Tuesday, 31 December 2013

About Cholesterol: Make a Resolution to Keep Your Heart Healthy

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It's that time of the year for new beginnings - and making resolutions to improve certain areas of our life. When making out your list of resolutions for the New Year, don't forget about your heart - and your cholesterol. Lowering your cholesterol can not only improve your heart health - it can also help you to lose weight, aid in disease prevention, and may even save your life.


Giving Your Cholesterol a Little TLC

Although high cholesterol can be inherited, there are many instances where high cholesterol occurs due to an unhealthy lifestyle. Implementing TLC, or therapeutic lifestyle changes, can help keep your cholesterol levels low, your heart healthy, and prevent many other chronic diseases.


Ways to Lower Your Risk for High Cholesterol

There are many circumstances that can place you at risk for having high cholesterol. While some of these cannot be controlled, there are a lot other risk factors that can be. Find out if you have any of these risk factors, and how you can address them in order to lower your cholesterol.

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How to Start a Cholesterol-Lowering Diet

Starting any healthy diet - whether you are doing it to lose weight or lower your risk of chronic disease - can be difficult. This article will show you how to make the steps to change your diet to a more healthier one a little easier.


Common Myths Surrounding High Cholesterol

Like other medical conditions, high cholesterol is often surrounded by rumors that may or may not be true. This article dispels some of these myths commonly surrounding high cholesterol.



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About Breast Cancer: Happy Holidays!

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Wishing all our readers a Happy Holiday season and Safe New Year's celebration!


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About Alternative Med: Start the New Year With a Cleanse

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