Nutrition
How a Single Meal Can Cripple Your Arteries and Lungs | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] What happens within hours of eating a high-fat meal? We are only as old as our arteries. What can we do to preserve…
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Can Onions Help with Weight Loss, Cholesterol, and PCOS? | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] Let’s talk about treating weight loss, cholesterol, and PCOS with diet. What can an eighth of a teaspoon a day of onion powder…
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How Low Can LDL Cholesterol Go on PCSK9 Inhibitors? | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] People with genetic mutations that leave them with an LDL cholesterol of 30 mg/dL live exceptionally long lives. Can we duplicate that effect…
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How to Beat Heart Disease Before It Starts | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] Why might healthy lifestyle choices wipe out 90% of our risk for having a heart attack, while drugs may only reduce risk by…
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How Healthy Are Baruka Nuts? | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] How do barukas, also known as baru almonds, compare with other nuts? There is a new nut on the market called baru almonds,…
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Ideal vs. Normal Cholesterol Levels | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] Having a “normal” cholesterol level in a society where it’s normal to die from a heart attack isn’t necessarily a good thing. “Consistent…
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A Longer Life on Statins? | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] What are the pros and cons of relative risk, absolute risk, number needed to treat, and average postponement of death when taking cholesterol-lowering…
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The Real Benefits of Statins and Their Side Effects | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] A Mayo Clinic visualization tool can help you decide if cholesterol-lowering statin drugs are right for you. “Physicians have a duty to inform…
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Are We Being Misled About the Benefits and Risks of Statins? | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] What is the dirty little secret of drugs for lifestyle diseases? Drug companies go out of their way—in direct-to-consumer ads, for example—to “present…
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Should You Take Statins? | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] How can you calculate your own personal heart disease risk to help you determine if you should start on a cholesterol-lowering statin drug?…
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Why I Don’t Recommend Moringa Leaf Powder | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] “Clearly, in spite of the widely held ‘belief’ in the health benefits of M. oleifera [moringa], the interest of the international biomedical community…
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Does Black Cumin Seed (Nigella Sativa) Help with Weight Loss? | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] For three cents a day, black cumin may improve our cholesterol and triglyceride levels, blood pressure, and blood sugar control, as well as…
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Treating Hashimoto’s Disease (Hypothyroidism) Naturally with Diet | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] What were the results of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of a daily half teaspoon of powdered black cumin in Hashimoto’s patients? “Autoimmune…
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Statins and Muscle Pain Side Effects | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] Why is the incidence of side effects from statins so low in clinical trials while appearing to be so high in the real…
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What About Saturated Fat and Vegetarians’ Stroke Risk? | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] How can we explain the drop in stroke risk as the Japanese diet became westernized with more meat and dairy? As Japan westernized,…
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The 411 on Statins | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] The cholesterol-lowering statin drug Lipitor has become the best-selling drug of all time, generating more than $140 billion in global sales. This class…
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Eating to Lower Lp(a) | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] What should we eat—and not eat—to lower the cardiovascular disease risk factor lipoprotein(a)? Lipoprotein A, also known as Lp(a), is an independent, genetic,…
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How to Treat High Lp(a), an Atherosclerosis Risk Factor | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] What could help explain severe coronary disease in someone with a healthy lifestyle who is considered to be at low cardiovascular disease risk?…
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Irregular Meals, Night Shifts, and Metabolic Harms | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] What can shift workers do to moderate the adverse effects of circadian rhythm disruption? Shift workers may have higher rates of death from…
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Syncing Your Brain and Body Clocks | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] Exposure to bright light synchronizes the central circadian clock in our brain, whereas proper meal timing helps sync the timing of different clock…