Posts Tagged ‘cholesterol’


Mediterranean Eating Beats Low Fat for Heart Disease

Here’s the down-low: Eating a diet that includes virgin olive oil and nuts is effective at raising your HDL, the “good” cholesterol, and lowering your LDL, the “not as good” (although it has it’s purpose) cholesterol. Get it? The doctors, who, let’s face it, are constantly visited by the statin’s reps from the various pharmaceutical [...]

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Statin Therapy Decreases Heart Function

Statin therapy decreases myocardial function. That is the result of a study conducted by the Cardiology Division of the Department of Medicine, Michigan State University. Although statins have been found to create a more “favorable” lipid profile, when the heart muscle is tested with echocardiography with strain imaging, they are also found to be associated [...]

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