Part of the pea family, soya beans are high in proteins, vitamins, minerals and insoluble fibre. It is the most widely cultivated...
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Diabetes Diet Plan
When a person gets to know that he or she is suffering from diabetes, all that comes to their mind is a...
How to Increase HDL (Good) Cholesterol
Every day, we are flooded with information about cholesterol being the prime accused of the incidence of heart attack. The questions that...
Strategies for Reducing Cholesterol – Part II
Assuming that you have followed the cholesterol lowering diet given on 21st May 1998 you may want to know how to continue further. Diet Therapy...
How to Use Food to Improve Cholesterol Readings?
Although Cholesterol is important, it could be harmful if we have more of the bad type i.e. LDL and less of the good type...
Homocysteine – A Threat to the Heart
If we thought that elevated levels of cholesterol were the only major risk factor in a heart disease, latest scientific research has yet...
Understanding Cholesterol
Many people these days are wary of the word ‘cholesterol’. However, contrary to the bad reputation it has received lately, cholesterol is essential for...
Everything You Need to Know About Fat
Biochemists refer to fat as lipid and it is solid at room temperature. However, oil is liquid at room temperature. All fats...
Types of Cholesterol
High cholesterol is a health issue that is carried through our blood, attached to proteins. The combination of proteins and cholesterol is...
The Fibre – Cholesterol Connection
High levels of cholesterol are related to intake of processed foods, sedentary life style, nutrient deficiencies and stress. Many people think that cholesterol in the...