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February 11, 2009

All About Cholesterol: “Cholesterol Build Up Can Increase Clotting”

“All about Cholesterol series Information”: The folllowing article is very important for those who want to knmow much about cholesterol problem. The article today is entitled “Cholesterol Build Up Can Increase Clotting” This article can give you knowledge about the danger of having high cholesterol. The complete article is as follows:
——————————————————————————————-Achieving lower cholesterol can save your life. This fact is rarely disputed by anyone in the medical field. In fact, for at least the last several years, medical professionals have known that by not lowering cholesterol, patients run the risk of serious build up. Most of concern surrounding a build up of cholesterol in the arteries relates to the fact that it can lead to various types of heart disease, not the least of which is hardening of the arteries and a blockage of blood flow through the arteries. (more…)

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The Health of Heart : “Lowering Triglycerides and Lowering Cholesterol Keep Heart Healthy”

“All about Cholesterol series Information”: All about Cholesterol Series on this occasion presents the article on “Lowering Triglycerides and Lowering Cholesterol Keep Heart Healthy”. The following article is very important for those who want to know much about cholesterol problem. This article can give you knowledge about the danger of having high Triglycerides or Cholesterol. The complete article is as follows:
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Doctor’s orders to lower cholesterol may include instructions to lower those triglycerides in the blood as well. Triglycerides are the most common form of fat found in foods, body tissues and blood plasma. Three fatty acids along with glycerol, a complex carbohydrate, are what make up triglycerides. Excess triglycerides are stored in the body as fat cells. They are carried through the blood stream and remain in the body until hormones release them as energy when needed. (more…)

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February 10, 2009

Can High Cholesterol be a Symptom of Something Else?

“All about Cholesterol series Information”: The folllowing article is very important for those who want to know much about cholesterol problem. This article can give you knowledge about the danger of having high cholesterol. This article is written by Andrew Bicknell. This article is taken from heartcaremd.com. The complete article is as follows:
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How is High Cholesterol a Symptom of Something Else?

High cholesterol is something to be avoided, or so we are told through magazine and TV commercials espousing the benefits of the latest cholesterol reducing drug. Unfortunately these advertisements are correct in that having high levels of this fatty lipid in our bodies can be dangerous, and in many cases fatally so. (more…)

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What do You Know about Homocysteine and Cholesterol ?

“All about Cholesterol series Information”: The folllowing article is very important for those who want to knmow much about cholesterol problem. This article can give you knowledge about the relationshio between Homocysteine and cholesterol. The complete article is as follows:
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Homocysteine is in short an amino acid. It has been linked to people with cardiovascular disease. In other words, high levels of homocysteine in the blood are found in people with heart disease. Elevated levels of homocysteine have also been linked to arterial disease as is true of high levels of cholesterol. If lowering homocysteine levels and lower cholesterol were to occur the risk of arterial disease would also diminish. It is important for those with high cholesterol to have their homocysteine levels checked as well since there would be an increased risk of arteriosclerosis and cardiovascular disease. (more…)

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Plaque Rupture, Dangerous Result of High Cholesterol

“All about Cholesterol series Information”: The folllowing article is very important for those who want to knmow much about cholesterol problem. This article can give you knowledge about the danger of having high cholesterol. The complete article is as follows:
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Failure to lower cholesterol can lead to a dangerous and even deadly occurrence known as plaque rupture. A build up of Low Density Lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol on the artery walls is the first step in creating conditions within the arteries where plaque can rupture and release fat into the blood stream. This then can further clog already narrow arteries or cause a clot to happen by lodging the clot in an arterial opening. (more…)

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All about Cholesterol : “Tangier Disease Add to Challenge to Reduce Cholesterol”

Filed under: cholesterol — Tags: Alpha High Density Lipoprotein Deficiency, Analphalipoproteinemia, blood disorder, cholesterol, cholesterol diet, cholesterol levels, diet to lower cholesterol, Familial Alpha-Lipoprotein Deficiency, Familial High-Density Lipoprotein Deficiency, food to eat to lower cholesterol, foods that lower cholesterol, high cholesterol, high cholesterol a symptom of something else, list of foods that help to lower cholesterol, low cholesterol diet, lower cholesterol, Tangier disease — santos @ 10:42 am

“All about Cholesterol series Information”: The folllowing article is very important for those who have high cholesterol problem. This article can give you knowledge about cholesterol. The complete article is as follows:
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It can be even more difficult to reduce cholesterol if you are one of the rare individuals with a recessive genetic condition called Tangier disease. People with Tangier have extremely low levels of good cholesterol, which is the High Density Lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol. HDL helps reduce total cholesterol by cleansing the build up of Low Density Lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol from the body. LDL cholesterol is also referred to as bad cholesterol. (more…)

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September 1, 2008

Tangier Disease Add to Challenge to Reduce Cholesterol

Filed under: Effects of Cholesterol, reduce cholesterol. — Tags: Alpha High Density Lipoprotein Deficiency, Analphalipoproteinemia, blood disorder, Familial Alpha-Lipoprotein Deficiency, Familial High-Density Lipoprotein Deficiency, Tangier disease — Tips @ 11:06 pm

It can be even more difficult to reduce cholesterol if you are one of the rare individuals with a recessive genetic condition called Tangier disease. People with Tangier have extremely low levels of good cholesterol, which is the High Density Lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol. HDL helps reduce total cholesterol by cleansing the build up of Low Density Lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol from the body. LDL cholesterol is also referred to as bad cholesterol.

The reason people with Tangier disease have low levels of HDL cholesterol is because of a mutation to the ABCA1 gene. Even though ABCA1 affects HDL production, it is unclear how this works and more research is needed exactly why it happens. (more…)

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