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The Sugar Might Not That Sweet for Your Health, A Note for How to Lower Cholesterol
When you have to watch out the cholesterol level in your body, do not forget that sugar may create other type of fat as harmful as the bad cholesterol. How to avoid these bad fats easily?
The word ‘easily’ avoid bad fats does not really express the real things you have to do. Changing your eating behavior could take some time before you are used to it. You need to stick on the plan of how to lower cholesterol and be discipline to do it. Low sugar diet is good for your health but need high discipline to be successfully done. Sugar as a form of carbohydrate will increase triglyceride in our body. This natural substance causes blood cloth or the blocking in the blood vessel. The blood cloth is the primary cause of heart attack if it happens in the artery, and the cause of stroke if it is stick on the blood vessel in the brain. You should not forget triglyceride when you work on your cholesterol.
The natural way to control triglyceride is by having low sugar diet and low carbohydrate diet. Change your sugar to diet sugar, change the white bread to whole wheat bread which contained less carbohydrate and more fiber. Forget doughnuts, you can have healthier snack made from beans and nuts. It will give you the energy without additional triglyceride in your body. If your total fat and cholesterol is too high, you may need more than just healthy diet. Natural supplements are now available in the market. Read the review in lowercholesterol.org
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What are plant sterols
Reduce levels of LDL (bad) is an obsession of many people in this modern age. In addition to leading a healthy and balanced diet, there are other aspects that you can consider if you want to lower bad cholesterol and improve your cardiovascular health: plant sterols. But what are plant sterols?
Although cholesterol is a type of fat that our body needs a certain type of cholesterol (the bad guy, known as LDL) which is responsible for producing arteriosclerosis, ie hardening and narrowing the arteries. Also, know that the majority of cholesterol the body manufactures itself, but there’s a part that we eat, and therein lies the problem.
It is here where they come plant sterols. Let’s say you are natural substances that prevent cholesterol absorption by the body. Thus, adding these substances to your diet provides us with an element that fights cholesterol naturally. Read the rest of this entry »
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Health Care – Acai Berry
This age in which we live is characterized by a return to nature, since there is no better than Mother Nature to give us everything we need. The latest scientific studies have discovered the healing and care of the body that have plants, fruits and flowers, which provide us with all the substances we need to have a healthy life in full comfort. Acai berry is a fruit from the northern countries of South America, more precisely a part of the natural treasures of the Amazon. Aspect is a fruit similar to blueberries with a purple coloration is developed is a palm tree. Recently, the discovery of its powerful properties, there are several products that allow workmanship reach various parts of the globe. The most widely used products are: caps, juice, ice-creams to the body or powder for various uses. Acai berry has great antioxidant, contains various amino acids, proteins, vitamins, minerals, polyphenols, flavonoids. One of the most popular uses is to significantly reduce weight.
featured Acai berry and its different properties
The Acai vitro studies revealed that has a high antioxidant capacity, especially to collect peroxide generated in the process of cellular oxidation, which forms free radicals.
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Cholesterol
Cholesterol is a fatty substance that most animal world and the largest from the standpoint of such metabolic precursors of steroid hormones.
This is a plant sterol that has two origin:
- An exogenous origin: Food
- Origin of endogenous biosynthesis. Liver is one of the main sites of synthesis.
Cholesterol is present in all cells. High levels can lead to gallstones or a risk factor for atherosclerosis.
This can take two forms:
- Free form that is not combined with other substances. Cholesterol is located on the surface of lipoprotein
- Esterified forms associated with fatty acid to form steroids. Low hydrophilic character that can exist in several forms and then completely removed.
- Cholesterol is an important component of our cells. This is a fundamental component of cell membranes: a significant portion of cholesterol is used for the formation of the plasma membrane fat layer. It also has a role in membrane fluidity.
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Combined fruit juice and chia for cholesterol
One of the more healthy and interesting ways to combat naturally high cholesterol is using natural juices. These are always interesting allies for the problems associated with rates of hypercholesterolemia, particularly if habitually consumed at breakfast. This recipe is a mixture of grains and fruits that can give a great result if consumed regularly.
Ingredients:
* The juice of a grapefruit
* A slice of pineapple
* Two tablespoons of chia
Preparation:
It is very easy to prepare this juice against cholesterol. Just start by roasting (but not reach burning) chia seeds. Meanwhile, squeeze the juice of the grapefruit and cut the slice of pineapple.
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Uric Acid for Parkinson
The chemical urate (uric acid is monosodium urate), which is known to cause gout apparently decrease the progression of Parkinson’s disease, according to a study by U.S. scientists.
Uric acid have significant antioxidant properties, both as a free radical trapping, but as a chelating agent, it is considered that this metabolite of purines constitute about 60% of the total antioxidant capacity of serum. (In fact there are studies that evaluate the possibility if high doses of uric acid given systemically may have antioxidant effects as vitamin C).
According to the report published in Archives of Neurology, urate would be powerful antioxidants that act against cellular damage caused by oxygen, which contribute to Parkinson’s.
Surprised?. …Apparently in these cases a slightly higher level of uric acid would be good. The funny thing is that normally in the diet of people with Parkinson’s are given lots of omegas and fish and not enough red meat, which would help raise the level of uric acid.
With the support of the Foundation, which sponsors the actor Michael J. Fox, researchers recruit 90 patients newly diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease for treatment with a chemical which helps produce a urate called inosine, which is thought that might slow the process of disease progression.
As mentioned earlier, red meat, offal such as liver, seafood, soups and some alcohol can increase the level of these blood urate. However, much of this could also result in gout.
In patients of the study was to be a relationship between higher levels of urate in the blood and slower progression of the disease.
Something worth mentioning is that people with gout who are treated for this disease, would not risk of developing Parkinson’s treatment because there is still no scientific evidence to support this.
Here is something important to mention, the diet of a patient with Parkinson’s, must now take many omegas and urate production source such as stews, although red meat and organ meats are rich in purines, and this facilitates the production of urate may also have other effects as we got on total cholesterol, so you should always do with extent and under the supervision of your treating physician.
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High Cholesterol With Herbs And Supplements
Cholesterol is a waxy, fat-like substance that is found in all cells of the body. Your body needs some cholesterol to work the right way and makes all the cholesterol you need. Cholesterol is also found in some of the foods you eat. You use cholesterol to make hormones, Vitamin D, and substances that help you digest foods.
Blood is watery and cholesterol is fatty. Just like oil and water, the two do not mix. So, in order to travel in the bloodstream, cholesterol is carried in small packages called lipoproteins (lip-o-PRO-teens). The small packages are made of fat (lipid) on the inside and proteins on the outside. Two kinds of hebs lipoproteins carry cholesterol throughout your body.
It’s thought to be formed when there is free radical damage. Lipoprotein A may adhere to damaged blood vessels, eventually forming atherosclerotic plaques.
Oxidized cholesterol is found in large amounts in fried and processed foods. Studies have found that oxidized cholesterol may increase the amount of atherosclerotic deposits on blood vessel walls.
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