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Hypercholesterolemia refers to a medical condition in which a patient suffers from high cholesterol levels in the blood. The condition can be caused by different factors and diseases such as anorexia nervosa, hypothyroidism, kidney disease and diabetes mellitus. In order to prevent the complications of hypercholesterolemia, a change in diet is necessary. Featured below is a list of foods that help to lower cholesterol.

Oatmeal

Oatmeal is rich in soluble fiber, which is very important to treat or prevent hypercholesterolemia. Aside from this, it is also essential to decrease the LDL or low density lipoprotein. According to studies, soluble fiber decreases the level of cholesterol in the blood. If you cannot find oatmeal, you can always include other foods in your diet such as barley, apples, prunes and beans.

Posted in Fitness on September 6th, 2009
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- How People Become Overweight

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Refined (processed) carbohydrates are the major cause of obesity. Your body takes in more carbohydrates than it needs. Consuming fewer carbohydrates and burning off more calories through exercise is the way to avoid obesity and reverse obesity. As you get older, your metabolism slows down. Then you have no alternative but to boost your metabolism by avoiding refined carbohydrates, limiting even natural carbohydrates, and exercising more.

An additional answer

A few people may get fat because they want to or because their significant other wants them to. Some people will tell you that getting fat is fun. This is becoming increasingly more common in today's day and age.

Another additional answer

Posted in Wellness%2C Fitness and Diet on August 16th, 2009
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Hey, Restaurant Guy, we’re your customers. That’s right, we pay your bills – so listen up. Why are your bar stools so uncomfortable? Do you really want us to jump ship and move to another bar where we can adjust our attitude in comfort? Before you defend your bar stools, sit in one for thirty minutes without getting up. Do you feel relieved to get up, or do you want to order another toddy and kick back.

Posted in Food and Drink on February 25th, 2008
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Will winter last or is spring around the corner? Groundhog day is often a mass media day with everyone waiting to see if the groundhog will see his shadow. If you are looking for a few menu ideas or snacks for your children to celebrate the holiday, you might like to use some of the following ideas:

Groundhogs tend to eat green items such as grass so you could create an all green menu for the day. Green punch (lemonade with green food coloring, green grapes and small pieces of green apple or kiwifruit), baked good with green food coloring and green fruit salad (green grapes, green apple, kiwifruit, honeydew melon and star fruit) all work well.

Posted in Food and Drink on February 24th, 2008
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Spain is country with a mixed and complex heritage and Spanish cooking reflects this fact. While Spain is a Mediterranean country, and many Spanish dishes owe much to this, Spanish food also includes native foods imported into the country from Spain’s former colonies in the New World such as beans, peppers, potatoes and tomatoes. Other Spanish dishes draw on the countries Jewish and Moorish heritage - it was worth remembering that much of Spain was ruled by the Moors for more than seven hundred years. Even the Reconquista (the Christian reconquest of the Iberian pennisula from Muslims) has left its traces in Spanish cuisine - pork is popular in Spanish food, and historically was a political statement of Christian identity because it was not eaten by Jews or Muslims.

Posted in Food and Drink on February 21st, 2008
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The much maligned substance known as cholesterol is actually a vital part of a normally functioning body. Not only does cholesterol give strength and stability to the cells in our bodies but it can increase the amount of vitamin D, it helps serotonin receptors to function and acts as a transport for antioxidants like vitamins E and A. However you rarely hear about this. More than likely you hear about cholesterol because too much is bad for your health. Specifically, too much can lead to atherosclerosis and cardiovascular diseases. As you get older you might be advised by your doctor to make lifestyle changes that lower cholesterol. One such way is to reduce your intake of foods that are high in cholesterol. This article will discuss foods that cause high cholesterol and ways to replace such foods.

Posted in Health and Fitness on February 15th, 2008
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Secretaries Day is an occasion increasingly celebrate in many areas, where the hard-work and dedication of secretaries in their many guises are celebrated and honored. Here are a few ideas you might like to consider:

What better way to celebrate a holiday than by creating foods that symbolizes what the holiday is about? With Secretaries day you may find humor in creating meals that are in the forms of items a secretary may use through out the day. For instance cake may be created in the shape of a computer, typewriter, stapler, or even a report. You may even find a telephone shaped cake. For the rest of the meals you may wish to have lasagna, casseroles or other foods you can add a little character to.

Posted in Food and Drink on February 10th, 2008
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As far as I can remember I have always been in love with chocolate. (Do not read this article if you are a great chocolate lover or have some chocolate ready to eat. You will not resist! )I think my mother put chocolate in the milk of my feeding bottle. When I started to eat solid food, chocolate was the right stuff! One of the best memories I have when I was a young child is, when I licked my fingers, of the dark chocolate I had just eaten.

Posted in Food and Drink on February 8th, 2008
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If you are on the road to losing weight but are worried about depleting the muscle mass you have worked so hard to build, you are not alone. Many people share the same concern. There is actually no reason for you to have to risk losing desirable muscle mass just so you can shed a few pounds of fat.

Here are 4 tips for building muscle and losing fat at the same time.

Tip #1: Realize that both goals can be reached: It is true that if you try to lose weight just by dieting alone, you will not be able to feed your growing muscles properly. However, there are proven ways to actually lose fat while achieving your goal of much greater muscle mass for a stronger, healthier looking physique.

Posted in Health and Fitness on February 5th, 2008
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If you’re on an a diet trying to get your six pack abs to pop out, you’ll know how tough it is to keep yourself entertained with interesting and exciting food, since there aren’t that many dedicated abs diet recipes available. Don’t worry though, there is light at the end of the tunnel - just think about how great your flat abs will look if you do stick to your abs diet!

The secret to eating properly so you can maintain or develop six pack abs or a toned stomach, is to eat low fat (5 grams or less per meal), high energy foods. A diet consisting of these types of recipes will keep your body happy, and your abs trim. The hard part is keeping your tastebuds cheerful, because usually it’s the foods that are bad for us (and our abs) which taste the best!

Posted in Health and Fitness on February 5th, 2008
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