L - carnitine also exerts positive effect on blood
lipids by lowering cholesterol LDL, total cholesterol and triglycerides (another bad fat which contributes to heart attacks and strokes) while raising good HDL - cholesterol.
Not exact matches
- Heart Health: Research has shown that soluble fiber helps reduce your risk of heart disease
by lowering cholesterol levels and improving your
lipid levels.
A new strategy — an injectable antibody — for
lowering blood
lipids and thereby potentially preventing coronary artery disease and other conditions caused
by the build - up of fats,
cholesterol, and other substances on the artery walls, is supported
by findings from two new studies from researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
Even that modest reduction in fat intake
by the dieters may have been fudged: blood
cholesterol and
lipid levels between the
low - fat diet and control groups were nearly identical, suggesting that they were dining on similar foods.
Although consuming fat - reduced items can help
lower cholesterol, it can also cause levels of a blood
lipid called triglyceride to soar, since the body converts the extra calories from sugar into fat, which is stored
by the body and can cling to artery walls, increasing risk of heart attack and stroke.
I was just hopeful that others in the vegan community who were taking
cholesterol medications that
lowered their
lipids, and who switched to a plant based program that did not result in
cholesterol and LDL reductions while still on these medications, found that
by dropping those medications the
cholesterol and LDLS remained acceptably
low.
The S - allylcysteine, or SAC, in garlic may help
lower cholesterol by inhibiting the enzymes that produce
cholesterol and
lipids.
Furthermore, preliminary studies indicate that one of soy's protein fractions, 7S, may have a role in inhibiting the development of atherosclerosis
by acting directly on the artery wall rather than on plasma
lipids, or
low - density lipoprotein
cholesterol receptors.
There have been some anecdotal reports
by doctors who treat patients with
low - carb diets, that they can lead to increases in LDL
cholesterol and some advanced
lipid markers for a small percentage of individuals.
It is often a good idea start
by following the diet recommendations I gave for obese pets in general when pets with these genetic causes are overweight (when their serum triglyceride > 500 mg / dL or their
cholesterol > 750 mg / dL, your veterinarian may resort to
lipid -
lowering medications as well).