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...your cholesterol levels keep going up no matter what you eat, don't get discouraged?it could be the season, not your diet, that's at fault. A new study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine found that cholesterol levels naturally fluctuate throughout the year. Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester tracked 517 healthy people for a year and found that their cholesterol levels tended to rise in cooler months and fall in warmer months. The biggest changes occurred in those with elevated cholesterol, and in women...
...savings on my mother's three-stent angioplasty, I recognize the timeliness of your warnings about the rising death toll from cardiovascular disease [May 10]. As an heir apparent to heart trouble, I have taken a cue from this article and have started working seriously on my diet and on controlling diabetes and hypertension. In addition, your story made me quit smoking-something I've been trying to do for years! K. Chidanand Kumar Bangalore, India...
...good to be true. Researchers have designed a drug that targets and destroys the blood vessels that feed fat cells. The fat cells die and those extra pounds melt away--but only, so far, in rodents. In one experiment, mice that had doubled in size on a high-fat diet were back to normal weight in just a month, no matter what they ate. "If even a fraction of what we found in mice relates to human biology, then we are cautiously optimistic that there may be a new way to think about reversing obesity," says Renata Pasqualini...
...result of switching to a diet low in carbohydrates, I lost weight and lowered my blood pressure. I'm happy, and so is my cardiologist. CHARLES J. PAYNE Tucson, Ariz...
...carb to shed pounds? You can also lose lots of weight by eating only popcorn and dill pickles, but that doesn't make for a healthy diet. WENDELL COVALT Redondo Beach, Calif...