Lowering Cholesterol Levels Without Medication

Other than medications there are many other natural ways to bring down cholesterol levels. A diet without saturated fat will help you decrease LDls (bad cholesterol) You can avoid saturated fat by avoidng foods like: -Egg yolks ( 1234 mg cholesterol per 100 gram) -Caviar (100 gram of Caviar has 588 mg of cholesterol) -Butter (100 gram of butter has about 215 mg ofcholesterol...

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Surprise ! Surprise ! 5 common food labels that doesn't mean what you think they do..!!

The Food and Drug administration (FDA) are in-charge of defining food labels, and  now-a-days it seems like every food label is designed to make you think its contents are healthy (or at-least not all that bad), so for this purpose manufactures are constantly coming up with new labels that  aren't regulated, don't have any real definition, but are very eye...

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7 simple tips that will help you lose weight

There are a lot of diet plans available now, and it has become really difficult to choose one out of them. Going for a low-calorie diet can be trouble as if you reduce your calorie intake too much, you might start feeling tired and irritable. So it is important to continue taking the required amount of calories/day, to keep your energy going through out the day. In order...

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5 Healthy Foods That Satisfy Salt and Sugar Cravings

Healthy Foods That Satisfy Salt And Sugar Carvings 1.Sunflower seeds : The sunflower is one of my favorite flowers, and its plentiful seeds are packed with health benefits that can help you from head to toe. They’re easily available all year round, and just a scant handful of them can mean dramatic improvement in the way you feel. Here’s a short list...

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Seven Women's Diseases that men can have.

As we know there are variation's in genes, anatomy and hormone levels between men and women, so there are some diseases that attack women more than men and  vice-versa. However, thinking of diseases that women are more prone to as so-called "women's diseases" can leave men vulnerable to serious health problems. Here are seven so-called "women's diseases" that...

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How to Kick the Junk Food Habit and Eat Healthy

Kick the junk food habit ! In my previous post, i discussed about What happens to our brain when we eat junk food, and why we crave for it. Now, the question that we face is, what can we do about it? how can we avoid our junk food habit? Well, the good news is according to researchers less junk food you eat, the less you crave it. So,If you can find ways...

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Why do we carve for JUNK food and how does it affect our brain

Why do we carve for junk food?  Almost all of us know and agree to a point that Junk food is unhealthy. We also know that poor nutrition is included as a major risk factor for many heart conditions, such as high blood pressure. But the question is, why do we still keep eating it? Well, according to the food scientist Steven Witherly, who has been studying about...

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Shocking foods that have more fat than a doughnut.

Most people have a negative knee-jerk reaction to the word "fat" — but they shouldn't, as fats promote heart health, keep us feeling full and satisfied, and may even help ward off cognitive decline. The following foods contain more fat than a glazed doughnut ( which contains 14 grams), but this doesn't mean you should exclude them from your diet , here is why : 1) Half...

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5 Foods that you should keep at work for healthy lunches

A lot of people happen to skip their lunch because of their tight schedule, back to back meeting, insane work-load, also some people consider skipping lunch as a part of their so called "diet plan". Personally i know a lot of people around me who skip their lunch, or rather settle for a fast unhealthy lunch just to get off with it, But what they don't understand is the importance...

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