Heart disease and high cholesterol: FAQ
What causes high blood cholesterol levels? In Western society, overeating, especially of saturated fats, contributes to high blood cholesterol levels (over 200 mg/dL or 5.2 mmol/L) in most adults.
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Don't second-guess your prescription medications
When I say that my wife is noncompliant, I mean that she never follows the financial advice I so freely give her, "which is the main reason," she often tells friends, "that my business is ...
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Gallstones
Gallstones are classified as cholesterol stones, calcium bilirubinatestones (pigment stones) and calcium carbonate stones, which are extremely rare. Pure stones, however, are almost never found. All gallstones contain variable amounts of bile pigments, cholesterol, calcium carbonate, and apatite, and their core usually consists of bile pigments or ...
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Gallstones: detection
Although gallstones can be very painful, most people who have gallstones never suffer any symptoms at all, and are therefore asymptomatic. This is because gallstones normally stay in the gallbladder. However, if symptoms do occur, you may feel pain in your right upper abdomen, radiating to your upper right ...
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Gallstones: how do they form?
Gallstones are formed from crystals that collect in the gallbladder or the bile duct. The gallbladder is a small, pear-shaped organ situated beneath your liver, which stores bile, a digestive fluid produced by the ...
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Gallstones: treatment
Gallstones, which can cause painful cholecystitis (inflammation of the gallbladder), can be treated both surgically and nonsurgically. Nonsurgical treatments for gallstones, include lithotripsy (a procedure that breaks up stones), changing your diet, and taking bile salts, which may cause hepatotoxicity (liver ...
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Nutrition overview
Our bodies need a certain amount of nutrients on a regular basis to be able to function. In order to supply our bodies with these nutrients we need to eat a balanced diet. Eating well helps us to achieve and maintain body compositions that enable us to do strenuous mental and physical work and remain ...
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Seniors and nutrition
As we age we lose lean body mass (i.e., muscles). Consequently, our calorie requirements decline. Yet our vitamin and mineral requirements remain the same, in fact sometimes they increase. That means the foods we eat must be energy dense - so every bite is loaded with vitamins and minerals. Eating toast and tea isn't enough, and can contribute to m ...
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The whole story
Take a good, hard look at your next bagel or slice of toast. Do you know what's in ...
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Trans fatty quiz
Trans fats have been in the news a lot recently. Have you retained the important facts? Test and refresh your knowledge with our Trans fatty quiz. We've thrown in some bonus questions on cholesterol as well (the answers appear ...
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