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Top 5 Snacks to avoid on a Low-Cholesterol Diet

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What kind of snacks should you avoid when you are following a Low-Cholesterol Diet?
Well, it is good to eat the sort of food that is also low in calories when you are on a low-cholesterol diet and a lot of us go for that option during a mid morning break. Here is our interpretation of the worst offenders:

Fruit and veggies are very low in calories and generally high in fiber, but smothering either in

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Low fat, low cholesterol desserts recipes

Try these new low fat, low cholesterol desserts recipes
When you are trying to lose weight, it can be very demoralising to keep eating healthy food and now and then you need a little encouragement.

These low fat low cholesterol desserts will give you the sweet treat you need to keep you on the straight and narrow, and as they are all low in calories and low in cholesterol you won’t feel guilty eating them!

It can seem like a long time without any dessert when you are on a low

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Low fat, low cholesterol desserts recipes

Try these new low fat, low cholesterol desserts recipes When you are trying to lose weight, it can be very demoralising to keep eating healthy food and now and then you need a little encouragement. These low fat low cholesterol desserts will give you the sweet treat you need to keep you on the straight and narrow, and as they are all low in calories and low in cholesterol you won’t feel guilty eating them! It can seem like a long time without any dessert when you are on a low

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How Turmeric can help lower blood sugars

Turmeric has medicinal properties
New research suggests that extracts of turmeric – a relative of ginger containing curcuminoids – could reduce the chance of becoming diabetic, or for existing sufferers of type 2 diabetes, cause blood suger levels to decline. This has several implications for the medical profession, and as many preventative medicines rely on drugs natural remedies can be generally assumed to contain no harmful toxins. The raw materiel has also been found easy to grow and is

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How Turmeric can help lower blood sugars

Turmeric has medicinal properties New research suggests that extracts of turmeric – a relative of ginger containing curcuminoids – could reduce the chance of becoming diabetic, or for existing sufferers of type 2 diabetes, cause blood suger levels to decline. This has several implications for the medical profession, and as many preventative medicines rely on drugs natural remedies can be generally assumed to contain no harmful toxins. The raw materiel has also been found easy to grow and is

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Statins and blood sugar – the facts

Statins and blood sugar
There is a commom misconception about blood sugar levels, and it is one with which I have been brought up, and that is that whenever you are feeling tired you should immediately eat something, preferably sweet, or drink a cup of sweet tea either of which will “boost your blood sugar”. The principle of this advice is one born of family experience; out of 14 children born in the early 20th century, my grandmother was the only child who was not diabetic. We have a

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Statins and blood sugar – the facts

Statins and blood sugar There is a commom misconception about blood sugar levels, and it is one with which I have been brought up, and that is that whenever you are feeling tired you should immediately eat something, preferably sweet, or drink a cup of sweet tea either of which will “boost your blood sugar”. The principle of this advice is one born of family experience; out of 14 children born in the early 20th century, my grandmother was the only child who was not diabetic. We have a

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Good cholesterol foods – my favourites

Foods that contain good cholesterol
We have believed for some time that “good cholesterol” – the type of cholesterol that is good for you, the HDL, or high-density lipoprotein type – will reduce the risk of heart disease and other conditions due to the build-up of plaque in the blood. Now it would seem that new medical research has uncovered evidence to suggest that this is not strictly true, and this puts a new slant on how reducing cholesterol can maintain your health.

Here is an article

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Good cholesterol foods – my favourites

Foods that contain good cholesterol We have believed for some time that “good cholesterol” – the type of cholesterol that is good for you, the HDL, or high-density lipoprotein type – will reduce the risk of heart disease and other conditions due to the build-up of plaque in the blood. Now it would seem that new medical research has uncovered evidence to suggest that this is not strictly true, and this puts a new slant on how reducing cholesterol can maintain your health. Here is an article

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Food that lowers cholesterol

Is there any food that lowers cholesterol? Have you ever wondered if there is a food that lowers cholesterol? The food you eat in your everyday diet will have an effect on the levels of cholesterol in your bloodstream, so if you are trying to control high cholesterol through diet it is best not to eat foods which contain too much LDL cholesterol, like meat, egg yolks and saturated fats. Food that lowers cholesterol contains no saturated fat Instead try to eat extra foods which don’t

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