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  1. Smoking Versus Kale Juice Smoking Versus Kale Juice March 8, 2012

    The effect of kale juice on LDL and HDL cholesterol and the antioxidant capacity of the blood.

  2. Soy Worth a Hill of Beans? Soy Worth a Hill of Beans? February 10, 2012

    Are soybeans better than other types of beans for heart disease prevention, or does the soy industry just have more money and clout to tout?

  3. Atkins Diet: Trouble Keeping It Up Atkins Diet: Trouble Keeping It Up February 1, 2012

    A case report in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (formerly Journal of the American Dietetic Association) of a man who went on the Atkins diet, lost his ability to have an erection, and nearly lost his life.

  4. Amla Versus Diabetes Amla Versus Diabetes January 17, 2012

    For a dollar a month, Indian gooseberry (amla) powder may work as well as a leading diabetes drug without the side effects.

  5. Power Plants Power Plants January 16, 2012

    Many of the most powerful drugs in modern medicine’s arsenal came from natural products, from penicillin to the chemotherapy agents Taxol® and vincristine.

  1. Amla Versus Cancer Cell Growth Amla Versus Cancer Cell Growth January 12, 2012

    Indian gooseberries (amla), an important plant in Ayurvedic medicine, may have anti-cancer properties, as well as cough-, fever-, pain-, stress-, and diarrhea-suppressing effects.

  2. Dried Apples Versus Cholesterol Dried Apples Versus Cholesterol January 10, 2012

    Which common dried fruit is the most antioxidant-packed: apple rings, dried apricots, dried cherries, dried mango, prunes, or raisins?

  3. Trans Fat, Saturated Fat, and Cholesterol: Tolerable Upper Intake of Zero Trans Fat, Saturated Fat, and Cholesterol: Tolerable Upper Intake of Zero December 23, 2011

    The intake of trans fats which come mostly from junk food and animal products, saturated fat mostly from dairy products and chicken, and cholesterol coming mostly from eggs and chicken should be as low as possible.

  4. Heart Attacks and Cholesterol: Purely a Question of Diet Heart Attacks and Cholesterol: Purely a Question of Diet December 21, 2011

    To achieve the cholesterol level necessary to prevent heart attacks, most must take cholesterol-lowering drugs or eat a plant-based diet.

  5. Heart Attacks and Cholesterol: Agribusiness Sees It Differently Heart Attacks and Cholesterol: Agribusiness Sees It Differently December 20, 2011

    The average “bad” cholesterol (LDL) level in people having heart attacks is in the “near-optimal” range, suggesting that the current guidelines are too lax.

  1. Alkaline Water: a Scam? Alkaline Water: a Scam? October 17, 2011

    Hawkers of “ionizer” water machines (like Kangen) claim healing alkaline water benefits; skeptics call it snake oil. They both may be wrong.

  2. Avoiding Cholesterol Is a No Brainer Avoiding Cholesterol Is a No Brainer September 1, 2011

    Eggs and brains are the two most concentrated sources of cholesterol in the diet.

  3. Egg Cholesterol in the Diet Egg Cholesterol in the Diet August 31, 2011

    Cardiology experts warn that eating even a single egg a day may exceed the safe upper limit for cholesterol intake.

  4. Can Cholesterol Be Too Low? Can Cholesterol Be Too Low? March 30, 2011

    The connection between cancer and cholesterol.

  5. New Cholesterol Fighters New Cholesterol Fighters March 27, 2011

    Eight products put to the cholesterol-lowering test.