Calcium Linked to Cholesterol Control
We all know the bone health benefits of calcium, but this mineral has many other important functions in the body. An example of this is demonstrated in new Canadian research, published in the journal...
Category: cholesterol
Good Fats as Effective as Statin Drugs to Reduce Cholesterol
Statin drugs have become the preferred pharmaceutical treatment for lowering cholesterol, but the American Health Association recently issued a statement in their journal, Circulation, indicating that replacing saturated fats with unsaturated ones for some...
Statins Pose Diabetes Risk for Older Women
One of the blockbuster pharmaceutical products is statins, a class of drugs that lower cholesterol. This obviously addresses an important health issue, but there are downsides to these drugs as well. One example of the...
Boosting Good Cholesterol
Talk about cardiovascular health, and cholesterol quickly becomes one of the major topics. As most people know, cholesterol has been a culprit in heart disease because of its role in arterial plaque. But, what...
High Cholesterol may Lead to Osteoarthritis
While the title of this article may be a little simplistic, the researchers who published in the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, did find that increasing the intake of cholesterol (in rats) created dysfunctional...