Tag: cholesterol

What is the best time of the day to exercise to improve metabolic health?

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What is the best time of the day to exercise to improve metabolic health? If you are like me, the best time to exercise for me is in the morning, either before my day starts or sometimes mid-day. I never think of it as a way to improve metabolic health but do it to keep myself fit for my job as a chiropractor. Like many folks, evenings are usually when many of us calm down and relax after a full day of work. Exercise has beneficial effects for those who exercise which can reduce blood pressure as well as cholesterol Read More »

A recent UCSF study shows how ketogenic diets keep us healthier by reducing inflammation.

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A recent UCSF study shows how ketogenic diets keep us healthier by reducing inflammation. Ketogenic diets such as the Atkins diet restrict carbohydrates and have been controversial in their approach.  It was once thought that these diets couldn’t possibly be healthy for us except that people who were on these types of higher protein and low carb consumption diets often had a better cardiovascular function, epilepsy and other neurological illnesses.  Ketogenic diet critics often state that their diets are healthier and better for us.  Are they really, or do their diets reduce weight without improving health? Where is their proof? A Read More »

Is higher cholesterol healthier for us? A new study says it is, questioning the value of cholesterol lowering drugs.

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Is higher cholesterol healthier for us?  A new study says it is, questioning the value of cholesterol-lowering drugs. High cholesterol is bad for us, or is it?  LDL, HDL, the balance of the two, cholesterol in our foods?   Should we really worry about our intake of cholesterol or even the cholesterol in our bloodstream. The current concerns about cholesterol and cardiovascular plaques are a narrative we have all heard about, except the current research suggests that inflammation is the true problem, rather than cholesterol. Dietary cholesterol intake is balanced by the body, so when we take in more, the liver Read More »

Eat Avocado’s and lower your cholesterol safely and naturally.

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Eat Avocado’s and lower your cholesterol safely and naturally. Do you love guacamole?  It seems everyone loves guac, and there is an American love affair with the avocado, from putting it on salads, to burgers, to other fixings. This high in fat fruit is now in high demand, partly because it is a very healthy fruit with loads of vegetarian fat. Many of us have been told by doctors to be aware of high cholesterol levels, and our HDL/LDL balance, yet their approach via cholesterol medications to lower the cholesterol can affect our liver, muscles and brains with diseases that Read More »

Cholesterol dogma; the government finally catches up to science and it does not look good for those selling cholesterol lowering drugs.

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Cholesterol dogma; the government finally catches up to science and it does not look good for those selling cholesterol lowering drugs. Sorry big pharma, the message is now clear that using a potentially harmful drug (statins) to lower cholesterol is not only bad for your health, but it does not reduce your risk of having a heart attack from clogged arteries. As mentioned in previous blogs, the problem with cholesterol lowering drugs is that the benefit did not outweigh the risk and now the government has offered new guidelines which shows that dietary cholesterol is not the reason we have Read More »