Oats and the Effects on Cholesterol Do they really lower cholesterol or is the claim used for marketing schemes? Studies have been done‚ and they show that eating Oatmeal does lower cholesterol. According to an article written by Charles G. Humble‚ Oatmeal’s fiber content (7%) is low compared to that of oat brans (15-26%). The study that was done showed that oat bran consumption was associated with twelve percent reduction in total cholesterol compared with wheat bran consumption. In this
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Statistics Investigation Introduction A new drug was developed that was claimed to lower the cholesterol level in humans. A leading heart specialist was interested to know if the claim made by the company selling the drug was accurate. They enlisted the help of 50 patients. They agreed to take part in an experiment in which 25 patients would be randomly allocated to a group that would take the new drug and the other 25 would take an identical looking pill that was a placebo (a sugar pill that
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control high blood pressure and cholesterol What is cholesterol? Cholesterol is a type of fatty substance that your body uses to make certain hormones‚ produce vitamin D‚ and build healthy cells. Our bodies’ produces some of it gets some from the foods we eat. When the level of cholesterol in your blood is higher than what is believed to be healthy‚ it considers as a serious condition that increases the risk of cardiovascular disease. The higher your blood cholesterol level‚ the greater your risk
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Benecol was launched in 1955 by the company Raisio in Finland (“Benecol‚” 2010). Benecol has become a successful additive to multiple product lines due to its unique ingredient of plant stanol ester. The ingredient has been proven to reduce cholesterol levels and can easily be added to any food (Grant‚ 2010). Raisio‚ up until 1997‚ produced much of the plant stanol it needed and was self-sufficient in its exploitation of stanol ester technology (Grant‚ 2010). Raisio then made the decision to become
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Saturated fats are mostly in meats‚ dairy products and tropical oils. Saturated fat raises both bad cholesterol and good cholesterol‚ while trans-fat only raises bad cholesterol. This makes trans fats technically worse than saturated fats. The better fats would be monounsaturated and polyunsaturated. Monounsaturated will lower your cholesterol‚ and unlike polyunsaturated they do not lower your good cholesterol. Your best fats would be the omega-3s (fish oil). This fat has shown to protect people from sudden
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Chem 3650 Organic II Lab Lecture Summer 2013 Instructor: Victoria Dougherty M.S. Victoria Dougherty M.S. Office: BSE 1.340 Phone: 458-5473 (I do not have voicemail) Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday: noon – 1:00 pm (or by appointment) Monday and Wednesday: 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm E-mail: victoria.dougherty@utsa.edu (put Chem 3650 in subject) Lab instructors and sections: Lab instructors Email (put Chem 3652 in subject) Section(s) Times Marilyn Wooten PhD. marilyn.wooten@gmail.com 01T 7:30–11:20
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My week at the Salvation Army educating clients about cholesterol was a great opportunity and I learned a lot. I never realized that the Salvation Army does that much for our community and we don’t even know about it. I think an individual really has to go and see what services the Salvation Army provides to the community because they shelter and feed many unfortunate human beings. They not only shelter and feed them‚ but their program is set up where the clients have to be looking for a place
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find a direct solution on how to manage my cholesterol. Of course the easiest why would have been to allow my doctor to prescribe medication to control it‚ but I chose not to start medication to manage my cholesterol problem. Instead‚ I took the direct approach to solve my cholesterol problem. I decided to do some research on my own and starting looking into the cause of high cholesterol and how can it be managed without medication. although high cholesterol is sometime hereditary‚ I found other ways
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vessel inflammation And the main cause of coronary heart disease being high levels of cholesterol Cholesterol: Cholesterol is a waxy substance that’s found in the fats in your blood. As your body needs cholesterol to continue building healthy cells. However having high cholesterol‚ you may develop fatty deposits in your blood vessels.
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Discuss the reasons for the global distribution of heart disease. Consider: "h The nature of Coronary Heart Disease. What is it? "h The Global distribution of Coronary Heart Disease. "h The likely causes for this - include diet‚ smoking‚ lack of exercise as a minimum. For the heart to function properly‚ your heart needs a steady supply of oxygen from the blood‚ which flows through the coronary arteries‚ to the heart muscle. Coronary heart disease is a term used to describe the condition when
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