Foods to avoid with high cholesterol
Too much cholesterol in the arteries can block blood flow, leading to serious issues. Learn about cholesterol, fats, and cholesterol-friendly foods.
May 7, 2017 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: arteries, blood-flow, cholesterol, much-cholesterol, nutrition, nutritional counseling, oncalldietitian.com, the-arteries
Artery-clogging saturated fat myth debunked
Contrary to popular belief among doctors and the public, saturated fat does not clog up the arteries and cause coronary heart disease, say researchers.
April 26, 2017 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: among-doctors, coronary-heart, does-not, heart-disease, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, popular-belief, public, saturated-fat, the-arteries
Plaque Build-Up In Mice Decreased By Consumption Of Genetically Engineered Tomatoes
For the first time, genetically engineered tomato plants produced a peptide that mimics the actions of good cholesterol when eaten, researchers reported at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2012. In the study, mice that ate the freeze-dried, ground tomatoes had less inflammation and reduced atherosclerosis (plaque build-up in the arteries)…
November 7, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: actions, arteries, cholesterol, freeze, ground-tomatoes, nutritional counseling, plaque-build-up, study, the-arteries, the-study
Breakfast Sandwich Gives ‘Fast Food’ A Whole New Meaning: Study Finds That Just 1 High-Fat Meal Can Affect Your Heart Health
Eat a breakfast sandwich and your body will be feeling the ill effects well before lunch – now that’s fast food! High-fat diets are associated with developing atherosclerosis (narrowing of the arteries) over a lifetime…
November 1, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: arteries, body, breakfast-sandwich, diet, fast-food, feeling-the-ill, ill-effects, nutrition / diet, the-arteries, well-before
Short-Term, High-Fat Consumption May Be Beneficial To The Heart
Approximately one million Americans suffer a heart attack each year of which some 400,000 attacks are fatal. A key cause of heart attacks is atherosclerosis, a process in which cholesterol builds up in the arteries and impedes the ability of the blood to flow to our most vital organ…
April 14, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: ability, arteries, blood, diet, each-year, heart-attacks, key-cause, nutritional counseling, on call diets, one-million, our-most, the-ability, the-arteries, the-blood
Vegans’ elevated heart risk requires omega-3s and B12, study suggests
People who follow a vegan lifestyle — strict vegetarians who try to eat no meat or animal products of any kind — may increase their risk of developing blood clots and atherosclerosis or “hardening of the arteries,” which are conditions that can lead to heart attacks and stroke, study suggests.
February 2, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: animal-products, arteries, developing-blood, diet, heart-attacks, may-increase, meat-or-animal, nutrition, risk, strict-vegetarians, the-arteries, their-risk, vegan-lifestyle
Lab Animal Study Indicates That Blueberries May Help Fight Artery Hardening
Blueberries may help fight atherosclerosis, also known as hardening of the arteries, according to results of a preliminary U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)-funded study with laboratory mice
October 1, 2010 · by admin · in Nutritional News · Tags: agriculture, arteries, direct-evidence, fight-atherosclerosis, from-increasing, known-as-hardening, oncalldiets, plaques-or-lesions, provides-the-first, research-provides, the-arteries, the-first, usda