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Scientists at Harvard and elsewhere haveproposed that beta carotene could hinder theoperation of low density lipoproteins (LDL), aform of cholesterol which is a prime suspect intumor growth...
...scant, 6% level of saturated fat, in contrast to 14% in olive oil and 51% in palm oil. Canola also contains high levels of monounsaturated fat. For a number of years, consuming that substance was thought to reduce the "bad" type of cholesterol in the blood known as LDL (low-density lipoprotein). Recent studies suggest, however, that monounsaturated fat has no special power but is valuable as a replacement for damaging saturated fats...
...disease strike women later in life, but blood cholesterol levels seem to play a somewhat different role in female patients. Dr. John Crouse, a lipids researcher at Bowman Gray School of Medicine in North Carolina, notes that women seem to be less vulnerable than men to high levels of LDL, the so-called bad cholesterol, and more vulnerable to low levels of HDL, the "good" cholesterol. Diets that reduce both levels, such as the one promoted by the American Heart Association, may actually harm women, Crouse argues. The dearth of data on women and heart disease may also have contributed...
...heart disease. Dr. William Castelli, director of the famed Framingham Study, which since 1948 has monitored the coronary health of 5,000 people in the Massachusetts town, offers this prescription for regression: reduce the level of total cholesterol below 150 mg per deciliter of blood and the level of LDL, the bad form of cholesterol that clogs arteries, below 90. In addition, says Castelli, the ratio of total cholesterol to HDL, the good cholesterol that helps clear arteries, should be less than...
What causes the jump in LDL? Stanford's Dr. Robert Superko suggests the answer may lie in the coffee beans. Regular coffee uses the milder arabica variety, while decaf brews rely on the stronger robusta beans. More research is needed to pinpoint which of the more than 500 ingredients in the beans might be responsible...