Sentences with phrase «than total cholesterol»

New research has shown that uric acid is a far more accurate predictor of heart disease than your total cholesterol level and the more it is higher than 5.5 it is, the greater your risk.

It is a better predictor than total cholesterol or blood pressure!

However, either option appears to be a better risk predictor than your total cholesterol level or simply your LDL level.

The type and dose of medication will depend on your individual blood fat levels (rather than total cholesterol) and whether you have heart disease, diabetes, or other risk factors for heart disease.

Not exact matches

(Half the calories, half the total fat, and less than half the saturated fat as regular sour cream... and no cholesterol.)

Calories 180 Calories from Fat 40 Total Fat 4g 7 % Saturated Fat 1g 3 % Trans Fat 0g Cholesterol less than 5 mg 0 % Sodium 230 mg 10 % Total Carb.

Calories 220; Total Fat 11 g (Sat 2.5 g, Trans 0 g, Poly 1.5 g, Mono 6 g); Cholesterol less than 5 mg; Sodium 100 mg; Potassium 340 mg; Total Carbohydrates 27 g; Dietary Fiber 2 g; Total Sugars 19 g; Protein 6 g; Vitamin A 43 IU; Vitamin C 14 mg; Calcium 34 mg; Iron 0.9 mg; Vitamin D 0.9 IU; Folate 35 mcg; Omega 3 Fatty Acid 0 g % Daily Value *: Total Fat 17 %; Vitamin A 0 %; Vitamin C 25 %; Calcium 4 %; Iron 4 %

serving of lean beef provides 10 essential nutrients in around 150 calories, less than 10 grams of total fat and less than 95 mg of cholesterol.

«Adult goals for cutting back on total fat, saturated fat, trans fat and cholesterol aren't meant generally for children younger than 2 years,» he says.

The estimates for the 7 studies reporting exclusive feeding were more homogeneous (χ2 = 8, P = 0.23) than were the estimates from all 17 studies; the overall mean difference in total cholesterol from the 7 studies reporting exclusive feeding was stronger (mean difference: − 0.15 mmol / L; 95 % CI: 0.23, − 0.06 mmol / L; Figure 3) than that in the remaining 10 studies (14 388 subjects) that did not report exclusive feeding (mean difference: − 0.01 mmol / L; 95 % CI: − 0.06, 0.03 mmol / L; χ2 = 14, P = 0.12; test for difference between groups, P = 0.005).

Of the dogs stricken with osteosarcoma, 35 had the cancer in a leg which was subsequently amputated, followed by chemotherapy, which is the standard - of - care treatment; the dogs with elevated total cholesterol had a median survival time of 455 days, more than 200 days greater than the median survival time for dogs with normal cholesterol.

Approximately 2 % of early MI cases harbour a rare, damaging mutation in LDLR; this estimate is similar to one made more than 40 years ago using an analysis of total cholesterol.

In general, decreasing your total cholesterol levels is less important for optimizing your health than improving the ratio of HDL to LDL.

If you have no known risk factors, keep your BMI below 25, LDL cholesterol at 130 or below, HDL at 50 or above, total cholesterol at 200 or below, triglycerides at 150 or below, and your waist circumference smaller than 35 inches.

Abnormal cholesterol is a known risk factor for heart disease, but doctors usually worry more about high numbers — both LDL and total cholesterol — than low ones.

On the other hand after a cycle of five days, high - intensity physical and mental load than the levels of HDL, which increased by 12 %, total cholesterol fell by 17.2 and LDL (the so - called.

But, I am totally discouraged, and confused, I went in excited to have a cholestrol check on the new diet, and to my amazement, my total cholesterol is HIGHER than it has ever been.

Similar to the above study, they found that, «There were significant increases in total and LDL cholesterol that returned to values that were not significantly different than wk 0 values at the end of the ketogenic diet period.»

However, according to the Mayo Clinic, many doctors now believe that for predicting your heart disease risk, your total non-HDL cholesterol level may be more useful than calculating your cholesterol ratio.

The starch - based diet, after 2 years, took my total cholesterol down to 140, I was no longer pre-diabetic, I lost 100 pounds, and my blood pressure is lower than the normal American on the Standard American Diet (S.A.D.) Also I feel young and energetic.

The British Diabetes Association, European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), Canadian Diabetes Association, American Heart Association, National Cholesterol Education Panel recommend fairly similar diets keeping carbohydrates at 50 - 60 % of total calories and dietary fat at less than thirty percent.

We do not see heart attacks in folks with total cholesterols less than 150.

If you keep your total cholesterol less than 150, you are in REALLY good shape.

that atherosclerosis is caused by small LDL particle size rather than overall number or total cholesterol.

The American Heart Association recommends getting no more than 7 percent of your total daily calories from saturated fat because of its negative association with heart disease and cholesterol.

Berberine when combined with oral lipid lowering drugs was better than lipid lowering drugs alone in reducing total and LDL cholesterol and raising the level of HDL.

A number of studies have found that garlic reduces elevated total cholesterol levels and lowers blood pressure more effectively than placebo.

The foods in lists below are classified as «extra-lean» according to USDA and FDA standards: containing less than 5 g total fat, less than 2 g saturated fat, and less than 95 mg cholesterol per 100 grams (3.5 oz) of food weight.

The USDA defines lean meat as having less than 10 grams of total fat, 4.5 grams or less of saturated fat and fewer than 95 milligrams of cholesterol in a 3.5 - ounce (100 - gram) portion.

It has fewer than 200 milligrams of cholesterol, with less than 25 percent of calories from total fat and under 7 percent of calories from saturated fat.

And it is a difficult stigma to shed especially when popular studies like Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) 1 surface with results that make claims to reductions in total cholesterol and blood pressure with a low fat high carbohydrate diet (30 % fat, less than 7 % saturated fat and 55 % carbohydrate)(1).

Perhaps surprisingly, total cholesterol has only weak associations with heart disease and diabetes — weaker, in fact, than the correlation between these conditions and plant protein intake (+25 and +12, respectively).

(For interest, consumption of the hydrogenated vegetable oils resulted in higher total cholesterol than the non-hydrogenated versions).

Even subclinical hypothyroidism, a more benign condition than true hypothyroidism, can cause an increase in total cholesterol levels and impair the pumping ability of your heart.

A new study concluded that garlic and lemon juice may be even more healthful when taken together, rather than separately, because they significantly reduced total cholesterol and blood pressure.

Trans fats are even more dangerous than saturated fats because not only do they raise total cholesterol levels but also lower good cholesterol, which helps fight against heart disease.

Coconut oil was found to raise total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol (the «bad» kind of cholesterol shown to be correlated with a higher risk of heart disease) more than safflower oil and beef fat, but less than soybean oil and butter = maybe not so good.

If scientists want to create the early signs of heart disease in animals, they need to feed them doses of cholesterol much larger than the total capacity of the body to make cholesterol.

Animals on a high - fat diet that got supplemental alpha lipoic acid had a 73 % reduction in total cholesterol, a 75 % reduction in triglycerides, a 71 % reduction in harmful LDL cholesterol, and more than doubled their beneficial HDL!

It's this ratio between cholesterol that's most important for the development of cardiovascular disease, rather than simply total cholesterol levels.

In fact, because they contain more soluble fibre than many other grains, oats are one of the most recommended grains for reducing LDL («bad») cholesterol, total cholesterol levels and the risk of heart disease.

Dugan et al (2007) reported that the major trans isomer in beef produced from a 73 % barley grain diet is 10t - 18:1 (2.13 % of total lipid) rather than 11t - 18:1 (TVA)(0.77 % of total lipid), a finding that is not particularly favorable considering the data that would support a negative impact of 10t - 18:1 on LDL cholesterol and CVD»

Many studies conclude that cholesterol size and density plays a greater role in the prediction of heart disease than the total amount of cholesterol.

In that person, the HDL is 33 % of the total cholesterol, and that is a better percentage than just 20 %.

If you prefer to use beef, choose 95 percent lean ground beef, which is considered a lean cut by the U.S. Department of Agriculture since it contains less than 10 grams of total fat, 4.5 or fewer grams of saturated fat, and under 95 milligrams of cholesterol in every 3 ounces.

In general Agriculturists tend to have higher total cholesterol and lower HDL cholesterol values than their Hunter - gatherer counterparts.

Wellness coaching has been shown to be significantly better than usual care in achieving: lower total cholesterol; lower LDL cholesterol (bad cholesterol); lower blood pressure; lower body weight; reduced intake of total fat, saturated fat, and cholesterol; [and] increased regular walking habits.

The research showed that berberine lowered blood sugar levels even more than Metformin and outperformed Metformin in lowering total cholesterol including triglycerides.

Our meal plans provide less than 7 percent of total calories from cholesterol - raising saturated fat and are free from heart - damaging artificial trans fats and partially hydrogenated oils.

Total cholesterol looks worse than it is because of the high HDL.