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What you can do to reduce cholesterol levels on your child?

What you can do to reduce cholesterol levels on your child?These tips will help both to prevent the child has high cholesterol, and to reduce it if it is already high.

- Reduce your intake of red meat and eggs
- Low-fat cooking.
- Incorporating more fruits and vegetables to the diet of your child.
- Eliminate sodas, potato chips and burgers fast food restaurants.
- Opt for cooking grilled or steamed instead of fried.
- It also reduces the desserts, best selected fruit. But if you love the cake (the cake) and ice cream, then watch the portion size.
- Changes in diet should be accompanied by an increase in exercise, at least 30 minutes daily, 5 days a week. Read the rest of this entry »

Does your child need cholesterol test?

Does your child need cholesterol test?The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends cholesterol tests were performed only on children with a family history of cardiovascular problems and high cholesterol as well as those who are obese, those with diabetes or hypertension. However, a panel of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute has submitted a new proposal routinely check the cholesterol level of children between 9 and 11 years before puberty. To what end? To detect the elevation of cholesterol and prevent heart disease and complications from an early age. What do you think?

From birth, parents serve the needs of children and even begin to plan their future. Many start very early to find the ideal school, open a savings account for your studies, or buy an insurance policy for the protection of the family. How many care about since childhood lay the foundation of good health, especially of the heart?

Today’s children face a lifestyle increasingly sedentary and more likely to fast food, low food, but are true bomb of calories, fat and sodium. It is no coincidence that we are living a childhood obesity epidemic with serious consequences: more cases of diabetes, hypertension and high cholesterol levels in younger and younger children. If left unchecked the trend will increase in the near future heart disease and strokes and the victims will be those same children. Read the rest of this entry »

Oyster Mushrooms

Oyster mushrooms for anti-cholesterolFungal efficacy for healthy body is evident. In addition to containing a variety of essential amino acids, fats, minerals, and vitamins, there is also an important matter affecting the medical aspect. Since many centuries ago, the fungus has become a special diet so many people become fans.

It’s hereditary Japanese and Chinese society to complete the menu with the mushrooms. Not only delicacy of taste, but also high in nutritional value. The ancient Greeks believed, cause a person to eat mushrooms become stronger and healthier. The result of their more powerful, brave and mighty. Pharaoh, King of Egypt’s famously nasty, heavy penghobi eat mushrooms. So special, it was called the king of mushrooms as a food of the gods.

Nutrient

Not only appetizing, mushrooms have a good nutrient content. Contained the chemical composition depending on the type and place of growth. From the results of the study, the average mushrooms contain 19-35 percent protein. Compared to rice (7.38 percent) and wheat (13.2 percent), he had higher protein yield. Essential amino acid found in mushrooms, about a nine kinds of the 20 known amino acids.

A special 72 percent unsaturated fat, mushrooms also contain various types of vitamins, including B1 (thiamine), B2 (riboflavine), niacin and biotin. In addition to micro elements, mushrooms also contain various types of minerals, such as K, P, Ca, Na, Mg, and Cu. Fiber from 7,4-24,6 percent very good for digestion. Mushrooms have calories so low that works for dieters.

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Reduce Your Cholesterol

Healthy diet width=Cholesterol is in many fats and oils, but it is a fat. It is a part of many important body substances such as hormones, and structures including the brain and nerves. But too much cholesterol in your blood can clog your arteries.

You’ve probably heard about “good” cholesterol and “bad” cholesterol. Bad cholesterol or LDL cholesterol, which is an abbreviation in English of low-density lipoprotein, can clog your arteries and lead to heart disease. Good cholesterol or HDL cholesterol, which is the English abbreviation for high-density lipoprotein carries unneeded cholesterol away from body tissues, so it lowers your risk of heart disease.

If your doctor says your cholesterol level is too high, what can you do about it? It helps to lose weight and eat a healthy diet. Your diet should limit the amount of fatty and cholesterol-rich foods you eat. Read the rest of this entry »

Lowering Cholesterol With Physical Exercise

Physical exercise width=We knew that sport or physical exercise is very healthy but studies have also confirmed that helps lower cholesterol.

Exercise is very healthy for most diseases but Duke University (United Kingdom) have shown, according to the New England Journal of Medicine, which can lower LDL (bad or low intensity)
The advantage is that at the same time also a benefit for most cardiovascular risk factors.

* Improved tolerance to carbohydrates: physical exercise enhances the effectiveness of our insulin causing it to more easily regulate our glucose levels and helping to burn abdominal fat. Read the rest of this entry »

Tips for Diet, Physical Activity and Cholesterol

Nutrition and physical activity have a major impact on your cholesterol. Eating healthy diet and regular exercise can help lower your cholesterol or to maintain a normal level. Similarly, lack of exercise and poor diet choices send upwards cholesterol.

Beware Food

Saturated fat is the main culprit for high cholesterol food. Saturated fats are usually found in marbled meat, poultry skin and full fat dairy products. Experts recommend limiting saturated fat to less than 10 percent of your daily calories. Reduce your consumption of saturated fats has been proven that lower LDL-cholesterol. Read the rest of this entry »