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A scientific paper published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, provides a link between excessive consumption of sweet and low levels of HDL cholesterol. This brings with it the emergence of risk factors that may lead to the development of heart disease. In this study, detailing how sweet can lower good cholesterol and how this influences on cardiovascular health.

Due to increasingly high consumption of sweet foods, Emery University in Atlanta, United States, conducted a study on the impact of excessive consumption of sweets on plasma levels of good cholesterol or HDL.

Until now if a person suffering from high cholesterol, are recommended to control the intake of foods high in fat (sausage, snacks, etc.). But as a result of this research, which found a direct relationship between consumption of sweet and low HDL cholesterol concentrations in blood, the recommendations will surely be expanded. Read the rest of this entry »

Over the years, birth control pills have changed and today, there are several generations of oral contraceptives. Each acts differently on the incidence of dyslipidemia, may increase the concentration of blood lipids. This paper will develop the interaction between both drugs.

There are different generations of birth control pills, today the third generation pills containing ethinyl estradiol dose six times smaller than the first generation pills.

These considerations are important for interpreting the effects produced by the interaction of oral contraceptives and dyslipidemia.

* It is important to note that synthetic steroids act differently based on whether it is estrogen or progestin, used independently or combined. Read the rest of this entry »

Having high total cholesterol in the blood can result in the appearance of different diseases that are directly related to hypercholesterolemia. For example, gallstones, and that cholesterol in the formation of gallstones. If this is your case, you need to do a diet that includes foods to treat both diseases and avoid major complications.

Hypercholesterolemia and gallstones are closely related. Both have a common factor cholesterol.

The gallstones are composed mainly of cholesterol. When this is found in high concentrations above 200 mg / dl, bile (a substance that is produced in the liver and emulsifies fats), joins him and producing thick glasses that will develop into stones or stones.

To treat both diseases should implement a diet to reduce gallstones and high cholesterol.

The goal of this diet is Read the rest of this entry »

According to a study at the University of North Carolina U.S., children as young as three years presented specific markers that would predict cardiovascular disease in adulthood. These findings are very important to try to raise awareness about the relationship between childhood obesity and the onset of heart disease when they become adults.

Children aged three years who have presented early obesity high levels of C-reactive protein, a marker that determines inflammation. This marker in adults is an indicator of possible heart disease. Hence the importance of the results obtained in research conducted at the University of North Carolina in the U.S.. Read the rest of this entry »

Krill is a crustacean similar to shrimp. While food is the main species of marine animals, food is also very rich in healthy nutrients to human health. This crustacean can get different products, among which oil can be mentioned. This property is to be rich in omega-3 acid, thus becomes an ideal food for treating dyslipidemia.

In nature there are all kinds of foods, some better known than others, and no less important. A clear example of these is the krill, shrimp-like crustacean that is found in the oceans.

For many years there have been studies on the nutritional properties of krill, concluding that this is an important source of antioxidants and omega 3 fatty acids that can treat diseases such as dyslipidemia. Read the rest of this entry »

If it were so simple, anyone can sculpt your body at will, but reality shows the opposite, with many weight loss problems.

The oldest and most traditional myth is the belief that thin abdominal exercises. In fact, only abdominal toning exercise that part of the body, increasing its strength under the same layer of fat as ever.

The mechanism by which body fat is eliminated through the use of molecules that act as free availability of fuel, which when broken release energy, which is immediately used for any metabolic and chemical reactions, from digestion to the muscle contraction.

These molecules are formed from the food you eat when food is scarce, will seek to synthesize energy using the reserves available to the body, so take the deposition of fat and processed in an energy molecule ready to be used. Read the rest of this entry »

Prepare a low-calorie soda is not a bad idea to attack the high temperatures that lie ahead and, in turn, care for the figure in an age where it becomes more visible. This is how you implement this exciting recipe that we propose below. Fresh, fruity and always healthy.

Ingredients:

* A cup of orange juice
* One cup lemon juice
* Four slices of pineapple
* A pint of sparkling water
* Crushed ice Read the rest of this entry »

Exercise to burn fat is a great help, the best of all the tools to accompany the program of weight loss.

Helps burn extra calories and contributes to positive changes there within the body that will make it more efficient to metabolize fat and build muscle tissue.

Remember that the more lean mass (muscle) lower fat mass.
Anyway, beyond the planned and systematic process, it is important the decision to keep moving everything we can. It is worth repeating that every time you have, you must choose the activity that forces you to move and perform some physical activity.
If you opt for the elevator or the stairs, you should not hesitate to take the latter. The same in taking the bus or walking. They are small decisions that add up, and they are given in a total amount of calories burned.
In your workplace, or in your home, stop the task that is done to get some exercise, is another non-systematic ways that you can perform. For example, you’re cooking, or sitting at your desk, and you can even interrupt the task for 5 minutes, instead of coffee or smoking a cigarette, you can replace it with general stretching of your body with exercise isometric force of Thus, active all your neuromuscular system, and the benefit will continue for several minutes.

Diet, without the addition of movement and physical activity, it has the same effects both inside and outside of your body.

Water is a vital element for our body. On average, the body is made of 70% water. This is mostly found within the cells and the rest circulates in the blood and tissues.

If you have to lose weight, drinking water helps you lose weight and this is due to their characteristics and properties.

Properties of water to lose weight
* Diuretic properties: Through the water can cleanse the body, eliminating waste that the body does not need. The water stimulates the kidneys to increase urine production and thus eliminates toxins.
* Cleansing properties: stimulates intestinal peristalsis.
* Satiating properties: Provides satiety, reducing appetite.

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Achieving a flat stomach required to adopt certain strategies that can be sustained without interrupting time for any reason.

Strategies for a flat stomach:

1. Start a diet. It is the most effective way to lose body fat, higher even than physical activity.

2. Eliminate alcohol. Alcoholic beverages like wine, it is not true that ‘fixing the fat’ but are high in calories, reduce your intake or eliminate it directly is the best advice to be able to lose weight.

3. Aerobic exercise. Aerobic activity, after 20 minutes, begins to burn fat preferentially, so it is an exercise in the most calories expended. Read the rest of this entry »