| High Cholesterol - High risk | | Posted Monday, February 06, 2006 11:54:23 AM by Kate Grant | One of the major illnesses of our decade is high cholesterol. High cholesterol can be hereditary, or simply the cause of bad eating habits and a diet containing foods high in cholesterol and fat, like donuts, crisps and foods containing animal fat. 
The first step for lowering your high blood cholesterol levels is a special cholesterol diet plan, designed to reduce the cholesterol in your blood.
You'll be asked not to eat foods containing high levels of saturated fat and replacing it with unsaturated fats, like olive oil and avocado, eat less high cholesterol foods, like sugary doughs and eat more complex carbohydrates, like whole grain bread and pasta.
But the most important change you'll have to do, is to go on a diet, and reduce your weight. There are many cholesterol diet programs to help you reduce your cholesterol, many of them are even cholesterol free. All you have to do is consult your doctor and a nutritionist. They'll be happy to help.
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| | | Satisfying side dishes can boost nutrition | | Posted Wednesday, February 07, 2007 2:52:25 PM by Blog57 Team | | Side dishes can make or break a diet. So when it comes to making smart choices, a veteran restaurant critic I know offers this rule of thumb: Never eat a starch unless it is "out of the ordinary." That effectively eliminates most mashed potatoes, french fries, pastas and white rice largely empty carbohydrates with low nutritional value and just average flavor. Whats left? Brown rice, whose chewy texture can break up mealtime monotony and boost nutrition. The government recently advised Americans to eat three servings daily of whole grains, which studies have shown lower the risk of cancer, cardiovascular disease and diabetes. The bran covering on brown rice gives it more protein, fiber and iron than white rice. Brown rice is also higher in trace elements such as selenium, magnesium, potassium and zinc.... | |
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| | | Are Flavors Making You Fat? | | Posted Wednesday, December 13, 2006 12:54:50 PM by Blog57 Team | | We've all heard of low-fat, low-carb, and high protein diets. But one Yale University doctor says having too many flavors in our meals keeps us fat. And he believes cutting back on those flavors is the key to weight loss. Jonathan Link lost 20 pounds and lowered his cholesterol in the last year. He says it's because of the flavors he chooses. "It's not a diet, it's the way that I eat. It's like a cookbook," said Link. Link is a follower of the Flavor Point Diet. Author and Yale professor Doctor David Katz says too many flavors in one meal triggers your brain to want more food. "When you're eating food that has that flavor, sugary foods, salty food, you turn on the appetite meters that respond to that flavor category," said Katz. "When that meter registers full, so do you.... | |
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| | | Diet Can Provide Protection against Development of Certain Cancers, New Studies Show | | Posted Wednesday, November 15, 2006 2:53:58 AM by Blog57 Team | | At the American Association for Cancer Research's Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research meeting, investigators have found that eating fish regularly as an adult, or soy as a young girl, or using a specific vitamin if you are a smoker, can help to protect against development of certain cancers. The researchers say these studies provide some of the strongest links found to date between diet and cancer. .... | |
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| | | Activist doctor touts benefits of meatless diet | | Posted Saturday, November 11, 2006 11:02:40 PM by Blog57 Team | | The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine has become a lightning rod for radical dietary change in the United States. The organization supports research that repeatedly demonstrates the benefits of a vegetarian diet. Yet the American Medical Association and other critics question its links to animalrights activists. The founder Dr. Neal Barnard, a professor of medicine at George Washington University in Washington continues to promote its anti-meat agenda. Scheduled to give a speech Friday at a Worthington conference, he recently answered questions by phone. Q: Is there any disease that a vegetarian diet doesnt help prevent? A: It wont do your taxes. But it is a great way to lose weight, lower cholesterol, control diabetes and reduce cancer risk. Q: How strong is the evidence? A: Overwhelming.... | |
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| | | Both measures of cholesterol are important | | Posted Wednesday, November 08, 2006 6:54:46 PM by Blog57 Team | | Q Do you think it's as important to have high good cholesterol as it is to have a low bad cholesterol number? Do you ever recommend that your patients take fish oil for their cholesterol? — J.L., via e-mail. A Thanks for your nice note. The experts believe that both a high HDL and a low LDL are important for heart health. From a nutrition point of view, there is more that can be done to lower LDL or bad cholesterol than to raise HDL or good cholesterol. So, I spend a lot of time encouraging people to take in less saturated fat, less trans-fatty acids, more dietary fiber and soy, more plant stanol or plant sterol esters, and to lose weight if overweight. Of course, I also recommend taking more steps every day to raise your good cholesterol. The American Heart Association recommends people with heart disease eat two fish meals (or 8 ounces of fish) per week.... | |
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| | | Domestic news | | Posted Sunday, November 05, 2006 2:52:36 PM by Blog57 Team | | Australians are needlessly dying from heart disease because they do not understand the problem of cholesterol, a research group has found. A study by the Baker Heart Research Institute has found 80 per cent of Australians with dangerously high levels of cholesterol think they have the problem under control. The institute has also found one-third of people being treated for high cholesterol are ignorant of their cholesterol levels or of lifestyle changes that could save their lives. Garry Jennings, director of the Melbourne-based institute, said the two-month study of 500 Australians was alarming. "Several thousand of the 50,000 people who are dying from coronary disease in Australia are missing out on the full benefits of treatments," Dr Jennings said.... | |
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| | | Ornish: HDL Cholesterol Is 'Garbage Trucks' For Fat, Cholesterol ... | | Posted Saturday, November 04, 2006 1:01:30 PM by Blog57 Team | | (This is a continuation of my interview with Dr. Dean Ornish that began on Monday with Part 1 in a four-part series. Part 2 today features what Dr. Ornish thinks of the so-called "good" cholesterol HDL, his reaction to the infamous 8-year study released earlier this year showing the low-fat diet has no benefit on health, a closer look into why the low-fat diet monopolizes government and health recommendations in America, and how much fat he thinks a person should be eating.)JIMMY MOORE: Since you mentioned cholesterol, share your thoughts about LDL "bad" cholesterol and the HDL "good" cholesterol. How important are these in your opinion regarding good cardiovascular health?DEAN ORNISH: People get into simplistic ways of thinking about what the different sub-fractions of cholesterol mean that LDL is bad and HDL is good.... | |
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| | | Middle class less aware of obesity risk: experts | | Posted Monday, October 30, 2006 6:57:10 AM by Blog57 Team | | By Lola Nayar, New Delhi, Oct 29: Devouring fast foods whether pizzas, burgers or 'parathas' in preference to a balance diet and lifestyle, the Indian middle class is increasingly courting diabetes and heart problems at a young age, warn experts. A study of children in five government and an equal number of public schools here over the last few years has revealed that the incidence of obesity and overweight is on the rise affecting even the urban poor, states Anoop Misra, director and head of Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases department at the Fortis Hospital."The incidence of overweight and obesity is not restricted to the urban rich but has been found more among urban middle class and poor. Even in semi-urban areas along the highway, the changing lifestyle is seeing increase in obesity," said Misra, who was earlier with the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).For many years, Misra has been studying the growing incidence of obesity among school children under a project funded by the ministry of science and technology.Misra is also a member of the newly constituted task force of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on childhood obesity.... | |
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| | | 10 superfoods are flying high | | Posted Friday, October 27, 2006 6:53:13 AM by Blog57 Team | | Can you eat your way to good health? Well, there are no guarantees. But here is what we can guarantee: Make these 10 foods part of your diet, and you'll be giving your body lots of what it needs in terms of nutrients. We chose them because they're the foods mentioned over and over again, in medical studies and on lists of "superfoods." For expert advice on why they're good picks, we turned to two Kansas dietitians -- Linda Nye of the Wichita Clinic and Diane Heilman Felt, director of nutrition and head of pastoral care at Susan B. Allen Memorial Hospital in El Dorado. In no particular order, here are 10 foods you should be eating. Apples: Apples are full of soluble fiber, which provides a feeling of fullness. They also are rich in flavonoids, which promote heart health and help prevent cancer and inflammation.... | |
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| | | Do I Look Fat? | | Posted Tuesday, October 24, 2006 6:51:46 AM by Blog57 Team | | Celebrity diet Actress Alicia Silverstone, 30, tells Shape magazine in next month's cover story how adopting a vegan diet has changed her life. On figuring out what to eat: "At first it was all carbs -- pasta, bread and fruit smoothies. I'd get these bursts of energy, but then I'd crash midday." As soon as she added whole grains, vegetable proteins and lots of vegetables to her diet, she says, she felt good all day. On how the diet changed her body: "My hair, my skin, my body -- everything improved," she says. "Plus I have more energy." Her Thanksgiving menu: A vegan feast of salads, green beans with almonds, stuffing, fall vegetables like brussels sprouts, tofu casserole and pumpkin pie. Her workouts: Silverstone likes to incorporate activity into her daily routine, she says.... | |
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