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  • admin 23:26 on 18/01/2012 Permalink | Reply
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    High cholesterol is one of the leading precursors to heart disease. And, research has shown that our diet and lifestyle, combined with our genetics determines whether we have healthy or unhealthy cholesterol levels. To keep your cholesterol levels in check and prevent heart disease, there are several measures you can take. The first is diet. Cholesterol in food comes from animal products. Meat, eggs and dairy products are all culprits. Reduce the amount of red meat you consume, replacing it with fish or chicken. Use low fat dairy products and reduce the number of egg yolks you eat, or use egg substitutes. Increase the amount of fresh fruits and vegetables in your diet and eat whole grains rather than refined products like white flour. The second is exercise. Be certain

    to get at least 30 minutes of exercise most days of the week. This will help you shed pounds if you need to, and will also help lower your serum cholesterol. Walking is a very good way to help get your daily dose of exercise. In addition to making lifestyle and diet changes, many people take supplements to help control their weight and cholesterol levels. There are many supplements available, but one of the best is something you likely have in your cupboard right now. Its tea particularly green tea. Asian cultures have consumed green tea in large quantities for centuries. And, throughout history they have had fewer problems with obesity and lower incidences of heart disease and many forms of cancer. Scientists are beginning to find a link between this high green tea consumption and better health. Much research has been performed on the ability of green tea to slow down the aging process and prevent illness. The magic potion in tea seems to be its anti-oxidants. Anti-oxidants, which are also found in fruits and vegetables, wine, cocoa and coffee, fight our bodies free radicals. Free radicals are created as a by product of our digestive process. Free radicals, left unchecked, damage our cells and DNA, leading to aging and disease. But, anti-oxidants combat anti-oxidants before they can hurt our bodies. This is why its so important to have anti-oxidants as part of your every day diet. All tea contains anti-oxidants, but green tea retains more of its anti-oxidants in their original, natural state because it goes through less processing

    than other types of tea. In particular, green teas anti-oxidants have been shown to be effective at reducing cholesterol levels and helping with weight loss. Tea prevents the oxidation of LDL cholesterol into plaque, the hard substance that clogs our arteries, making us more susceptible to heart attacks and strokes. Studies have suggested that even if your LDL cholesterol level is high, drinking tea may prevent it from causing a problem. Tea is also thought to have an anti-inflammatory effect, which helps the heart in its overall function. In addition, green tea seems to have the ability to help patients lose weight. For overweight patients, losing weight usually means an automatic reduction in cholesterol levels. So, tea has a two fold effect for overweight patients with high cholesterol! In terms of weight loss, it appears that the combination of the anti-oxidants in green tea and the caffeine speeds up the metabolism and promotes the oxidat ion of fat. Both of these attributes contribute to weight loss. In recent years, there have been several studies on green teas ability to speed weight loss. One of the most interesting studies was conducted by Osaka University in Japan. This study evaluated 98 men and 97 women, between the ages of 22 and 65. All subjects were healthy, though some were moderately overweight. The participants were divided into 3 groups. The first group received a placebo drink, the second group a green tea drink with a low dose of tea catechins anti-oxidants and the third group a green tea drink with a high

    dose of tea catechins. The study was conducted over a 12 week period, during which time participants consumed their study beverage three times a day at meals. At the end of the twelve week period, participants who received the green tea beverages had lost weight and reduced their body fat and BMI, unlike the group who consumed the placebo drink. The group with the higher dosage of tea catechins reported more success than the low dose group. This study concludes the way countless others have in recent years: with the suggestion, at least, that drinking green tea can help you lose weight. And, losing weight can help you lower your cholesterol. In addition, other studies have shown that green tea may help lower cholesterol levels even in subjects who did not lose weight. So, drinking green tea may provide double the results for those patients seeking to lose weight and lower cholesterol levels. Adding green tea to your diet, along with making dietary changes and getting the recommended amount of exercise each week may be all you need to get your cholesterol and your weight under control. * http://jhs.pharm.or.jp/512/51_161.pdf

    Copyright c 2007-2010 Marcus Stout

    Marcus Stout is President of the Golden Moon Tea Company. For more information about tea, http://www.goldenmoontea.com/greentea green tea http://www.goldenmoontea.com/blacktea and black tea go to http://www.goldenmoontea.com Read More Articles From Marcus Stout: http://thephantomwriters.com/recent/author/marcus-stout.html

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  • admin 16:50 on 04/11/2011 Permalink | Reply
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    High cholesterol is one of the leading precursors to heart disease. And, research has shown that our diet and lifestyle, combined with our genetics determines whether we have healthy or unhealthy cholesterol levels. To keep your cholesterol levels in check and prevent heart disease, there are several measures you can take. The first is diet. Cholesterol in food comes from animal products. Meat, eggs and dairy products are all culprits. Reduce the amount of red meat you consume, replacing it with fish or chicken. Use low fat dairy products and reduce the number of egg yolks you eat, or use egg substitutes. Increase the amount of fresh fruits and vegetables in your diet and eat whole grains rather than refined products like white flour. The second is exercise. Be certain to get at least 30 minutes of exercise most days of the week. This

    will help you shed pounds if you need to, and will also help lower your serum cholesterol. Walking is a very good way to help get your daily dose of exercise. In addition to making lifestyle and diet changes, many people take supplements to help control their weight and cholesterol levels. There are many supplements available, but one of the best is something you likely have in your cupboard right now. Its tea particularly green tea. Asian cultures have consumed green tea in large quantities for centuries. And, throughout history they have had fewer problems with obesity and lower incidences of heart disease and many forms of cancer. Scientists are beginning to find a link between this high green tea consumption and better health. Much research has been performed on the ability of green tea to slow down the aging process and prevent illness. The magic potion in tea seems to be its anti-oxidants. Anti-oxidants, which are also found in fruits and v egetables, wine, cocoa and coffee, fight our bodies free radicals. Free radicals are created as a by product of our digestive process. Free radicals, left unchecked, damage our cells and DNA, leading to aging and disease. But, anti-oxidants combat anti-oxidants before they can hurt our bodies. This is why its so important to have anti-oxidants as part of your every day diet. All tea contains anti-oxidants, but green tea retains more of its anti-oxidants in their original, natural state because it goes through less processing than other types of tea. In particular, green teas anti-oxidants have been shown to be effective at reducing cholesterol levels and helping with weight loss. Tea prevents the oxidation of LDL cholesterol into

    plaque, the hard substance that clogs our arteries, making us more susceptible to heart attacks and strokes. Studies have suggested that even if your LDL cholesterol level is high, drinking tea may prevent it from causing a problem. Tea is also thought to have an anti-inflammatory effect, which helps the heart in its overall function. In addition, green tea seems to have the ability to help patients lose weight. For overweight patients, losing weight usually means an automatic reduction in cholesterol levels. So, tea has a two fold effect for overweight patients with high cholesterol! In terms of weight loss, it appears that the combination of the anti-oxidants in green tea and the caffeine speeds up the metabolism and promotes the oxidation of fat. Both of these attributes contribute to weight loss. In recent years, there have been several studies on green teas ability to speed weight loss. One of the most interesting studies was conducted by Osaka University in Japan. This study evaluated 98 men and 97 women, between the ages of 22 and 65. All subjects were healthy, though some were moderately overweight. The participants were divided into 3 groups. The first group received a placebo drink, the second group a green tea drink with a low dose of tea catechins anti-oxidants and the third group a green tea drink with a high dose of tea catechins. The study was conducted over a 12 week period, during which time participants consumed their study beverage three times a day at meals. At the end of the twelve week period, participants who received the green tea beverages had lost weight and reduced their body fat and BMI, unlike the group who consumed the placebo drink.

    The group with the higher dosage of tea catechins reported more success than the low dose group. This study concludes the way countless others have in recent years: with the suggestion, at least, that drinking green tea can help you lose weight. And, losing weight can help you lower your cholesterol. In addition, other studies have shown that green tea may help lower cholesterol levels even in subjects who did not lose weight. So, drinking green tea may provide double the results for those patients seeking to lose weight and lower cholesterol levels. Adding green tea to your diet, along with making dietary changes and getting the recommended amount of exercise each week may be all you need to get your cholesterol and your weight under control. * http://jhs.pharm.or.jp/512/51_161.pdf

    Copyright c 2007-2010 Marcus Stout

    Marcus Stout is President of the Golden Moon Tea Company. For more information about tea, http://www.goldenmoontea.com/greentea green tea http://www.goldenmoontea.com/blacktea and black tea go to http://www.goldenmoontea.com Read More Articles From Marcus Stout: http://thephantomwriters.com/recent/author/marcus-stout.html

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    • Bookmarklet 00:51 on 06/11/2011 Permalink

      “Has America become a nation of psychotics? You would think so, based on the explosion in the use of antipsychotic medications. In 2008, with over $14 billion in sales, antipsychotics became the single top-selling therapeutic class of prescription drugs in the United States, surpassing drugs used to treat high cholesterol and acid reflux. Once upon a time, antipsychotics were reserved for a relatively small number of patients with hard-core psychiatric diagnoses – primarily schizophrenia and bipolar disorder – to treat such symptoms as delusions, hallucinations, or formal thought disorder. Today, it seems, everyone is taking antipsychotics. Parents are told that their unruly kids are in fact bipolar, and in need of anti-psychotics, while old people with dementia are dosed, in large numbers, with drugs once reserved largely for schizophrenics. Americans with symptoms ranging from chronic depression to anxiety to insomnia are now being prescribed anti-psychotics at rates that seem to indicate a national mass psychosis.”

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  • admin 04:44 on 03/11/2011 Permalink | Reply
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    Most of us know that one of the leading contributors to heart disease is high cholesterol. And, weve all been told to limit our saturated fats to help lower our cholesterol levels. But, what you may not realize is that simply drinking green tea you can help reduce the effects of the cholesterol in your diet, and reduce your risk of heart disease, too. Cholesterol comes in two forms. HDL cholesterol or high density lipoproteins is what we refer to as good cholesterol. HDL cholesterol carries bad cholesterol away from the heart and deposits it to the liver where it passes out of the body. HDL cholesterol protects you from hear disease, so we want this cholesterol level to be high. You can raise your level of HDL cholesterol by using good fats like olive oil and nuts in your diet in place of saturated fats. LDL cholesterol

    low density lipoproteins is bad cholesterol. This cholesterol circulates in the blood. When too much of it is present, it oxidizes, becoming hard. Then it sticks to the walls of your arteries. This is what is known as arterial plaque. This is very dangerous because it constricts these arteries, restricting blood flow. Narrow arteries are more susceptible to blockage, particularly from a blood clot. One particularly interesting study was conducted to evaluate the benefits of drinking green tea to cardiovascular health, particularly related to the reduction of LDL cholesterol. This study evaluated 12 healthy men, who ranged between 28-42 years of age. Each participant drank 600 ml of green tea every day for four weeks. Their blood was taken before the test began, two weeks into the test and again at the end of the four weeks. Several measures of the blood were taken. Overall LDL levels were measured, along with the oxidation activity of this LDL cholesterol. The anti-oxidant activity and the levels of cell adhesion were also measured. The study showed that drinking green tea did not lower overall cholesterol levels in the blood, nor did it show an increased level of anti-oxidant activity. However, it did show a significant decrease in the amount of LDL cholesterol that was becoming oxidized, and a lower level of LDL adhesion to the bodys cells. This represents important information for those trying to prevent heart disease. While drinking green tea doesnt rid your body of the bad cholesterol, it does seem to prevent it from oxidizing and turning into plaque. Without the oxidation process, the cholesterol doesnt harden and stick to the arterial

    walls, causing constriction. We know that the danger of LDL cholesterol is in the fact that it hardens into plaque and narrows the walls of our arteries. If we can prevent this process, we eliminate the danger that LDL cholesterol brings to our health. While were not certain why green tea has this effect, we suspect that its related to green teas high level of anti-oxidants. Anti-oxidants are known to fight free radicals that are created in the body as a by-product of our digestive process. Free radicals also go through an oxidation process as part of doing damage to the body, so we know that anti-oxidants have the power to interrupt the oxidation process of free radicals. Therefore, it stands to reason that the anti-oxidants in green tea are the reason that it is able to interrupt the oxidation process of LDL cholesterol, too. Its certain that we need to do more research on this subject. Its also certain that research of this sort on hum ans will take years to complete in such a way that we have irrefutable conclusions. Most of the research that has been performed to date has been on laboratory animals, with only a few tests on humans. And, conclusive human studies will take years to perform, if we wish to have an understanding of the long term effects. In the meantime, however, drinking green tea has no downside. Green tea is refreshing and healthy. And, while it does contain caffeine, the caffeine content is significantly lower than that of coffee and black tea, so it is usually well tolerated, even by those who are caffeine sensitive. There are many ways to enjoy green tea. Brew if for drinking hot, or chill for a refreshing cold drink. There

    are green tea supplements you can take, and there are even recipes containing green tea so that you can put it in your favorite foods. As time goes on, its highly likely that we will discover more and more benefits of drinking green tea. The research that has already been conducted has shown that green tea may have many potential benefits, including preventing many forms of cancer, Alzheimers disease and Parkinsons disease in addition to heart disease. However, while were waiting for those results, theres no harm in getting a head start on your health!

    Copyright c 2007-2010 Marcus Stout

    Marcus Stout is the President of the Golden Moon Tea Company. Golden Moon Tea carefully selects the finest rare and orthodox teas, which are processed slowly and handcrafted with extreme care. At their website, you can learn more about their current tea offerings, including their exceptional green tea http://www.goldenmoontea.com/greentea, white tea, black tea http://www.goldenmoontea.com/blacktea, oolong tea also known as wu-long and wu long tea and chai. Visit http://www.goldenmoontea.com for all details concerning the Golden Moon Tea Companys fine line of teas. Read More Articles From Marcus Stout: http://thephantomwriters.com/recent/author/marcus-stout.html

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    • iVillage.com 09:42 on 04/11/2011 Permalink

      Garlic High Cholesterol -

    • Paul Krugman 19:26 on 04/11/2011 Permalink

      Exposed: The Reason Saturated Fats Are So Damaging to Health -

    • bowulf 11:34 on 05/11/2011 Permalink

      My cholesterol went up to 236 mg/dl when I increased the saturated fats in my diet.

    • KaranAlmeida 16:24 on 05/11/2011 Permalink

      Tweet & Tell: How do you your cardiovascular health? #health *garlic extract

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