Cholesterol Talk!

Women who eat right, exercise and never smoke tobacco more than halve the risk of dying from cancer or heart disease, a long-term study released Wednesday said.
The study is based on data provided by 80,000 women in the United States who were between 34 and 59 years old when the investigation began in 1980.
Over the [...]

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Are you an emotional eater, restrained eater or a chaotic eater? How do you define them?

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Shockingly and surprisingly, thousands of people are at risk in developing a genetic heart disease which is caused by a certain cholesterol condition in Britain. To cut down these numbers, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) issued guidelines to encourage doctors to identify the estimated 95,000 people in Britain unaware they have [...]

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Overweight and obesity have reached epidemic proportions in the United States.
More than 61 percent of Americans aged 20 years and older are overweight and one-fourth of American adults are obese an estimated 97 million, which puts them at risk for poor health . Yet obesity continues to increase alarmingly in men, women and [...]

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An estimated 106.7 million adults in the United States have total blood cholesterol values of 200 mg/dL and higher, and of these about 37.2 million American adults have levels of 240 or above. In adults, total cholesterol levels of 240 mg/dL or higher are considered high risk. Levels from 200 to 239 mg/dL are considered borderline-high risk.

Among non-Hispanic whites age 20 and [...]

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