL)-- fenofibrate cut adverse cardiovascular outcomes by 30 per cent in women and 24 per cent in men.

In contrast, low sedentary time in the absence of physical activity is associated with higher HDL - cholesterol levels.

Stimulating this enzyme increases the breakdown of triglycerides (another type of blood lipid) and low - density lipoproteins in the bloodstream and raises HDL cholesterol.

The risk factors, together known as metabolic syndrome, include a large waistline, high triglyceride (a blood fat) levels, low HDL (the «good» cholesterol) levels, high blood pressure and high blood sugar when fasting.