Study: Cholesterol-Lowering Foods Most Effective When Combined
Cholesterol-lowering foods such as soy protein, almonds, plant sterol enriched margarines, oats and barley may reduce cholesterol levels more effectively when eaten in combination.
Study Finds Statins Would Cut Heart Attacks and Strokes by One Third in People...
Doctors should routinely consider giving cholesterol-lowering statins to anyone with diabetes who has a substantial risk of a heart attack or a stroke, according to recent findings.
Triglycerides Count in Managing Heart Disease Risk
Cholesterol, both good and bad, gets plenty of attention when the subject is reducing the risk of heart disease. Yet triglycerides, a form of fat that circulates in the blood, merit similar attention.
Daily Diet of Grapefruit Minimizes Risk Factor for Heart Disease
Heart disease patients who eat one grapefruit daily can significantly reduce the levels of cholesterol in their blood in comparison to patients who do not eat the fruit.
Belly Fat May Affect Liver Function
A study suggests the release of lipids from abdominal fat, which drains directly to the liver, increases overnight, providing additional insight as to how abdominal fat is associated with type 2 diabetes risk.
More Is Better, At Least In Angioplasty
Before patients get their clogged heart arteries re-opened, they may want to ask their doctor just how many such procedures he or she has done, a new study finds.
Study: Statin Potency Linked to Muscle Side Effects
A study reports that muscle problems reported by patients taking statins were related to the strength or potency of the given cholesterol-lowering drugs.
New Cholesterol Disorder Discovered – As Predicted From Gene’s Role
A team lead by UCSF medical researchers has discovered a new disorder that can cause severely elevated blood cholesterol levels and may affect several hundred thousand people in the U.S. and Europe to varying degrees. The malady is caused by a single gene defect.
Personalized Nutrition Beats “One Size Fits All” Approach in Dieting
A new study has found that a personalized, or individualized, approach to dieting is more effective than the one-size-fits-all approach many people are encouraged...
Fewer Heart Attacks if Statins are Prescribed Differently, Says Study
A research team has developed a new approach to prescribing statins which would lower the risk of heart attack for many people. Millions of people...
False Sense of Security Among Statin Users Leading to Heart Disease and Illnesses
People who take statin drugs to lower their cholesterol appear to have developed a false sense of security that could lead to heart disease and other obesity-related illnesses.
Pesticide Exposure in Womb Linked to Slow Metabolism, Obesity and Diabetes
The study is the first to show that developmental exposure increases the risk of females later developing metabolic syndrome -- a cluster of conditions that include increased body fat, blood glucose, and cholesterol.
Low-Carb Diets Linked to Atherosclerosis and Impaired Blood Vessel Growth
Even as low-carbohydrate/high-protein diets have proven successful at helping individuals rapidly lose weight, little is known about the diets' long-term effects on vascular health.
Do Eggs Have a Lipid That Lowers Cholesterol Absorption?
Nutrition researchers at Kansas State University have published the first evidence that the absorption of cholesterol is reduced by another compound in the egg, a lecithin.
Obesity Has Doubled Since 1980, Major Global Analysis of Risk Factors Reveals
The worldwide prevalence of obesity has nearly doubled since 1980, according to a major study on how three important heart disease risk factors have changed across the world over the last three decades.
Birch Bark Ingredient Comes with Many Metabolic Benefits
An ingredient found in abundance in birch bark appears to have an array of metabolic benefits, according to new studies that are reported in the January issue of Cell Metabolism.
