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...salty, yet these filling little snack foods are nutritional powerhouses. That's because the types of fat found in nuts--monounsaturated and polyunsaturated--are the good fats. When eaten instead of junk food high in saturated fats (like potato chips and doughnuts), nuts lower blood levels of triglycerides and LDL (bad) cholesterol while raising HDL (good) cholesterol--a perfect formula for preventing heart disease. Many nuts, such as pecans and walnuts, also contain a phytochemical called ellagic acid. In preliminary laboratory studies, ellagic acid seemed to trigger a process known as apoptosis, in which cancer cells kill themselves. Nuts provide...
Think of it as a remake of a Hollywood movie starring a cast of familiar characters: the good cholesterol (HDL), the bad (LDL) and the ugly (heart disease). The heroes are diet, exercise and a class of drugs called statins that cut cholesterol levels sharply by blocking a liver enzyme involved in cholesterol production...
What should you do? The first step is to get tested, early and often. Beginning at age 20 and every five years thereafter, all adults--even if they don't show signs of disease--should have their blood screened to get a lipoprotein profile (HDL, LDL, total cholesterol and triglycerides...
...LDL has always played the heavy, the bad guy behind the buildup of fatty plaque in the arteries. The revised recommendations draw new lines in the sand. The optimal level is 100. Levels above 190 are off the charts. But even borderline (101 to 129), high-borderline (130 to 159) and high levels (160 to 189) can benefit from treatment...
...risk for developing CHD is carried out using Framingham risk scoring. The risk factors included in the Framingham calculation are age, total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, systolic blood pressure, treatment for hypertension, and cigarette smoking. Because of a larger database, Framingham estimates are more robust for total cholesterol than for LDL cholesterol. Note, however, that LDL cholesterol remains the primary target of therapy. The Framingham risk score gives estimates for ?hard CHD? which includes myocardial infarction and coronary death...