Sentences with phrase «as lower blood cholesterol»

For starters, organic coffee is rich in antioxidants that help protect your brain from Alzheimer's, avoid diabetes, Parkinson's disease, as well as lower blood cholesterol levels.

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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.

Research has shown that flax helps lower blood cholesterol levels and helps reduce inflammation, therefore reducing the risk of certain chronic diseases such as heart disease and stroke.

Dietary fiber from fruit, as part of an overall healthy diet, helps reduce blood cholesterol levels and may lower risk of heart disease.

«Heart Chocolate with CM - X is a great - tasting, low - calorie, chocolate bar, and is the only chocolate bar equipped with CM - X, an ingredient scientifically and clinically proven to lower blood sugar and high cholesterol, act as an anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant,» claimed Innovative.

These published studies showed that crude kuzu root preparations or their extracted flavonoids, given as injections or taken orally, Researchers also report that flavonoids lower cholesterol levels, reduce the risk of forming blood clots, protect the heart against cardiovascular disease, and protect the brain by dilating cerebral microvessels to increase blood flow.

Research indicates that psyllium use may lower cholesterol levels and high blood pressure as well.

Because of the fiber, they are great for your heart, lowering blood cholesterol levels and the risk of heart attack, as well as help, prevent constipation and digestive disorders.

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.

It's also believed to help lower blood pressure and cholesterol, as well as regulate blood sugar.

Reaching for organic almond butter is also a natural way to lower blood pressure as it is a great source of calcium, potassium, and magnesium — all of which are believed to help lower cholesterol levels.

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.

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...

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.

The human trials are limited — as is often the case with food research — but the anecdotal evidence of chia's positive health effects include boosting energy, stabilizing blood sugar, aiding digestion, and lowering cholesterol.

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.)

Adults who were breastfed as toddlers often show signs of lower cholesterol and lower blood pressure.

«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.

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

Once researchers adjusted for other factors that could affect dementia risk, such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol and smoking, people with high levels of cynical distrust were three times more likely to develop dementia than people with low levels of cynicism.

This is mainly thanks to better healthcare, such as widespread use of medicines to lower blood pressure and cholesterol levels.

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.

The good news is that risk for heart attack can be lowered with lifestyle changes such as avoiding smoking, eating a healthy diet, controlling high blood cholesterol and blood pressure, being physically active, controlling our weight, managing diabetes, reducing stress, and limiting alcohol, according to the American Heart Association.

The trial of research on ANGPTL3 as a potential target for atherosclerosis prevention began over a decade ago when scientists reported on two cases of familial hypolipidemia, a rare inherited condition involving abnormally low blood levels of cholesterol and triglycerides.

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.

They also had a 66 percent lower risk for heart disease factors such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol or type 2 diabetes.

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.

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

Additionally, even with heightened risk, a heart healthy lifestyle — maintaining a normal body weight, regular exercise and controlling other risk factors such as high blood pressure, diabetes and high cholesterol — can help lower the risk of heart disease and heart failure.

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.

Kuusisto and Page have received approval to use de-identified electronic health records from the National VA Hospital, with approximately 10 million records, to continue the drug repurposing work, examining several drug effects such as lowering of cholesterol levels or blood pressure.

Using cut - offs recommended by guidelines, we defined obesity and overweight using body mass index (BMI), and metabolic dysfunction («unhealthy») as ≥ 3 of elevated blood pressure, hypertriglyceridaemia, low HDL - cholesterol, hyperglycaemia, and elevated waist circumference.

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.

Although dietary changes, cholesterol - lowering statins, and hypertension drugs such as beta - blockers are far from a surefire way to prevent Alzheimer's, these and other treatments that promote healthy blood vessels may be a practical way for people to reduce their risk, the researchers say.

Optimists tend to have lower blood pressure and cholesterol, fewer strokes, better immunity, fewer infections, and better overall survival — even in serious medical conditions, such as some cancers.

Herbal remedies such as ginseng, ginkgo, garlic, black cohosh, St. John's wort, hawthorn, saw palmetto, and echinacea can dilute, intensify, or exacerbate the side effects of prescription heart drugs such as blood thinners and cholesterol - lowering statins, the report says.

Turmeric can also be helpful in easing depression, protecting the liver from oxidative stress, lowering blood cholesterol, inhibiting cancer cells, acting as an antimicrobial, and supporting brain health.

Studies suggest that it can assist prevention and management of type 2 diabetes by decreasing visceral fat and improving insulin sensitivity, as well as enhance cardiovascular health by reducing blood pressure and lowering the levels of cholesterol and triglycerides.

What the results do stress, however, is that this period is an important time for women to make lifestyle changes to lower their risk of metabolic syndrome effects — such as maintaining a healthy weight, and keeping cholesterol levels and blood pressure in check.

Omega - 3 fats have been found to have a range of health - giving properties including the ability to lower blood pressure and blood cholesterol as well as reduce inflammation in people with arthritis.

A: People should keep their blood pressure and cholesterol levels under control and take antihypertensive medications if necessary, as well as cholesterol - lowering drugs if needed.

These practitioners use Euphebe as a tool to help their patients achieve their health goals, whether that be to lower elevated LDL cholesterol, hemoglobin A1C (a measure of average blood sugar levels), or inflammation, or to lose weight.

Previous bariatric studies looked at factors such as the impact of lowering blood pressure or cholesterol.

As if that weren't enough reason to stop using cigarettes, here's another: smoking lowers your levels of HDL cholesterol and damages blood vessel walls.

The results of the study suggest that in order to lower metabolic syndrome, a group of risk factors which includes a large waistline and high blood pressure, it's more important to focus on diets which include nutrient - dense, fiber - rich, plant - based foods as opposed to place emphasis on the restriction of foods high in saturated fat or cholesterol.

Obesity as well as other risk factors linked to metabolic syndrome are also on the increase in younger people; over 70 % of teenagers in the study had 1 or more of the 5 metabolic syndrome risk factors, namely high blood levels of sugar and fat, high blood pressure, low good cholesterol levels and a large waistline (metabolic syndrome is classified as having 3 or more of the risk factors).

Many of the compounds listed in this article have also been proven to have the potential for negative interactions with over-the-counter and prescription drugs, like statins for lowering cholesterol levels or blood - thinning medications such as warfarin (generic and Coumadin) and aspirin.

Studies have shown basil leaf extract helped lower (excess) cholesterol as well as blood pressure — which are major risk factors for stroke and cardiovascular disease.