Sweet News For People With High Cholesterol, Dude!
http://pr.cannazine.co.uk : Natures stickiest anti-oxidant (honey) could be as good at fighting heart disease as some fruits and vegetables, a recent study from the US suggests.
Fruits and vegetables are very low in saturated fat and total fat, and have no cholesterol. A diet high in fruit and vegetables may also help to improve and maintain cholesterol levels for those with heart disease.
Its been known for some time that honey contained varying amounts of antioxidants, with dark honey having the most. But this was the first study to look at how eating honey affected blood antioxidant levels in the blood.
The participants aged 18 to 68 were given about four tablespoons of honey per 16oz glass of water. There was a marked increase in the amount of anti-oxidants produced as a result.
Dr Nicki Engeseth, who led the research at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, said: "It looks like honey is having a mild protective effect."
Which is great news if you have a sweet tooth and high cholesterol to boot.
Of course, no amount of honey is going to lower dangerously high levels of LDL cholesterol, (LDL = low density lipoprotein cholesterol, which is the 'bad' cholesterol we get from saturated-fats).
If you are suffering with high Choleseterol, you run the risk of stiffening of the arteries and heart disease. But fear not. If you wish to take on your high cholesterol in a slugging match, help is at hand in the form of Atorvastatin, AKA Lipitor.
Lipitor is the biggest selling prescription drug of all time, which will give an indication of the magnitude of the global cholesterol problem.
In 2008 alone sales grossed $12 billion around the world.
LIPITOR comes from the group of drugs known as statins.
Statins lower cholesterol in your body. They block an enzyme in the liver, which the body uses to actually make cholesterol. A substance the body needs and uses readily.
But sometimes too much cholesterol is created as a result of bad diet choices. Lipitor switches off a portion of the enzyme responsible for creating the LDL cholesterol, reducing production.
When less cholesterol is made, the liver uses more of it from the blood naturally. This results in lower 'ambient' levels of cholesterol in your blood. Which is great news.
Lipitor is clinically proven to lower bad cholesterol levels 39%-60%, when diet and exercise aren't enough. A course of Lipitor can show drastic reductions in cholesterol levels in only two weeks.
So why not give yourself a helping hand with high cholesterol? Don't you think you deserve it?
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