the Republic of Vietnam The product is identified as Lipitor-X. It is a drug made up of atorvastatin‚ which is clinically proven to reduce bad cholesterol levels and improve a person’s physical health along with diet and exercise. Lipitor-X will act as a reductase inhibitor‚ which is a drug that works by basically loosening the fat and cholesterol that is clogging the arteries (US National Library of Medicine‚ 2010). As Lipitor-X cleans out a person’s arteries‚ the blood will flow more freely
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atherosclerosis: The appearance of atherosclerosis does not occur abruptly. It starts with a process called plaque formation. The plaque is a relatively hard substance consists of mainly fat‚ cholesterol‚ and calcium. First‚ the fatty substances start to deposit on the inner wall of the blood vessel. Then cholesterol also accumulates on those fatty substances. Finally the deposition of calcium on the plaque makes it inflexible. With time the depositing mass becomes larger and makes the passage of blood
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Bishan-Toa Payoh Town Council ISSUE NO. 76 • MAY/JUNE 2007 MICA(P)070/02/2007 How to Prevent Dengue Fever … pages 8 & 9 Message from Town Council Vice-Chairman One Bite… One Victim. That could become the aedes mosquito’s hit rate should we become complacent. Despite continuous announcements and public education by the National Environment Agency (NEA)‚ the severity of the dengue situation has still not gotten through to many. The government agencies and Town Councils have intensified
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However the company’s stand out product was introduced in 1995 in the form of a cholesterol-lowering margarine named Benecol. Stanol ester is the active ingredient that provides the lower cholesterol benefit. The success of Benecol and stanol ester would depend on Raisio’s ability to market and distribute the product worldwide. Synopsis of Case While studying the effects of rapeseed oil on blood cholesterol levels Raisio was presented with the idea to research plant sterols. Exploration into
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that was posted on Youtube‚ which is an online video viewing platform. The video became on of the most viewed videos’ in South Africa‚ reaching 1 million-plus views. “The video features actual families from Villiersdorp‚ where Flora ran a 21-day cholesterol-lowering
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to the heart). Their results found that the extracts of its leaves can prevent the thickening of the walls of blood vessel supplying the heart (atherosclerosis) by inhibiting fat accumulation in these blood vessel walls as well as lower blood cholesterol levels significantly. In addition‚ toxicity tests on important organs in the body such as the heart‚ kidneys‚ liver and the blood profile indicated that this extract was safe. At varying doses‚ the functioning of these organs was not affected.
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I. Introduction A. Concepts in nutrition‚ medical nutrition therapy‚ and organ systems concerned Nutrition is the study of food in relation to health. The Food and Nutrition Council of the American Medical Association defined nutrition as the “science of food‚ the nutrients and other substances therein‚ their action‚ interaction and balance in relation to health and disease‚ and the processes by which the organism ingests‚ digests‚ absorbs‚ transports‚ utilizes and excrete food substances
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Liposomes Definition and background10 Liposomes were discovered in the early 1960’s and subsequently studied as cell membrane models. They have since gained recognition in the field of drug delivery. Liposomes are spherical vesicles which can be thought of as a hollow sphere they are composed of a bilayer membrane which entraps an aqueous core. The particle size of liposomes ranges from 20 nm to 10 μm in diameter. Liposomes vary in charge and in size depending on their manufacturing protocol
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evidences proved that it can help people lose weight‚ against heart disease‚ and decrease obstruction of acne. Some people feel that coconut oil cannot help people lose their weight. People have been believed for long time ago that it brings high cholesterol and cause of their over-weight. Here is one research shows exactly opposite result. Chomchalao (2005) identified that coconut oil motivates high body’s heat in thermogenesis process which makes the metabolism or energy burning system works better
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Trans fats are also known as unsaturated fats and they are obtained by chemical processing. It can be found mostly in vegetable oil‚ cookies and margarine. Also they affect on our health by increasing level of bad cholesterol and decreasing of good cholesterol. By rising of bad cholesterol we are more susceptible to clogged arteries that can cause heart attack or even a stroke. Advocates say that trans fats shouldn’t be banned by the government because they didn’t ban tobacco which is also dangerous
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