Sentences with phrase «serum ldl»

Children in the DISC met the following inclusion criteria: (i) age 7 — 10 years, ii) in the 80th to 90th percentiles for serum LDL - C level, (iii) in the ≥ 5th percentile for height and 5th to 90th percentiles for weight for height, (iv) Tanner Stage 1 of sexual maturation, and (v) no major illnesses and not taking any medication influencing blood lipids or growth.

The effects of 10.2 g / d of psyllium seed husk on serum LDL cholesterol concentrations were modest, with levels 5.3 percent below that of the control group at week 24 (p < 0.05).

Consumption of 10.2 g / d of psyllium (n = 384) lowered serum total cholesterol by 4 percent and serum LDL cholesterol by 7 percent, relative to the cellulose control (n = 272).

The results of these clinical trials consistently showed a significant reduction of serum LDL cholesterol levels and incidence of cardiovascular events.

Decrease in serum LDL cholesterol with microcrystalline chitosan.

High serum LDL is only bad if much of it gets oxidized.

Studies carried out by various institutes indicate a drop in the serum LDL cholesterol levels when a person regularly consumes yogurt.

«Sea buckthorn oil supplementation significantly lowered the serum LDL - cholesterols, triglycerides and increased serum glucose and body weight of the animals.»

Based on serum LDL - C levels at initial presentation participants were classified into three groups: very low (< 70 mg / dl, n = 214); low (71 - 100 mg / dl, n = 669); and high (> 101 mg / dl, n = 1,355).

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Showed significantly greater improvements in serum levels of total cholesterol and low - density lipoprotein (LDL)-- the so - called «bad» cholesterol; and

Soluble fiber also had been found to help lower serum cholesterol levels, particularly undesirable low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol.

In the Ex-diet group, serum total cholesterol (P < 0.001) and LDL - C (P < 0.001) were reduced after eight weeks, compared to the C - diet group.

Both tamoxifen and soya protein reduce levels of total serum cholesterol and the undesirable LDL cholesterol, which is closely linked to the risk of a heart attack.

Carefully analyzing studies and trials from 1957 to the present, investigators found that the whole diet approach, and specifically Mediterranean - style diets, are effective in preventing heart disease, even though they may not lower total serum or LDL cholesterol.

Cells were washed once with serum - free DMEM and then incubated in 10 % DMEM containing 10 μg / ml DiI - Ac - LDL for 4 h. Endothelioma cells and 3T3 fibroblast cells were used as a positive and negative reference, respectively.

... dandelion reduced the extent of atherosclerosis by reducing oxidative stress and serum TC, TG, LDL - C and raising serum HDL - C.

(15) Studies Cast Doubts The J - Lit study actually showed higher mortality at the lowest serum cholesterol (both total and LDL - C), a paradox called the J - Shaped Curve.

Both groups still saw a drop in total and LDL cholesterol levels over the course of the study.2 Choi, I. H., et al. «Kimchi, a fermented vegetable, improves serum lipid profiles in healthy young adults: randomized clinical... continue

«A single daily dose of soybean phytosterols in GROUND BEEF decreases serum total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol in young, mildly hypercholesterolemic men» http://www.ajcn.org/content/76/1/57.short

In addition, in the ketogenic group a significant reduction of the fasting measured serum triglyceride concentration and the LDL / HDL cholesterol quotient at the end of the study was found.

Several other studies have reported that probiotic - containing yogurts significantly reduce total serum cholesterol and LDL cholesterol and improve the LDL: HDL cholesterol ratio (35, 36, 37).

Serum total and LDL cholesterol, triglycerides, HDL cholesterol, total proteins, total bilirubin, iron, glucose, uric acid, creatinine, and liver enzymes such as alanine transaminase, aspartate transaminase, and γ - glutamyltransferase were measured by enzymatic - colorimetric methods.

When researchers tested blood lipids of 805 Yi Chinese, they found that buckwheat intake was associated with lower total serum cholesterol, lower low - density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL, the form linked to cardiovascular disease), and a high ratio of HDL (health - promoting cholesterol) to total cholesterol.

One study found dietary supplementation of freeze - dried strawberries to reduce total serum and LDL cholesterol and lipid peroxidation in adults with abdominal adiposity and elevated cholesterol.

He shed 21 pounds, his fasting glucose decreased by 10 mg / dL (104 to 94 mg / dL), his serum triglycerides dropped by nearly 50 %, his HDL cholesterol increased slightly, and his calculated LDL cholesterol dropped by a stunning 41 % (142 to 84 mg / dL).

What Greger is saying is that one type of statistical study design is generally inappropriate for testing one aspect of diet - heart: namely, the connection between diet and serum biomarkers such as the LDL fraction.

It reduced total cholesterol, triglycerides, phospholipids, LDL, and VLDL cholesterol levels and increased HDL cholesterol in serum and tissues.

«For example, one study (170) has shown that the consumption of coconut milk does not elevate serum lipid levels, and another study (171) has found that a coconut milk porridge fed to sixty healthy people 5 d a week for 8 weeks caused a decrease in LDL levels and an increase in HDL levels.

Lupin proteins have also been shown to beneficially modify serum lipid profiles by stimulating liver cells to take up and degrade LDL cholesterol.

They're below; — Haemoglobin 115 / gL (normal range listed as 130 - 175)-- RBC 3.48 x10e12 / L (optimal range 4.30 — 6.00)-- HCT 0.34 L / L (optimal range 0.40 — 0.50)-- Creatinine 45 umol / L (60 - 105) Other readings which may be relevant; — eGFR > 90 mL / min / 1.73 m2 — HbA1c 37 mmol / mol (< 41)-- B12 297 pmol / L (170 — 600)-- Folate 34.6 nmol / L (5.0 — 45.0)-- Cholesterol 6.0 (< 5) Triglycerides 0.7 (1.00)-- LDL 3.0 (< 3.4)-- Chiol / HDL ratio 2.3 (< 4.5)-- C - reactive protein < 1 (< 5)-- Serum Iron 19 umol / L (10 — 30)-- Transferrin 2.3 g / L (1.7 — 3.4)-- Ferritin 34 ug / L (20 — 450) TSH (Thyroid) 0.71 mIU / L (0.3 — 4.00) LIVER function tests all within optimal range Thanks for any observations you can give me, OR any pointers to (web - based?)

For example, 1, 3, or 6g of cinnamon per day reduces serum glucose, triglyceride, LDL - cholesterol, and total cholesterol decreases and glucose levels in Type 2 diabetics (27).

Values on lipid studies were as follows: serum triglycerides, 102 mg per deciliter; high - density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, 50 mg per deciliter; and calculated low - density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, 189 mg per deciliter.

Low - carbohydrate, high - fat diets are generally associated with higher concentrations of LDL and HDL cholesterol and lower serum concentrations of triglycerides than is the conventional intake of carbohydrates and fat.1

«Strong evidence indicates that dietary saturated fatty acids (SFA) are positively associated with intermediate markers and end - point health outcomes for two distinct metabolic pathways: 1) increased serum total cholesterol (TC) and LDL cholesterol (LDL - C) and increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and 2) increased markers of insulin resistance and increased risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D).

An effect of walnuts on ex vivo cholesterol efflux was observed with whole serum but not apoB - depleted serum; in addition to HDL, LDL can serve as an acceptor of free cholesterol in the reverse cholesterol transport pathway (39), indicating that walnuts may have a greater effect on global cholesterol efflux than HDL - specific efflux.

In addition, viscous Functional Fibers such as guar, pectin, and psyllium, have been tested in intervention trials and found to decrease serum total and low density lipo - protein (LDL) cholesterol concentration in most studies.

Hypercholesterolemic individuals consuming 114 g / d of a psyllium - flake cereal for 6 weeks showed significantly lower serum total and LDL cholesterol concentrations than those consuming the same amount of wheat - bran flake cereal (Anderson et al., 1992b).

Serum concentrations of total cholesterol, triacylglycerols, and LDL cholesterol did not change dur - ing this period; however, concentrations of HDL cholesterol decreased (Saku et al., 1991).

Furthermore, hypercholesterolemic men who received 15 g / d of guar gum had significantly lower serum total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol con - centrations compared to the placebo controls after 6 weeks (Aro et al., 1984).

For example, when type 2 diabetics were provided guar gum (21 g / d) for 3 months, the mean serum total and LDL cholesterol concentrations were significantly lower than controls (Aro et al., 1981).

In a similar metabolic ward study of 10 hypercholesterolemic men, oat bran and bean diets decreased both serum total and LDL cholesterol concentrations by 23 percent after 3 weeks on the test diets (Anderson et al., 1984a).

The different viscous fibers reduced serum total and LDL cholesterol concentrations by similar amounts.

Summary of the Intervention Trials Viscous Functional Fibers and foods sources of viscous Dietary Fiber reduce both total and LDL cholesterol concentrations, and may also reduce serum triglycerides.

When healthy, normolipidemic individuals were given glucose or 30 g / d of RS3 supplements for 3 weeks, there were no significant differences in fasting serum total, LDL, and HDL cholesterol concentrations or triacylglycerol concentrations (Heijnen et al., 1996).

Not only does weight training reduce Low - Density Lipoproteins (LDL), which is often referred to as «unhealthy» cholesterol, but also it elevates serum values of high - density lipoproteins (which is «healthy» cholesterol).

These serum lipid parameters seem to be little influenced by smoking.32 However, other authors found a clear association of cigarette smoking with low levels of TC and LDL - C.33 In the present study, lower levels of HDL - C were associated with smoking status in men after controlling for several confounders.