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Seafood group

1. Not permitted: Shellfish have a bad reputation, but not worth deleting them from the diet because its consumption is not very common.
2. Allowed: All.
3. Beneficial, especially blue.
4. Recommended: 3-4 times per week, some recommend substitute for meat.

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High blood pressure and increased blood cholesterol levels was not only dangerous for the heart. Two indications of this can also threaten the health of your eyes.

As reported a study, these two conditions can trigger the risk of someone experiencing eye disorder called occlusion or blockage of the retinal veins. This condition can lead to blindness caused by one or more veins carrying blood from the eye to the heart is blocked or congested fluids.

Research conducted in Ireland that indicates a person who suffered from high blood 3.5-fold risk of experiencing these occlusive clots than those with normal blood pressure. Meanwhile, people who have high cholesterol are at increased risk were recorded up to 2.5-fold.

This finding is the result of a review of 21 previous studies involving a total of 2916 patients with retinal vein occlusion and 28,646 people who do not have it. The results of the analysis also indicates, 63.6 percent of patients with occlusion of the retina are also potential problems with blood. Whereas those who did not have eye problems, the percentage is 36.2 percent. High cholesterol levels reach twice the percentage (35 percent) in people with occlusion than patients who did not experience it (16.7 percent).

Meanwhile, if the disease is associated with diabetes, those with asperger occlusion percentage is slightly larger than those that do not have diabetes of 14.6 versus 11.1 percent.

Dementia or memory decline was related to blood cholesterol levels. Research indicates that experts, low levels of good cholesterol or high density lipoproteins (HDL) in blood can make you prone to dementia and Alzheimer’s.

In the two types, known medically as cholesterol, the HDL that protects your heart from damage and bad cholesterol or low density lipoproteins (LDL) that increase the risk of suffering from heart problems. In practice, HDL also acts suppress LDL by sending it from the cells and blood vessels to the liver or liver.

In a study, experts found that low HDL levels associated with increased risk of memory decline. This influence came when, specifically in the blood levels of HDL cholesterol decreased in the age between 55 to 60 years in which this will increase the likelihood of having dementia up to 61 percent. Read the rest of this entry »

To lower cholesterol, which sometimes rise was not always have to take medicine the doctor prescribed. By simply doing a combination of supplementation and healthy lifestyle, it can be overcome cholesterol effectively, even as good as cholesterol-lowering drugs.

A recent study in the U.S. recently showed, Chinese red rice diet plus fish oil supplementation balanced counseling program, exercise, and relaxation were able to reduce levels of bad cholesterol (low density lipoprotein / LDL). Diet model is also more effective in weight loss.

According to a scientist, participants are people with high cholesterol diet through red rice and fish oil had lower LDL cholesterol 40 percent. This decrease was similar to patients taking the drug simvastatin 40 milligrams per day.
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Sunflowers foster goodwill. Some people I know are “fanatics sunflower“, sunflower collecting things. I think why, its a nice sunny, Smiley blooms will make anyone happy. But you know that sunflowers possesses properties that also good for one’s health?

What is hot: Sunflowers have a wide range of users and the whole plant can use. One of his special property you can take Polyunsaturated oil from a plant sunflower important for lowering cholesterol levels. The University of Maryland Media Center enumerated the list from the American Heart Association (AHA) for a healthy heart diet. Sunflower oil contains Omega-6 Polyunsaturated fatty acids essential to one’s health. So for people who likes fried foods, they can use sunflower cooking oil as a substitute. But keep in mind that anything sobra is not healthy. The seeds and kernels can be eaten raw or toasted. The sprouted seeds can be steamed or boiled for a quick delicious salad. The oil is good for basic and aromatherapy to treat Namumulang flesh and childbirth. Sunflowers are attractive floral decoration. The list seems endless.

What is not-so-hot: Heavy shredding plant, AHA said too much sunflower cooking oil or any cooking oil may be associated with weight gain in the abdomen.

It is a yellowish fat essential to life. However, when increases its amount in the blood becomes a serious anomaly. Although produced in the liver, about twenty percent atreinta come from what we eat. It is therefore important to monitor food nuestroo.

In addition to a diet high in saturated fat, Cholestero can be caused by liver cirrhosis, uncontrolled diabetes mellitus, thyroid disorder, kidney failure or by a hereditary condition.

To understand the concept and mechanism of cholesterol, one must know that there are two major fats in the blood:
*Cholesterol
*Triglycerides

These fats are broken and bind to certain proteins and together they travel through the bloodstream in the form of lipoproteins that are classified as:
* VLDL. Very low density lipoproteins.
* LDL low-density lipoproteins.
* High-density lipoprotein HDL

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