I went to my doctor yesterday. Recently, I have been experiencing chest pain. They did an EKG which came back normal. They checked my cholesterol and it was high (241). [...]
Did you know red meat is exactly what your heart needs. WHY would anyone recommend not eating it? Did you know your heart NEEDS nutrient dense food and guess what? [...]
Posted in Omega 3 Benefits
Tags: b vitamins, benefit, carnine, carnitine, cholesterol, co enzyme 10, creatine, dietary intervention, fatt, intervention trials, mortality, nutrient dense food, nutritious food, omega 3, randomized clinical trials, red meat, saturated fatty acids, starters, stone age, zinc
I just found out that I have high/low cholesterol 245/35. I want to lower the bad and up the good. So far I'm taking Fish Oil (Omega-3 Fatty Acid), Niacin, [...]
are there ways to actually remove some of the plaque thats builtup in your arteries that doesn't involve surgery? If you exercise and lower your cholesterol levels, in addition to [...]
People can have a high cholesterol level even if they have a healthy diet. true or false plaque, etc. develops in the center of the coronary arteries, not in the [...]
I've heard that several types of nuts — including almonds, walnuts, pistachios and I think one or two others — contain compounds that help reduce LDL ("bad cholesterol") and/or help [...]
Posted in Health Benefits Of Almonds
Tags: almonds, bad cholesterol, calories, cholesterol, cholesterol numbers, good cholesterol, hdls, health benefits, healthful compounds, lanky body, lean side, love, metabolism, nuts, pistachios, polyunsaturated fats, propensity, trying to gain weight, walnuts
I just got out of the hospital after having a T.I.A. (Under tx. for hight B.P cholesterol for several years.. heart cath 3 yrs.ago shows mild/moderate plaque in coronary arteries, [...]
Posted in Coronary Artery Plaque
Tags: blood pressure meds, bp, chills, cholesterol, confusion, coronary arteries, ct scan, diagnosis, gibberish, heart cath, hesitation, loss of balance, mri, plaque, studder
I went to pick up a prescription and my pharmacist said that cholesterol does it "thing" when you are asleep. That sounds like a wives tail to me. Is there [...]
I have noticed a local hospital advertising a fairly inexpensive test to find heart disease early, before a person has a heart attack. To quote the advertisement: “The HEART TEST [...]
Posted in Artery Calcification
Tags: advanced imaging, calcification, calcium deposits, cardiovascular screening, cholesterol, cholesterol tests, citizen category, coronary arteries, electron beam tomography, heart attack, heart disease, heart test, imaging technology, inexpensive test, local hospital, participants, pet scans, screening tests, senior citizen, stress tests
Yea, I am doing a paper on Flaxseeds and they have a high number of the essential fatty acid Omega-3. I am trying to find how the omega-3 actually helps [...]
Excerpt from article on risk of heart attacks increasing with bigger bellies. "They looked specifically at atherosclerosis, a systemic thickening and calcification of artery blood vessel walls due to a [...]
Posted in Artery Calcification
Tags: bellies, blood vessel walls, calcification, calcium intake, cholesterol, excerpt from article, fats, heart attacks, milk calcium, plaque, risk, triglyceride
My chiropractor showed me xrays and said that I had calcification around my arteries or by them. I tried to get him to explain but I still didn't get it. [...]