Mediterranean diet with virgin olive oil may boost ‘good’ cholesterol
A Mediterranean diet, particularly when enriched with virgin olive oil, appears to improve the function of high-density lipoprotein, the so-called good cholesterol, in patients at high risk for heart disease. A Mediterranean diet rich in virgin olive oil may help the body remove excess cholesterol from arteries, serve as an antioxidant and keep blood vessels open — all of which are known to reduce cardiovascular risk.
February 13, 2017 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: blood-vessels, function, help-the-body, high-risk, mediterranean, olive-oil, patients-at-high, the-so-called, virgin-olive
Evidence points to fish oil to fight asthma
University of Rochester Medical Center scientists have discovered new essential information about omega 3 fatty acids contained in fish oil and how they could be used for asthma patients.
February 13, 2017 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, essential-information, fatty-acids, fish-oil, nutrition, nutritional counseling, respiratory / asthma, rochester-medical
Glucose or fructose: A new study about the impact of sugar on metabolism and cardiovascular health
The kind of consumed sugar – not only the taken quantity – can determine the risk of suffering from metabolic and vascular diseases, according to a study carried out on laboratory animals and led…
February 13, 2017 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: consumed-sugar, determine-the-risk, diet, laboratory-animals, nutrition, nutrition / diet, only-the-taken, risk, study-carried, the-risk, the-taken, vascular-diseases
