Sentences with phrase «as cholesterol in the blood»

It has long been recognized that the process of narrowing and hardening of the arteries (called arteriosclerosis or atherosclerosis) is not so simple as cholesterol in the blood clogging up the artery like sludge in a pipe.

Not exact matches

As it turns out, new research has found that the cholesterol in eggs likely doesn't significantly raise blood cholesterol for the vast majority of us human - folk.

There's even a unique type of fibre in chickpeas that has also been shown to increase blood fat regulation and lower cholesterol, as well as reducing your risk of cardiovascular disease and colon cancer.

Not only are veggies low in calories and fat, but they are packed with all sorts of nutrients, such as fiber, folate, potassium, vitamin A and vitamin C. Decreases in blood pressure, cholesterol, risk of certain cancers and heart disease have all been linked to vegetable consumption.

They're packed with fiber and vitamin C, and recent research has focused on polyphenols found in apples, which may serve as antioxidants, blood sugar regulators, and cholesterol reducers.

Fibre is responsible for keeping the digestive system in check and also plays a role in stabilising blood glucose levels and cholesterol which contributes to the prevention of chronic diseases such as heart disease and diabetes.

As I pointed out in my previous column about cholesterol, even the Harvard School of Public Health has concluded,»... the amount of cholesterol eaten has little impact on the amount of cholesterol circulating in the blood.»

It acts as a powerful antioxidant and has been shown to reduce blood sugar, insulin, cholesterol and triglycerides.14 Phytic acid is linked to a reduction in heart disease, diabetes, obesity, and other chronic diseases in people.»

The study fails to take into account any of the many confounding factors that could lead to an increased in blood pressure, that the Heart Foundation states as including smoking, having high blood cholesterol, being overweight and having diabetes.

In addition to lowering cholesterol and blood sugar level, Matcha green tea powder can provide a number of minerals such as chromium, zinc and magnesium.

I'm trying to eat as much as I can because of its nutritional benefits: — they can help your diet by making you feel full (it's because they absorb 10 times their weight in water, forming a bulky gel)-- they are the richest plant source of Omega - 3 — chia seeds slow down how fast our bodies convert carbohydrates into simple sugars, studies indicate they can control blood sugar — they are an excellent source of fiber, with a whopping 10 grams in only 2 tablespoons — chia seeds are rich in antioxidants that help protect the body from free radicals, aging and cancer — chia seeds contain no gluten or grains — the outer layer of chia seeds swells when mixed with liquids to form a gel (this can used in place of eggs to lower cholesterol and increase the nutrient content of foods and baked goods)(More info here.)

• Some evidence exists to show that breastfeeding mothers are less likely to develop heart disease as they appear to have higher levels of good cholesterol (HDL) in their blood.

«Children with low levels of vitamin D were more likely to have high blood pressure and lower levels of high - density lipoprotein, also known as good cholesterol — two factors that are considered major risk factors for heart disease later in life «Children with low vitamin - D levels also had higher levels of parathyroid hormone than their counterparts with adequate vitamin D in their blood.

We have therefore updated our review in an attempt to address these issues, using, insofar as possible, data provided by the authors of individual studies, to establish with greater precision the strength of the relation between infant feeding and blood cholesterol.

Subjects who were breastfed experienced lower mean blood pressure and total cholesterol, as well as higher performance in intelligence tests.

«Make sure you keep up routine blood tests to check cholesterol levels and blood pressure, and try to eat as balanced a diet as possible,» she adds.She also advises that keeping your blood sugar balanced is the best way to avoid serious illness later in life, as once it is unbalanced, the rest of your body tends to follow the same way.

The current NCEP guidelines, published in 2001 and revised in 2004, recommend statins for heart disease patients with LDL («bad») cholesterol levels greater than 70 milligrams per deciliter of blood and for people who have a moderately elevated risk of heart disease as well as LDL levels above 100 mg / dL.

In Rubio's case those complications included arthritic knee pain as her joints struggled with her heft, high blood pressure, elevated cholesterol, and high blood sugar.

Statins, a class of drugs that lower cholesterol in the blood, are prescribed to reduce the incidence of cardiovascular events such as heart attacks and strokes.

But as Loos analyzed the data further, she saw that while men with this variant indeed had less fat in their arms, legs and trunk, they also had higher triglycerides — fat found in the blood — and lower good cholesterol in their blood and increased insulin resistance, all signs of ill health.

Although tau imaging is still in its earliest stages, Ryan hopes that such imaging will accelerate drug development and that finding a blood - based biomarker for Alzheimer's to reveal risk (much like cholesterol serves as a marker for cardiovascular risk) will change the field dramatically in terms of how doctors can diagnose the disease.

M. Dominique Ashen, Ph.D., C.R.N.P., a nurse practitioner in the Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease at Johns Hopkins and another study leader, says that a traditional risk assessment for cardiovascular disease involves checking blood pressure, cholesterol levels and weight; evaluating for diabetes; taking a family history; calculating the 10 - year risk of having a cardiovascular event; and asking about lifestyle factors such as smoking, diet and exercise.

The study also revealed that obese individuals who had comorbidities such as high blood pressure, diabetes, and high cholesterol incurred more costs than obese workers without these conditions, says Karen Van Nuys, Ph.D., lead coauthor and economist at Precision Health Economics in Los Angeles.

Traditional first - line checks of such heart disease risk factors as cholesterol, blood pressure and smoking habits aren't nearly good enough to identify cardiovascular disease in otherwise healthy, young firefighters, according to results of a small Johns Hopkins study.

«We spend a lot of time thinking about traditional risk factors for stroke such as high blood pressure, cholesterol, diabetes and smoking — but our data underscore the possibility that everyday air pollution may also pose a significant stroke risk,» said senior investigator Jeffrey S. Berger, MD, an assistant professor in NYU Langone Medical Center in the Department of Medicine, Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology.

Key findings from the study revealed that cholesterol, triglycerides, hemoglobin A1C, and blood pressure were not correlated with BMI in the group as a whole.

Once studies linked the amount of cholesterol in the blood to the risk of heart disease and nutritionists targeted saturated fat as the primary dietary evil, authorities began recommending low - fat, high - carbohydrate diets.

The researchers also found women who took soy isoflavone supplements tended to have lower levels of testosterone, harmful cholesterol known as LDL and triglycerides, or fats in the blood, than their counterparts who received the placebo.

The hypothesis holds that vegetable oils rich in linoleic acid, like safflower and corn, are good for heart health, that saturated fats, such as those in red meat and dairy products, clog arteries and are very bad, and that replacing the latter with the former reduces deaths from heart attacks, heart disease, and strokes by lowering blood cholesterol levels.

«However, perhaps someday a PAI - 1 inhibitor can be used in combination with other approaches such as proper diet and exercise, aspirin and cholesterol medications to prevent blood vessel blockages and reduce heart attack and stroke risk.»

But in no other category, except for medication to lower blood cholesterol, is the difference as stark as with the psychotropic drugs.

It also showed that the public cost of expanding public coverage for high - cost drugs — such as treatments for cancer and rheumatoid arthritis — would be modest and, under most plausible scenarios, would be offset by savings achieved in relatively common drug classes — like treatments for high cholesterol and high blood pressure.

Regardless of age, the main therapeutic classes of AI medications used in the population were cardiovascular agents such as blood pressure medications, central nervous system agents such as sleeping pills, pain medications, and muscle relaxers, metabolic agents such as medications for diabetes and cholesterol, and psychotherapeutic agents such as antidepressants and antipsychotics.»

While surrogate measures may be appropriate in some cases, as more surrogates are being used in a wider variety of conditions, fewer are subject to the kind of rigorous validation of past FDA - authorized surrogates such as cholesterol levels or systolic blood pressure, speakers cautioned.

The authors say that the higher risk of type 2 diabetes associated with decreasing coffee intake may represent a true change in risk, or may potentially be due to reverse causation whereby those with medical conditions associated with risk for type 2 diabetes (such as high blood pressure, elevated cholesterol, cardiovascular disease, cancer) may reduce their coffee consumption after diagnosis.

We are now potentially seeing the results of improvements in prevention and treatment of key cardiovascular risk factors such as high blood pressure and cholesterol reflected in the risk of developing dementia.»

These include a history of depression, alcohol, education, diet, and a cluster called vascular risk factors because they affect the blood supply in the brain, such as stroke, heart disease, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes and obesity.

Boston, MA (Scicasts)-- Study of 27,000 women finds that branched chain amino acid levels in the blood stream are as predictive of heart disease as LDL cholesterol, other risk factors.

In some patients with coronary artery disease, mental stress may precipitate ischemia — a deficiency in blood flow to the heart â $ «a risk factor for adverse events and death independent of other cardiovascular risk factors such as smoking, cholesterol and diabeteIn some patients with coronary artery disease, mental stress may precipitate ischemia — a deficiency in blood flow to the heart â $ «a risk factor for adverse events and death independent of other cardiovascular risk factors such as smoking, cholesterol and diabetein blood flow to the heart â $ «a risk factor for adverse events and death independent of other cardiovascular risk factors such as smoking, cholesterol and diabetes.

The enhanced hiPS - HEP cells express PCSK9 and other genes that regulate blood cholesterol levels, as well as principal genes involved in uptake, synthesis, and beta - oxidation of fatty acids.

Current evidence suggests that not smoking, keeping blood pressure and cholesterol in check, eating a balanced diet, drinking in moderation and staying mentally and physically active can all help to maintain a healthy brain as we age.»

They are also necessary for the production of substances such as cholesterol and heme (a component of hemoglobin, the molecule that carries oxygen in the blood).

However, the Joslin study, published in the May issue of the journal Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, shows that, without other factors such as high blood pressure and high cholesterol, hyperinsulinemia alone does not cause atherosclerosis.

In fact, the study suggested that honey sparks the same responses as both white cane sugar and high - fructose corn syrup, raising peoples» blood sugar, insulin, weight, cholesterol, and blood pressure post-consumption.

Over that time period, 347 heart drugs entered clinical trials, most of them to treat high blood pressure, prevent clotting and lower lipid levels (such as cholesterol) in the blood.

When coffee beans are stepped, as it's done in a French press, the oils are kept in the liquid and can increase cholesterol levels and the risk of developing high blood pressure.

My go - to herbalist, author and American Herbalist Guild member David Winston of Broadway, New Jersey, says in his book, Herbal Therapy and Supplements: A Scientific and Traditional Approach, that animal and test - tube studies are convincing enough to recommend eating maitake regularly as part of a treatment plan for high cholesterol, high blood pressure, insulin resistance, and even hepatitis B. (Placebo - controlled studies in people have yet to be conducted.)

If someone is overweight, other factors are involved in the risk for heart disease, such as high cholesterol, high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes, he said.

Does the answer lie in the antioxidants known as polyphenols, which may or may not boost blood - vessel function, improve cholesterol levels, and fight inflammation?

When the researchers looked at how much cholesterol, blood pressure and smoking influenced coronary heart disease, they found these risk factors mattered just as much in the later years as much as they had in the earlier era.