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No cinema with out having popcorn in your hand. Cola might be replaced by juice or other drinks, but popcorn is a must. So, what is wrong with popcorn if you want to have low cholesterol diet? Find the secret of daily healthy food to reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke.

Popcorn is made from corn. It is not the material that comes into discussion of healthy life style. Popcorn is made by adding margarine to make it tasty. How much the margarine? For delicious pop corn, it needs lots of margarine. Margarine is made from vegetable fat but processed in hydrogenated way. This process turns out popcorn into unhealthy food. The hydrogenated fat will stick in the blood vessel and develops blood cloth. Once the blood cloth big enough, it will totally block the blood vessel, causing heart attack or stroke. From this point of view, pop corn will not be the way to answer: “how to lower cholesterol”. The hydrogenated fat in the margarine is the bad cholesterol you should avoid as early as possible.

If it is not pop corn, what would be your healthy snack in cinema? You could choose dried fruit if you need sweet food. You could choose beans and nut for snacks. This is the strategy to have healthy food anytime in your day. Do not create excuse for snacks!  Find creative ideas for healthy snacks and food supplements for lowering cholesterol in lowercholesterol.org

At times we talked about how harmful it can be cholesterol, and even more so if not treated, may collapse because our arteries, and cause serious cardiovascular problems.

Here I give you eight highly beneficial herbs to reduce cholesterol levels by teas and infusions, so that you present.

* Birch: Birch leaves possesses diuretic and tonic effect, which allows us to eliminate through the urine metabolized pollutants that are carried by our blood.

* Artichoke: This rich plant contains specific chemicals that cholesterol down, they are cinarina and flavonoids, the first substance has a liver function and blood cholesterol by inhibiting the action of bradykinin, a very damaging agent in the presence of arteriosclerosis. Read the rest of this entry »

Cholesterol is one of the most common ailments in recent times in terms of cardiovascular disease. The high triglyceride levels may impact very badly on your health, damaging your arteries and causing complications. For this reason, use medicinal plants to combat high cholesterol might be an interesting idea.

Some of the herbs are effective against cholesterol, for example, linden (or lime) and the cauda equina, two plants are easily available at any herb shop and you can consume in simple teas. They have sedative effects, vasodilators and especially the tail of mind can contribute to the regeneration pressure to contain silicon. Read the rest of this entry »

Reduce consumption of carbohydrates will help you lose weight, but not be so advisable to lower cholesterol, says a new study.

People who followed a diet low in carbohydrates, but relatively high in fat, lost weight in six weeks as much as those who made a diet rich in carbohydrates.

But levels of low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol or “bad” increased significantly in the group with a low-carbohydrate diet, whereas in the other group down.

High levels of LDL are a risk factor for heart disease because they are associated with clogged arteries. Read the rest of this entry »

To prevent the possible factors that may increase cardiovascular disease in postmenopausal women becomes a very important job because the lack of estrogen is lost cardioprotective factor.

1. Why increases cardiovascular risk?
The causes of increased cardiovascular risk in women after menopause are many and are related to the loss of the cardioprotective role of estrogens:

Cholesterol, first enemy
Cholesterol is a substance necessary for the proper functioning of our body. However, it must remain within normal limits, since when is high is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease.

Total cholesterol comprises mainly the LDL-cholesterol (acronym in English of the low density lipoprotein) and HDL-cholesterol (high density lipoprotein).

LDL-cholesterol is considered the “bad” cholesterol because it is he that is deposited inside the arteries, forming a cluster located (atherosclerotic plaques) which gradually begin to narrow the caliber or lumen.

However, HDL-cholesterol is considered the “good” cholesterol, the “garbage” because it is responsible for “cleaning” the walls of the arteries carrying the fat to the liver.

After menopause there is an increase in triglycerides, total cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol and an undesirable decrease of HDL-cholesterol, thus leading to menopause have worse cholesterol therefore be harmful to the arteries.

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