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• Sunday Seven: Seven check-ups every woman needs

  Published: July 29, 2007, 4:00 am

  Tags: Blood, Bmi, Cancer, Cardiovascular, Cervical, Check, Cholesterol, Dental, Diabetes, Diseases, Exam, Eye, Height, Hiv, Hypertension, Overweight, Pap, Pressure, Screening, Seven, Skin, Smear, Sunday, Tests, Underweight, Ups, Weight, Woman

  or Asian descent. 7. Cholesterol testing is recommended for women beginning at age 20 (some say age 40 but an earlier baseline reading is best). If normal, you won't have to be tested for five years. High cholesterol increases your risk for other diseases. There are other screenings you might choose for yourself, like an HIV test, an eye

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• You Are What You Eat

  Published: December 8, 2006, 5:59 pm

  Tags: Vegetarian Lifestyle, Cholesterol, Eating Fewer Animal Products, Fat, Food, Health, Less Fat, Life, Type Ii Diabetes, Vegetarian, Vegetarian Based Diet, Vegetarian Diet, Vegetarians

  cloudy with the fat and cholesterol that s absorbed from eating a high-fat hamburger. And when you think about it, we also become what we don t eat. When we switch from eating meat to a vegetarian-based diet, we become less fat, less prone to many types of cancers. Our cholesterol can improve. When we re leaner and

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• Keeping Ideal Cholesterol Levels

  Published: February 3, 2007, 6:03 pm

  Tags: Cholesterol, High Cholesterol, Lower Cholesterol, Cholesterol Levels

  doesn't even know how their cholesterol stands because you can't see high cholesterol. However, the statistics stand for themselves when it comes to your cholesterol, you need to understand it in order to be able to keep lower cholesterol levels. Once you get past the code, it is very easy to understand. You can use one of five different ways to

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• What's the FIRST Thing You Read on a Nutritional Facts Label?

  Published: August 16, 2007, 10:30 am

  Tags: Calories, Cholesterol, Fat, Fiber, Ingredients, Nutritional Info, Poll, Protein

  the amount of saturated fat, cholesterol or sodium in a food. So I want to know, when you look at the nutritional info on a food... What's the FIRST Thing You Read on a Nutritional Facts Label? Calories Total Fat Saturated Fat Trans Fat Cholesterol Sodium Carbs Fiber

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• Teaching little kids good eating habits really does pay off

  Published: August 16, 2007, 8:02 am

  Tags: Animal Fat, Animalfat, Bad Fat, Badfat, Brain Development, Braindevelopment, Children, Cholesterol, Diet, Eating, Families, Fats, Finland, Fish, Good Fat, Goodfat, Health, Healthy Fats, Healthyfats, Heart, Height, Kids, Nuts, Saturated Fat, Saturatedfat, Seeds, Unsaturated Fat, Uns

  the healthy fats had lower cholesterol levels compared to those who ate the unrestricted diet.To those who worry that a low intake of unsaturated fats will have a negative impact on growth and brain development, the researchers say those fears are unfounded. They found no difference in height or weight in the two different groups and an

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• Tofutti Cuties: Cholesterol and Lactose Free

  Published: August 21, 2007, 10:30 am

  Tags: Cholesterol Free, Dairy Free, Lactose Free, Lactose Intolerant, Soy, Tofutti Cuties

  if you are vegan, have high cholesterol, or are lactose intolerant). They come in a ton of flavors including the classic Vanilla, Chocolate, Cookies 'N Cream, Totally Vanilla (the cookies are vanilla instead of chocolate), Strawberry Wave, Chocolate Wave, Chocolate, Peanut Butter, Mint Chocolate Chip, Coffee Break, Wild Berry, Blueberry Wave,

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• Test Your Cholesterol IQ

  Published: August 22, 2007, 2:00 pm

  Tags: Cholesterol, Exam

  OK, so we all know that having high cholesterol can lead to heart problems, but how much do you know about it? Let's find out... read more

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• High Cholesterol - what does it mean?

  Published: May 20, 2007, 4:33 pm

  Tags: Cholesterol, High Cholesterol

  cholesterol testing at health fairs and drug stores, and with a breakdown of fat and cholesterol counts on all the packaged food we eat, you are probably well aware of the relationship between high cholesterol and heart disease. Yet, heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States; and you may not always eat the healthy,

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• Cholesterol - what is it?

  Published: May 6, 2007, 5:35 pm

  Tags: Cholesterol

  Cholesterol is a soft, waxy, fat-like substance the body needs for cells to grow and regenerate. Cholesterol comes from two sources: your body and the foods you eat. The body manufactures its own cholesterol in the liver, and it only takes a small amount of cholesterol in the blood to meet its needs. However, because cholesterol can be found in

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• Rice Dream Ice Cream: Dairy and Cholesterol Free

  Published: September 4, 2007, 5:30 am

  Tags: Cholesterol Free, Dairy Free, Lactose Intolerant, Rice Dream Ice Cream

  There are many delicious dairy-free ice cream alternatives out there. A few of my faves are Tofutti Cuties, Purely Decadent and So Delicious. The only thing is that all of these contain soy. We know that eating products made with soy are good for us, but we are encouraged to eat them in moderation. That's where Rice Dream Ice Cream comes

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• Benefits of Cardio Interval Training

  Published: September 4, 2007, 5:28 pm

  Tags: Health, Blood Fats, Cardio Interval Training, Cigarette Smoking, Epidemiological Research, Exercise, Heart Disease, Heart Muscles, High Blood Pressure, High Cholesterol Levels, Limb Muscles, Public Health, Quitting Cigarettes, Risk Factors

  high blood pressure, high cholesterol levels, limb muscles, public health, quitting cigarettes, risk factorsDid you enjoy reading this post? Buy me a nice cup of coffee to fuel my late night writing sessions and keep the content

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• Saturated Fat: A Little May be Too Much

  Published: September 10, 2007, 2:45 pm

  Tags: Cholesterol, Dairy Free, Heart, Ice Cream, Meat Alternative, Saturated Fat

  their HDL (good) levels of cholesterol. They discovered that the levels of good cholesterol decreased after the first fat-filled meal, and increased after the second healthier version. The effects may be temporary, but they are still a cause for concern since this happens every time a person eats a meal high in saturated fat. Fit's Tips:

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• Good vs. bad fats - how to tell them apart

  Published: September 11, 2007, 1:10 pm

  Tags: Health, Weight Loss, Health Warnings, Eating Well, Trans Fats, Cholesterol

  of the arteries). Good cholesterol (HDL) actually takes cholesterol away from your arteries and takes it to the liver for digestion and removal. Bad fats (saturated and trans) raise the levels of bad cholesterol. Moreover, bad fat-containing foods also tend to be high in cholesterol (so you get a double whammy: you eat cholesterol and the

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• Eating a low-fat diet

  Published: September 13, 2007, 10:00 am

  Tags: Healthcare, Health, Weight Loss, Health Risks, Eating Well, Trans Fats, Cholesterol, Diet Excercise, Diet Exercise

  from saturated fat, and cholesterol less than 300 mg/day. Got that? I didn't think so. And even if you could remember these guidelines you'd still have to count your calories every day and, in addition, track fats as a percentage of those calories. That's a tall order. Here's a better way. Eat as little fat as possible. Why? First of

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• More statin may save lives after heart attack but so may red wine

  Published: September 23, 2007, 9:04 am

  Tags: Cholesterol, Heart, Alcohol, Drugs

  A higher dose of lipid-lowering statin may save one in ninety-five lives after a heart attack, but the added benefit is in the same range as a daily glass of red wine. Two studies about the benefit of a high (80 mg) compared to a standard or moderate (20-40 mg) daily dose of statin after a myocardial infarction have been pooled to assess the

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