Word: cholesterols
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...heart last May, when Bayer, the pharmaceutical company, launched a $4 million, two-year experiment aimed at improving the townspeople's coronary fitness by teaching them the rudiments of healthy living. The basic rules: throw away the cigarettes, control blood pressure and, perhaps most important, bring down blood-cholesterol levels through diet and exercise programs. Among the first results late this summer: an average 8.3% decline in cholesterol levels...
...food industry is slowly adapting to the recommended changes in diet. Some hotels and restaurants now offer low-fat, low-cholesterol menus. Sunshine Biscuits, maker of Hydrox cookies, is no longer using coconut oil in its products and soon plans to eliminate palm oil, both of which are cholesterol- boosting saturated fats. By next summer an American Heart Association seal of approval may be carried on foods that meet its heart-healthy guidelines...
Although the overall objective is to decrease the amount of total cholesterol in the bloodstream, best results are achieved by lowering levels of LDL, the "bad" cholesterol, while maintaining or increasing levels of HDL, the "good" cholesterol. The basic approach: cut down on cholesterol and saturated fats in the diet, both of which raise LDL levels, and get regular aerobic exercise, which tends to raise HDL counts. Here...
...Cholesterol. The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute suggests that Americans limit themselves to 300 mg ( 1/100 oz.) of cholesterol a day. Cholesterol is found only in animal products, sometimes to a high degree: one egg yolk has 272 mg, and 3 oz. of beef liver has 331 mg. Saltwater fish, on the other hand, are extremely low in cholesterol and also contain omega-3 fatty acids, which may lower LDL levels. Not all seafood is as highly recommended: shrimp and crab, for example, have twice as much cholesterol as fish. Grundy's major candidates for removal from the diet...
COVER: The encouraging news is that HDL, the "good" cholesterol, may be your best ally in fighting heart disease...