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Lowering Your Cholesterol with Food

Bile acid sequestrates (Questran, Prevalite, Colestid, Welchol), known as BAS, are utilized to lower elevated LDL cholesterol and are often prescribed for those with elevated cholesterol levels. LDL cholesterol is known as the ‘bad’ cholesterol because it is responsible for bringing cholesterol from the liver into the bloodstream where it has potential to be deposited along the …

Why So Much Hype About the Mediterranean Diet?

The Mediterranean Diet is considered one of the most healthy diets for humankind. It has been well studied over decades and is considered among the best of eating methods due to evidence of increased protection against several diseases (Gotsis et al., 2015). A Mediterranean diet is a plant-based diet that is heavily focused on consumption …

Inflammation Can Make You Fat

Obesity is associated with chronic, low-level inflammation. In some cases it can be hard to determine if obesity or inflammation came first, as each condition feeds upon the other. For the purpose of this brief article I will exclusively discuss inflammation’s role in obesity promotion. Inflammation can promote obesity through disrupting the body’s ability to regulate …