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The results of a new 10 year study involving 900 adults age 49 and over showed that increasing omega-3 fatty acids and decreasing saturated fats subsequently lowered total cholesterol in this population.

Tags: Cholesterol, Diet, HDL, LDL, omega-3 triglycerides
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Amazing Drug to Reduce Heart Disease Risk!

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008

Imagine the billions in profits that would be earned if a company developed a drug that could to the following things for diabetic patients:

significantly lower blood glucose
significantly lower total cholesterol
significantly lower LDL (“bad”) cholesterol
significantly lower CRP, an important risk factor for heart disease
significantly lower triglycerides
significantly lower VLDL (another type of “bad” cholesterol)
Significantly raise HDL (“good” cholesterol)

If a pharmaceutical could solidly claim even two or three of these benefits, it would be the top-selling drug in the world.

Well, of course, there is something that has been found to do all of these things, but it isn’t a drug. (more…)

Tags: AMLA, Botanicals, Cardiovascular disease, CRP, glucose, HDL, Herbs, Indian gooseberry, LDL, triglycerides
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Green Tea Extract and Cardiovascular Disease

Thursday, November 6th, 2008

Imagine the size of the headlines if a pharmaceutical were found to reduce inflammation, lower blood pressure, lower LDL (“bad”) cholesterol, and enhance the body’s antioxidant capacity. Now imagine that this new drug can work in as little as three week. It would be the most prescribed drug on the market.

Well, you don’t have to go to your doctor to get this magic medication. A recent study has found that green tea extract has all these benefits. And with cardiovascular disease as the number one killer in the country, news like this could dramatically reduce the number of people dying of this disease. (more…)

Tags: Antioxidants, blood pressure, green tea extract, Inflammation, LDL
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Naturopathic Views on Statins

Sunday, October 16th, 2005

Listen to Statins Podcast

In this podcast, Portland naturopathic doctors, Dr. Greg Eckel and Dr. Greg Nigh discuss statins, drugs that are prescribed to lower cholesterol. They discuss what the risks are in using statins to balance out the cholesterol, rather than addressing the underlying cause of the imbalance. Drugs are the most common way that conventional medicine will use to address high cholesterol. They will explain to you the naturopathic way of addressing it through fixing the underlying cause of the elevated cholesterol, which will ultimately give you the ability to bring your cholesterol level back down, in a way that is healthy, safe and often permanent.

Tags: Cardiovascular disease, Cholesterol, Dr. Greg Eckel, Dr. Greg Nigh, HDL, LDL, lipitor, Statins
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Posts Tagged ‘LDL’

Pistachios Increase Serum Antioxidants and Lower Serum Oxidized-LDL in Hypercholesterolemic Adults

Eating Nuts May Help Cholesterol Levels

Higher Amounts of Added Sugars Increase Heart Disease Risk Factors, Study Finds

Pistachios Increase Serum Antioxidants and Lower Serum Oxidized-LDL in Hypercholesterolemic Adults [abstract]

Low-carb diet can increase bad cholesterol levels

Diet changes improve older adults’ cholesterol too

Diet changes improve older adults’ cholesterol too

Amazing Drug to Reduce Heart Disease Risk!

Green Tea Extract and Cardiovascular Disease

Naturopathic Views on Statins

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