When Healthy Foods are NOT: Food-Drug Interactions Can Harm YOU

by Anastasia Chopelas | Cholesterol, Diabetes, Healing, Heart Disease

Today, you’ll hear about natural and even organic foods, supplements and herbs that are healthy for you but could be dangerous, especially because of food-drug interactions. Just because herbs, vitamins and other phytonutrients are natural doesn’t mean you can...

Are Statins Really Good for Low-Risk Patients?

by Anastasia Chopelas | Cholesterol

A recent study concluded that statins are good for low risk patients. This study (Univ. of Sydney) was actually an analysis of 27 different studies and the conclusion was that statins actually saved the lives of low risk patients, meaning those that have less than a...

Pecans Declared Heart Healthy: Lower Cholesterol and Antioxidant Properties

by Anastasia Chopelas | Cholesterol

The American Heart Association has declared pecans as heart healthy because of its ability to lower cholesterol, provide nutrients and its antioxidant properties. Pecans have thus been given the heart healthy checkmark, which makes the Pecan Growers Association very...

Breaking Through the Resistance Barrier to a Cholesterol-Lowering Lifestyle

by Anastasia Chopelas | Cholesterol

One of the most difficult parts of helping people get healthier is breaking through the resistance barrier to a cholesterol lowering lifestyle.   Many people already know what they need to be doing, they just don’t correlate that their destructive lifestyle...

Is HDL Cholesterol “GOOD” or NOT?

by Anastasia Chopelas | Cholesterol

Just last week, in the Lancet, premier medical journal, an article came out causing a flurry of articles in newspapers asking “Is HDL cholesterol “good” or not?”  I found articles from the NY Times down to some smaller papers calling into...

How Wrong Conclusions About Cholesterol Levels Are Drawn

by Anastasia Chopelas | Cholesterol

As I was reading the latest news on heart health, my brain went into confuse mode as I read an article.  This article points out exactly how easily incorrect conclusions about cholesterol levels are drawn, even from intelligent credible sources. The conclusion from...

Good News for Chocolate Lovers: It Improves Health!

by Anastasia Chopelas | Cholesterol, Foods, Heart Disease

There’s more good news on the horizon for chocolate lovers, it appears to raise HDL or good cholesterol and lower LDL or bad cholesterol.  This new report is from researchers at San Diego State University, who randomly assigned participants to eat a daily...

How to Lower Cholesterol Naturally With Fats

by Anastasia Chopelas | Cholesterol, Foods

Fats have been made into a villain when it comes to health and cholestero, but here you get to see how to lower cholesterol naturally with fats. Ironically, nothing will raise the fat content (and triglyceride level) in your blood stream faster than eating a...

Oat Fiber for Lowering Cholesterol Not the Only Choice

by Anastasia Chopelas | Cholesterol, Foods

One of the most popular and effective soluble fibers for cholesterol control is beta-glucan, which is derived from oats and barley. Cheerios anyone? But oat fiber for lowering cholesterol is not the only choice. Numerous studies, see references below, have been...

Cholesterol Is Essential to Life

by Anastasia Chopelas | Cholesterol

Since 1984, when the medical established recognized high cholesterol as a risk fact in heard disease, there has been concern about dealing with cholesterol levels.  Most people are not even aware of what cholesterol is and that cholesterol is essential to life....