‘Cholesterol’

Genetic influence on cancer

Monday, May 3rd, 2010

Genetic influence on cancerGenetic analysis predicts susceptibility to heart attacks and cancer The investigation was conducted by a university professor of 40 years that sequenced his own genome and discovered how the future was a high risk of dying from a heart attack and prostate cancer.
The analysis of a person’s genes can help predict the propensity to die from cancer or suffer a heart attack, released the magazine “The Lancet” in its latest issue.

During the study of their genes by experts from Stanford University found that the man has variants in three genes associated with sudden cardiac death, the TMEM43, DSP and MYBPC3.

The volunteer has a family history of sudden death, as a distant cousin died at age 19 of a heart attack while sleeping.

Genetic testing done from a computer algorithm showed that treatment with statins, a medicine used to lower cholesterol, boost your health. (more…)

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Five Keys to Control Cholesterol (Part 2)

Sunday, May 2nd, 2010

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3. Most plant foods

- Increase consumption of vegetables, rich in protein such as beans, peas, chickpeas, lentils or beans.
- Increase consumption of vegetables (spinach, celery, onion, garlic, chard, spinach, lettuce, peppers, leeks, radishes, beets, cabbage, cauliflower, carrots, etc..) And cereals (rice, oats, corn, wheat, barley, etc.).
- Increase consumption of fresh fruit. It can also be dried or preserved.
- More olive oil. Olive oil has a differential effect compared to other vegetable oils rich in polyunsaturated or monounsaturated fatty acids. They all lead to a decrease in LDL cholesterol (bad cholesterol), while only olive oil prevents cholesterol-lowering HDL (good cholesterol).

However, it is only virgin olive oil which inhibits the oxidation of LDL due to its high content of antioxidant compounds, particularly tocopherols and phenolic compounds.

4. Knowing how to prepare food

- Avoid foods prepared and cooked at home prefer.
- When cooking is preferable to make boiled, broiled, grilled or boiled rather than fried, and avoid the battered or breaded.

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Five Keys to Control Cholesterol (Part 1)

Friday, April 30th, 2010

cholesterol controlThis element necessary for our body can be harmful if they increase their levels. Here are six keys to control and reduce cholesterol in the blood.

1. Less animal fat (except fish)

- It is important to limit consumption of animal fats like butter, bacon, butter, etc. and replaced by vegetable fats such as olive oil or sunflower seeds as.

- It is also important to reduce the consumption of meat and sausages. Avoid bacon and sausages. The pieces of pork and beef to be lean, ie, free of visible fat. The lean ham is also low in fat. Chicken, turkey, rabbit, hare, partridge, quail, goat … are lean meats if we are careful to remove the skin.

- Reduce consumption of foods high in cholesterol as organ meats (brain, liver, kidneys, sweetbreads, tripe) and seafood. The eggs should be reduced to three or four a week without actually remove them from our diet because they are a very complete food. Egg whites or meringue can be made without problem.

- Milk is one of the most complete foods and, therefore, also provides a certain amount of fat. Taking a lot is convenient to choose skimmed or semi. Choose also the semi-or nonfat yogurt.

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