What should be my HDL cholesterol?

HDL cholesterol levels are a rough measure of HDL particle quantity in the blood. They actually tell us next to nothing about HDL particle t...

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The “pork paradox”? National pork consumption and obesity

In my previous post ( ) I discussed some country data linking pork consumption and health, analyzed with WarpPLS ( ). One of the datasets us...

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Natural Alternatives to the Top 5 Most Prescribed Drugs

Top Drug Alternatives   Are we an over-medicated nation? Let’s look at the numbers: Americans spent more than $300 billion on prescription d...

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Pumpkin Seeds Nutritional Value & The Benefits

Pumpkin is not only the fruit is used, but pumpkin seeds (aka pepita) also contain nutrients that are beneficial to health even touted to in...

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To your rescue: Walk your way to fitness with these 6 amazing tips!

In a recent survey among urban Indians, walking was by far the most common physical activity. For anyone living in India that's been to ...

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Being glucose intolerant may make you live only to be 96, if you would otherwise live to be 100

This comes also from the widely cited Brunner and colleagues study , published in Diabetes Care in 2006. They defined a person as glucose i...

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