CHAPTER 1 The Problem and its Setting Introduction Cholesterol is a chemical compound that is naturally produced by the body and is structurally a combination of lipid (fat) and steroids. Cholesterol is a building block for cell membrane and about 80% of the body’s cholesterol is produced by the liver‚ while the rest comes from our diet. The main sources of diet cholesterol are meat‚ poultry‚ fish and dairy products. After meal‚ dietary cholesterol is absorbed from the intestine and stored in the liver
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the production of cell membranes and hormones for maintaining vision and helping the immune system. They provided structure and support for the walls of the cells in our body. Cholesterol lipid is needed to produce steroid hormones in the body. Testosterone‚ progesterone‚ estrogen and Vitamin D are formed from cholesterol and maintain pregnancy‚ develop sex characteristics and regulate calcium levels. The EFAs are the good fats they are essential to human health but cannot be synthesized by the blood
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Cholesterol‚ the good‚ the bad and the ugly! Miranda Parker Kaplan University Abstract Trans fat is double trouble for your health. Trans fat raises your LDL (low density lipoprotein) “bad” Cholesterol and lowers your HDL (high density lipoprotein) “good: cholesterol. Trans fat is considered by many doctors to be the worst type of fat you can eat. A high LDL cholesterol level in combination with a low HDL cholesterol level increases your risk of heart disease‚ the leading killer of
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(HDL) do a valuable job in scavenging excess cholesterol from circulation and returning it to the liver for excretion. For this reason‚ HDL is often called the ‘good’ cholesterol. However‚ more recently‚ HDL has been found to have additional properties such as anti-inflammatory and antioxidant behaviour. More focus is being placed on increasing HDL‚ especially in cases where LDL (bad cholesterol) lowering has not been sufficiently effective. Cholesterol is an essential fat-li .ke substance (sterol)
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control high blood pressure and cholesterol What is cholesterol? Cholesterol is a type of fatty substance that your body uses to make certain hormones‚ produce vitamin D‚ and build healthy cells. Our bodies’ produces some of it gets some from the foods we eat. When the level of cholesterol in your blood is higher than what is believed to be healthy‚ it considers as a serious condition that increases the risk of cardiovascular disease. The higher your blood cholesterol level‚ the greater your risk
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lipid-lowering agent that was studied extensively and widely prescribed in USA. There are two treatments conducted in the study‚ one is the low-fat‚ low-cholesterol diet and the other is low-fat‚ low-cholesterol diet but with the presence of Lovastatin. For the control intervention of the study a high-fat‚ high- cholesterol diet and high-fat‚ high- cholesterol diet with the presence of placebo. Placebo is an identical appearance to lovastatin; this was used to control the unbeneficial effect of the experiment
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Benecol was launched in 1955 by the company Raisio in Finland (“Benecol‚” 2010). Benecol has become a successful additive to multiple product lines due to its unique ingredient of plant stanol ester. The ingredient has been proven to reduce cholesterol levels and can easily be added to any food (Grant‚ 2010). Raisio‚ up until 1997‚ produced much of the plant stanol it needed and was self-sufficient in its exploitation of stanol ester technology (Grant‚ 2010). Raisio then made the decision to become
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Journal of New Sciences Volume 3(1). Published March‚ 01‚ 2014 http://www.jnsciences.org Research open acess Effect of feeding hens with fenugreek seeds on Laying performance‚ egg quality characteristics‚ serum and egg yolk cholesterol H. ABDOULI 1* M. HAJ-AYED 2 S. BELHOUANE 1 E. HCINI EMNA 1 1 Department of Animal production‚ ESA Mateur‚ Carthage University ‚ Tunisia 2 Department of Animal production‚ ISA Chott Mariem‚ Sousse University ‚ Tunisia * Corresponding author: abdoulihedi@gmail
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Saturated fats are mostly in meats‚ dairy products and tropical oils. Saturated fat raises both bad cholesterol and good cholesterol‚ while trans-fat only raises bad cholesterol. This makes trans fats technically worse than saturated fats. The better fats would be monounsaturated and polyunsaturated. Monounsaturated will lower your cholesterol‚ and unlike polyunsaturated they do not lower your good cholesterol. Your best fats would be the omega-3s (fish oil). This fat has shown to protect people from sudden
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ORNISH 10-11 QUESTIONS Chapter 10a: The reversal and prevention diets. 1. What are the characteristics of the reversal diet? (p.256) -low fat and no cholesterol -less than 10% of total calorie intake from fat (small amount of saturated) -Food high in saturated fat is excluded (avocadoes‚ seeds‚ nuts) -high fiber diet -alcohol limited to less than 2 oz daily -nonfat milk/yogurt allowed‚ all animal products and oils excluded -egg whites allowed -no caffeine‚ MSG‚ stimulants -salt/sugar
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