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Managing Cholesterol
After your child has a meal or snack, his body breaks nutrients down into a sugar known as glucose, the energy source for all body...
Although the body needs cholesterol to function, and it occurs naturally in every cell of the body, too much cholesterol can build...
Your height and weight as you grow is determined by internal and external factors. This can result in a significant difference in ...
Although you might think of all dietary fats as unhealthy, consuming certain types called omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids might he...
Thyroid.org describes the thyroid gland as a butterfly-shaped gland located in the lower front of the neck. It makes hormones that...
Cholesterol is a type of fat that's made by the body and is also contained in many foods. While cholesterol is a normal and necess...
Most annual checkups at a physician’s office include blood work, complete with cholesterol measurements. While labs do measu...
"Statins" are the most commonly prescribed class of drugs to lower total cholesterol and low density lipoprotein cholest...
Most discussions of heart disease risk, sooner or later, include the mention of an infamous waxy substance called cholesterol. In ...
Psychological factors can influence physical health either indirectly, by changing behaviors that affect your health, such as eati...
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