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A Cholesterol Free Diet From Dr. Sam Robbins

January 22nd, 2010

Some types of cholesterol are not dangerous. Bad cholesterol (low density lipoprotein) forms blocks on the walls of the arteries. Oxygen and nutrients are transported to the heart and brain by the way of blood vessels. When cholesterol blocks the vessels it can cause a stroke or heart attack. When you have a blood test and it shows your LDL cholesterol levels are over 100, you need to change your lifestyle and your diet.

Do not eat food with saturated fat. This type of fat is solid at room temperature and can elevate blood cholesterol levels. This is a list to avoid: * Lunch meats * Bacon * Sausage * Fatty red meat * Dairy products made from whole milk * Chicken skin

Do not eat food with trans fatty acids because they will raise your blood cholesterol. This food needs avoided: * Margarine * Fried foods * Fast foods * Processed crackers and cookies

There are foods that have plain cholesterol in them: * Egg yolks * Shellfish * Liver

Cholesterol comes from animal products so you might think a vegetarian diet will keep cholesterol levels low. There are many food sources that are vegetarian but they are full of saturated fat and trans fatty acids: * Palm oil * Palm kernel oil * Coconut oil * Cocoa butter Avoid these; however, there are many substitutes for them.

Tran’s fatty acids are abundant in fried foods. Food soaks up the oil or butter it is fried in. There are alternative cooking methods that can reduce blood cholesterol. You need to bake, broil or grill food.

High cholesterol is said to come from a sedentary lifestyle, therefore, exercising will lower blood cholesterol levels. You can burn fat and increase your energy level by exercising regularly. This also improves your metabolism. So you need to always do physical activities along with healthy cholesterol to keep your blood cholesterol levels low.

For additional information or question in regards to a Cholesterol Free Diet please forward any correspondence to Dr. Sam Robbins

What You Should Know About Triglycerides And Cholesterol From HFL Solutions

January 16th, 2010

A form of fat in the bloodstream is triglycerides. A person with high triglycerides often has high total cholesterol, high LDL (bad) cholesterol and a low HDL (good) cholesterol level.

Heart disease if often associated with high triglycerides. There have been many clinical studies that demonstrate people with above-normal triglyceride levels (greater than or equal to 200 mg/dL) have an increased risk of heart disease. Having diabetes and obesity can cause high triglycerides.

Studies have coupled high levels of blood fats called triglycerides to an increase risk of strokes. Researchers have accounted for other risk factors for strokes such as people with more than 200 mg of triglycerides per dl of blood were nearly 30% more likely to have an ischemic stroke or TLA than people with lower levels of triglycerides.

When a blood clot or narrowed artery cuts off the brains blood supply an ischemic stroke occurs. This accounts for 80% of all strokes. The rupture in blood vessels in the brain account for 20% of strokes.

Among people with heart disease, an important risk factor for the main type of stroke (ischemic strokes) is high triglycerides and the low levels of HDL, the good cholesterol which usually co-exist.

It is believed that the triglycerides/HDL ratio is one of the most potent predictors of heart disease. It is generally considered that if this number is below 2 the person is generally at a low risk of heart disease. So, the lower your triglycerides, or the higher your HDL, the smaller this ratio becomes.

An appropriate diet is an easy way to correct high triglycerides. Simple restriction of all sugars and grains. Sugars and grains require insulin secretion which is a potent stimulus to the liver to produce triglycerides, and sugars and grains must be reduced if you are looking to lower your triglycerides.

Even though it is believed, a low fat diet is not the solution to lowering high triglycerides levels. Researchers Van Horn and Lichtenstein intensely studied the low fat approach a few years ago. Their research shows that a low fat diet will produce a result opposite to the desired effect, triglyceride levels actually increase. Insulin resistance may be one of the driving factors behind high triglycerides which are not a surprising phenomenon. Problems observed in high triglyceride levels may be caused by insulin resistance.

For additional info and questions in regards to a Cholesterol Free Diet please send all correspondence to Dr. Sam Robbins

How To Achieve A Good Cholesterol Level From HFL Solutions

January 10th, 2010

Good cholesterol is HDL (high density lipoprotein). As it moves through the bloodstream it removes harmful bad cholesterol from the walls of the arteries. High HDL levels reduce the risk of heart disease and low levels increases the risk.

HDL is short for high-density lipoprotein. The microscopic particle, HDL cholesterol, consists of a rim of lipoprotein surrounding a cholesterol center. HDL cholesterol is referred to as high density because it is denser than other cholesterol. HDL is not bad cholesterol. It is an essential fat that provides stableness to every cell in the body.

Lipoproteins (molecules) help cholesterol travel through the bloodstream. These molecules have their own penchant for cholesterol and act differently with the cholesterol it carries.

HDL helps in a variety of ways to reduce the risk of heart disease. *HDL cholesterol scavenges and removes bad. HDL cholesterol can detoxify LDL, making it a less harmful form. *HDL reduces reuses and recycles LDL cholesterol by transporting it to the liver where it can be reprocessed. *HDL cholesterol acts as a maintenance crew for the inner walls of blood vessels (endothelium). Damage to the endothelium is the first step in the process of atherosclerosis which causes heart attacks and strokes. HDL chemically scrubs the endothelium clean and keeps it healthy.

To find out the HDL cholesterol lever a cholesterol test or lipid panel is done. The numbers mean: *HDL cholesterol greater than 60 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dl) are low which is good. *HDL cholesterol less than 40 mg/dl are low, this is bad.

There is a high risk of heart disease with lower HDL levels, whereas, the higher the HDL levels are the less risk there is.

There are numerous factors that add to heart disease that cholesterol levels may not make a difference because people with heart disease can have high HDL levels and people with low heart disease might have a healthy heart. This means the higher the HDL the less chance of heart disease and the lower the HDL there is more risk of heart disease

For more info or queries about a Good Good Cholesterol Level please send all correspondence to Dr. Sam Robbins

categories: Cholesterol,medication

Things You Need To Know About Cholesterol And Heart Disease

January 7th, 2010

Cholesterol helps your body build new cells, insulate nerves, and produce hormones. Normally, the liver makes all the cholesterol the body needs. But cholesterol also enters your body from food, such as animal-based foods like milk, eggs, and meat. Too much cholesterol in your body is a major risk factor for heart disease.

When there is too much cholesterol in your blood, it builds up in the walls of your arteries, causing a process called atherosclerosis, a form of heart disease. The arteries become narrowed and blood flow to the heart muscle is slowed down or blocked. The blood carries oxygen to the heart, and if enough blood and oxygen cannot reach your heart, you may suffer chest pains. If the blood supply to a portion of the heart is completely cut off by a blockage, the result is a heart attack.

The two forms of cholesterol Americans are familiar with are low density lipoprotein (LDL or “bad” cholesterol) and high density lipoprotein (HDL or “good” cholesterol). Cholesterol travels in the blood in this form. LDLs have little protein and high levels of cholesterol and HDL has a lot of protein and very little cholesterol.

LDL is the main source of artery clogging plaque. HDL actually works to clear cholesterol from the blood.

Triglycerides are another fat in the bloodstream. Research is now showing that a high level of triglycerides is also linked to heart disease.

There are no symptoms of high cholesterol which is why so many people are unaware that their cholesterol levels are too high. This is why it is important to find out what your cholesterol numbers are because lowering cholesterol levels that are too high lessons the chance of heart disease developing. The chance of a heart attack is reduced even if you have it already.

It is recommended that everyone over the age of twenty get their cholesterol levels measured at least every five years. Lipoprotein profile is the blood test that is performed.

For additional information about Cholesterol and Heart Disease please forward all correspondence to Dr. Sam Robbins

categories: Cholesterol,Heart Disease,medication

Explaining HDL Cholesterol Ratio From HFL Solutions

November 21st, 2009

In reference to LDL, the HDL (High Density Lipoproteins) should be higher. When the HDL cholesterol is higher than the LDL you can reduce cholesterol. HDL moves through the bloodstream and removes bad cholesterol from blood vessels so it can be carried back to the liver and removed from the body. The HDL cholesterol ratio can be raised with the use of CholesLo.

You can predict someone’s risk of developing atherosclerosis with the number of total cholesterol to HDL cholesterol ratio. The number is acquired by dividing the total cholesterol value by the value of the HDL cholesterol. You will find that high ratios indicate higher risks of heart attacks where as low ratios indicate lower risk.

When you have high total cholesterol and when low HDL cholesterol increases the ratio it is undesirable. When high HDL cholesterol and low total cholesterol lowers the ratio it is said to be desirable.

About 4.5 is the average ratio. You want it to be better than average. Therefore, the best ratio would be 2 or 3, less than 4.

There is another ratio, the LDL/HDL ratio. This ratio is a cleaner ration than total cholesterol. HDL is a measure of good cholesterol, where as LDL is a measure of bad cholesterol. Total cholesterol is the sum of HDL and LDL. When you add up those values you have the total cholesterol measurement.

The LDL/HDL ratio is more accurate and pure than the total cholesterol HDL ratio. The LDL/HDL is often used because the total cholesterol is easier and less expensive to get then the LDL cholesterol level.

Obtaining an LDL of less than 80-100 is vital no matter what the HDL value is, especially if there are risk factors for coronary artery disease, tobacco use, hypertension and diabetes. It is important that a patient with coronary artery disease, history of bypass surgery or stents to have an LDL of less than 80.

CholesLo is endorsed by doctors and clinically proven to reduce cholesterol in as little as one week! Among the advantages of CholesLo, it reduces both cholesterol and triglycerides, increases HDL cholesterol ratio, and can help repair the liver. CholesLo also reduces homocysteine levels. High homocysteine levels are very closely related to predicting heart disease.

For additional information or quesitons about CholesLo please send any information to Dr. Sam Robbins

Lowering Cholesterol Naturally From HFL Solutions

November 21st, 2009

The problem of high cholesterol among individuals has grown out of proportion now. There are various factors responsible for it such as their eating habits, flexible working hours, inadequate sleep etc. There are two kinds of cholesterol one being HDL which is safe for the body and the other one is LDL which has a rather harmful effect on the body.

Atherosclerosis is a disorder which is caused by the hardening of the arteries because of high LDL cholesterol levels. Natural Lowering Cholesterol is one of its kinds and has far less side effects vis–vis conventional medication. CholestLo is the product that we have come up with.

CholestLo doesn’t have any side effects. To counter the rising levels of cholesterol among individuals, we came up with a product called CholestLo. CholestLo is the first “quarto-mode” reducer using a new technology that maximizes safety and it contains all the features of natural lowering cholesterol. It can be used as a viable and feasible alternative for medical drugs such as Lipitor, Zocor, and Crestor. It is safe and effective.

We can vouch for the quality of CholestLo and in case if it doesn’t reduce your cholesterol levels within 30 days we will return your entire money and along with that $100 cash back. Isn’t it one of its kinds offer?

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There are growing concerns among individuals now with regards to their health and people are becoming very cautious of the products they are using. We want that our customers to get the best Value for their money. We have kept the price of CholestLo so reasonable that it falls within the reach of almost everyone. Natural Lowering Cholesterol such as CholestLo is the way to the future and it will eradicate the menace of high cholesterol among people once and for all.

Fand more information and queries about CholestLo please send any correspondence to Dr. Sam Robbins