Informative articles

Coming April, 10:

The intake of fruits and vegetables is related to decreasing the risk of a heart attack.

March 20, 2002:

New ways to detect and treat high cholesterol

 Based on recent research, the USA National Institute of Health, has made public new guides for the detection and treatment of high cholesterol in adults. These guides offer a more aggressive attitude in medical treatments, especially concerning the modification of lifestyles such as nutrition and physical activity...

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March 10, 2002

Studies show that a diet rich in folic acid and group B vitamins can reduce the risk of heart disease.

 Participants in the study suffered high blood pressure, high cholesterol or diabetes, or a combination of the three.

 Past research has shown that people with high concentrations of homocistein (an aminoacid) in the blood, present a higher risk of infarction and/or heart disease.

 It is also a fact that a combination of folic acid, vitamin B12 and vitamin B6 can lower the homocistein levels...

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February, 2002:

What are triglycerides?

 Triglycerides are a type of fat that is transported through the organism. It goes under the name of its chemical structure inasmuch as it contains three glycerol molecules.

 At the end of a meal the digestive apparatus directs the fats of the food and expels the triglyceride from the blood; they are then transported through the entire organism, passing through the liver, thereby supplying energy to the body or if not to...

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January,

IN NEW YEAR FOLLOW THESE HEALTHY TIPS

33 tips to follow to improve your health and your quality of life.

Avoid the saltshaker on the table.  Eat one portion of cereal a day making sure that it contains whole wheat.  If you must use oil, make it corn, olive or sunflower in the lower amounts and do not reuse it.  Avoid dressings based on oils, butter, lard and margarine.  Drink 200 ml of low fat milk or low fat yogur or instead 30 grams of low fat cheese per day.  Eat fast food only once a week.

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