Sentences with phrase «bad cholesterol numbers»

Popular nuts such as raw pecans, walnuts and almonds provide your body with healthy fats that, when consumed regularly, reduce your risk of developing blood clots and lower your bad cholesterol numbers, according to the Harvard School of Public Health.

Not exact matches

A number of studies have linked eating an apple a day to reducing the risk of heart disease, stroke and lowering LDL (bad) cholesterol.

A number of studies have shown that LDL (low - density lipoprotein)-- the «bad cholesterol» — with apoC - III on its surface is particularly harmful, leading to higher incidence of plaque buildup in artery walls.

Measuring inflammation Our growing understanding of inflammation's role in atherosclerosis doesn't diminish the importance of cholesterol — you still have to keep that «bad» number down and the «good» number up — but it does present another way to anticipate cardiovascular disease.

Number of studies suggest that this is due to pistachio nuts being fantastic source of monounsaturated fats that can lower bad cholesterol count.

We run through cholesterol; the good and the bad kinds and what numbers you want, and give you tips for shopping, cooking, and storing fats including oils.

Non-HDL cholesterol contains all the «bad» types of cholesterol; it is figured by subtracting your HDL cholesterol number from your total cholesterol number.

You said in this post that being on the ketogenic diet is what caused your cholesterol numbers to take a turn for the worse.

I saw the paleo video and ask myself, what if the sudden change of a usual diet to paleo or any other diet stresses the body and metabolism so much that insulin and bad cholesterol would go up... how would the numbers be after exercising and eating paleo after 2 month, half a year and one year?

LDL or «bad cholesterol» measures the amount of cholesterol in the LDL particles but not the number or size of the particles.

A number of studies have shown that chickpeas can reduce both total cholesterol and «bad» low - density - lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, which are risk factors for heart disease (10, 11).

Regular consumption of green tea has been credited with a number of healthful benefits including improving immune function, reducing the risks of heart diseases and certain cancers, lowering LDL («bad» cholesterol) and total cholesterol levels.

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Lobbied by pharmaceutical companies and their allies, LDL — the so - called «bad» cholesterol — has become the new simplistic single number guide in prescribing cholesterol - lowering drugs.

Coconut has had a bad reputation for years for being high in saturated fat, yet most of the saturated fat in coconut and its oil is lauric acid, which has been shown to help people lose weight, in addition to having a number of other beneficial properties, such as lowering cholesterol and fighting off bacterial infections.

One of the student said of the seminar, «I learned that your LDL is bad cholesterol and that HDL is good cholesterol and can help reduce the number of LDLs.