Sentences with phrase «carries bad cholesterol»

In fact, a study out last week found that oat consumption doesn't just help lower LDL (bad) cholesterol levels, but that it also brings down two other markers of cardiovascular risk — non-HDL cholesterol (total cholesterol minus HDL) and apolipoprotein B, a protein that carries bad cholesterol through the blood.

Clare Wilson reports research on the relationship between genes for proteins that «carry bad cholesterol» and longevity (6 September, p...

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Plus, fiber helps absorb bad cholesterol and carry it away from your body, so you get to have normal blood cholesterol levels.

So cocoa increases blood supply to your heart, increases good cholesterol and lowers bad cholesterol, and it also has an impact on the arteries that carry blood through the body, which determine your blood pressure.

Cholesterol is carried in the blood by one of three lipoprotein complexes, including LDL (bad cholesterol), HDL (good cholesterol) or triglycerCholesterol is carried in the blood by one of three lipoprotein complexes, including LDL (bad cholesterol), HDL (good cholesterol) or triglycercholesterol), HDL (good cholesterol) or triglycercholesterol) or triglycerides (fat).

Both diets also lowered levels of harmful LDL («bad» cholesterol) and triglycerides, the most abundant fat - carrying particle in the bloodstream.

HDL and LDL, the «good» and «bad» cholesterols, aren't actually cholesterol... they are proteins that carry cholesterol around, known as lipoproteins.