Besides reducing your intake of sugars and simple carbohydrates, as well as replacing your unhealthy snacks with “good cholesterol” promoting nuts, here are more foods you can eat for a cholesterol profile that will amaze your doctor. * Garlic. Just eating half to one clove of it (chopped, and raw if you can) a day…

Contrary to conventional knowledge that nuts are unhealthy because they are rich in fats, nuts can actually be good for helping you achieve a better cholesterol (and cardiovascular) profile. Nuts have been found to contain significant levels of plant sterols, which actually help lower “bad cholesterol” (i.e. LDL cholesterol). For example, some researchers in Canada…

Contrary to conventional wisdom, cutting your intake of fatty foods may not actually help you lower your cholesterol levels. In fact, there are those who have actually lowered their blood cholesterol levels while still on a high cholesterol diet. This is because there are different types of cholesterol, and some types of cholesterol are actually…

Here are 6 natural remedies you can try if you (or your loved one) have asthma. Keep a diary of your symptoms Keep a daily record of your asthma symptoms and condition on a daily basis, to help you better understand what your asthma triggers are. Subsequently, avoid the foods or things that often seem…

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