Category Archives: Cardiovascular Health

Why Cholesterol is Good for You

Posted on August 27, 2012 by Nutribody

Summary: dietary cholesterol has nothing to do with serum cholesterol. Cholesterol is not the cause of arterial sclerosis, it is the response to it. Cholesterol is designed to heal your arteries. High density and low density lipoproteins are conflated with the … Continue reading →

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Vitamins that can Lower Cholesterol

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Nutribody

Vitamins are a wonderful way to stay healthy on numerous levels, but are there vitamins that can lower cholesterol, specifically? Almost all vitamins will help to keep your LDL or ‘bad’ cholesterol low and your HDL or ‘good cholesterol’ high, … Continue reading →

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Vegetables that can Lower Cholesterol

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Nutribody

Thanks to Mother Nature and her great abundance, there are literally hundreds of vegetables that can lower cholesterol. Many vegetables lower cholesterol by means of plant sterols, naturally occurring unsaturated sterols that so closely resemble cholesterol they are absorbed into … Continue reading →

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What are Plant Sterols and can they Lower Cholesterol?

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Nutribody

There are lots of ways to lower your high cholesterol, among them eating right and getting daily exercise, so what are plant sterols and can they lower cholesterol? Plant sterols are defined by Merriam Webster’s dictionary as “any of a … Continue reading →

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What are Statins?

Posted on December 4, 2011 by Nutribody

If you have been notified by your doctor that you have high cholesterol then you may be wondering, what are statins? It is a word that comes up often in reference to lowering LDL cholesterol and increasing HDL or good … Continue reading →

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