What are some types or brands of salad dressings that are good for lowering cholesterol?

July 26th, 2010

Are low fat dressigs ok?

WARNING: Not all lowfat dressings are good for you. Read the list of ingredients. If high-fructose corn syrup is in the top five, avoid it like the plague. HFCS is one of the worst things on the planet for you because it raises your "bad" cholesterol and your triglycerides.

Kraft has a bunch of salad dressings that use extra virgin olive oil as a base, and olive oil is one of the best things on the planet for you. It raises your "good" cholesterol and lowers your "bad" cholesterol. So any dressing with an olive oil base that has little or no HFCS is best.

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Why are prescription medications so expensive these days?

July 26th, 2010

What were the reasons prescription medications so expensive without insurance? I have a prescription medicine named Cosopt that cost me $50.00 per 5 ml bottle WITH insurance (they only paid some of it, but I forked out $50.00 each month), that I have to take daily. There are no generic with Cosopt, unfortunately.
I also noticed that other people at the pharmacy had to pay over $100.00 for their medications, and my mother had to pay over $100.00 for her cholesterol medication (yes, only one each!) that she has to take the rest of her life, and yes she has insurance.
I wish they would lower the cost of prescription medication and stop ripping us off. *shakes head* What were the reason why they cost so much money though?

The official line from the pharmaceuticals is that they need to recover costs involved in pharmaceutical research. Many consumer groups, however, contest this and say the profits are way out of line.

btw Suffice it to say that there is also something known as natural or alternative medicine; some have had positive results. You can find plenty of info pro and con. (Obviously I am talking about some specific prescription drugs, not prescription medications in general.) Of course only an MD is qualified to prescribe and oversee prescription medications.

1 min. ago–some of these especially the newer ones are marketed rather aggressively–ads on prime time tv & 2 pg ads in magazines like Time & Newsweek–you can imagine the advertising budgets–they always say ask your doctor about such & such–as a result people see their physician to inquire about such & such a drug, sometimes putting the physician in a difficult position (like they have already made up their minds that this med is right for them)

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what diet do I need for high cholesterol & high blood pressure?

July 26th, 2010

I just got a physical and stress test, did great on stress test, but Have a BP of 180/120 sitting. and blood tests show I have high cholesterol. I need a diet for both.

Hi,

After reading your question I saw you were interested in optimizing your nutrition [(-:] so even though I may not be able to answer your question exactly as you may have wanted it answered, I thought I would take the time to pass on some pointers I have learned the hard way from my own bad ‘uninformed’ choices, so you could learn about good advice and bad advice about good nutritional choices.

I am always impressed that there is oftentimes some good advice and good links from people helping others through Yahoo_Answers.

After having many bad health problems from listening to people who knew very little about the consequences of choosing LOW nutritional statistics, I really-really encourage you to learn from good nutritionists what to eat for a life time. [See below]

My best to you and to your future health,
A1

Source(s):

I have learned what I now know after my own lengthy research efforts to improve my health – after ‘FINALLY’ listening to unbiased researching nutritionists. I have shared extensively concerning the most critical nutritional statistics that are common to us all at: <> http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylv=3?qid=20091001043901AADPO4H <>

Also, after all my previous health problems due to following a-lot of bad advice, I can now understand the frustrations of other health researchers in the following quote within “The China Study” by T Colin Campbell pg 1: >>==>

“Even though information and opinions are plentiful, very few people truly know what they should be doing to improve their health.”

“This isn’t because the research hasn’t been done. It has. But the real science has been buried beneath a clutter of irrelevant or even harmful information – junk science, fad diets and food industry propaganda.”

“The China Study” by T Colin Campbell pg 1

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What’s good for lowering glucose and cholesterol levels naturally?

July 26th, 2010

My 7 year old daughter is skinny and mostly eats white rice, pasta,chicken and other food (not much junk). However, her cholesterol level was in 180 10 months ago, now is in 190 and her glucose is high too. Any ideas, or suggestions, change in diet, etc. She’s very skinny and has no fat in her, so I’m confused?

oatmeal,fruits,reduce oil to the most you can,switch to brown sugar,less salt,and most important its drinking water

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How many avocados per week to lower cholesterol?

July 26th, 2010

I’ve read that eating guacamole or avocados lower your bad cholesterol levels up to 22% in a week and increase the good cholesterol by 11%. How much guacamole or avocados should I eat each week to stay healthy?

One avocado per day is enough. You can eat 5-6 avocados per week to be healthy. It is best to eat avocado late in the day cause it could be hard for digestion. Also, do not eat avocado with any other kind of fatty or high protein food like cheese, meat, cream, nuts seeds and similar .

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Lower Cholesterol – Lower your cholesterol the easy way!

July 25th, 2010

Lower cholesterol. Raisio, the makers of Benecol, have identified a key ingredient in the fight to lowering cholesterol in their food products – the plant stanol ester. This video shows how it actually works and that the benefits are sustained. Want to lower your cholesterol? Visit www.benecol.net to find our more.

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Lipitor Ad Parody, Heart Disease, High Cholesterol

July 25th, 2010

http://www.encognitive.com
Serious side effects have been reported for Lipitor and other cholesterol-lowering drugs – the so-called statins – prescribed to millions for preventive purposes. The prescription of these drugs is based on the discredited hypothesis that high cholesterol levels cause heart attacks. The cholesterol myth has been one of the most long lived falsehoods around – probably because it has been excellent business, both for large pharma producers as well as for the food multinationals, who introduced margarine telling us how much healthier it is than butter.

There is an easy, widely available nutritional solution to heart attacks: Vitamin C. Needless to say, taking more vitamin C has been opposed by big pharma and its mainstream medicine followers for decades.

When a “preventive” medicine causes severe muscular degeneration as a “common” side effect, something must be awfully wrong. Jonathan Campbell examines the side effects and postulates a mechanism – proposing an astonishingly simple remedy.

Lipitor – Reports of Neuromuscular Degeneration
by Jonathan Campbell, March 16, 2004

Numerous adverse side effect reports have implicated Lipitor as a possible cause for severe neuromuscular degeneration. Some people who have been using Lipitor for two years or more report symptoms similar to multiple sclerosis or ALS – Lou Gehrig’s Disease – in which they are losing neuromuscular control of their bodies.

For instance, in an article entitled “Life After Lipitor” that appeared in the newspaper Tahoe World on January 27, 2004, Tahoe City (California) resident Doug Peterson began having serious neuromuscular problems after taking Lipitor for two years. He began losing muscular coordination and slurring words when he spoke. Then he lost balance, followed by loss of fine motor skills – he had difficulty writing. He went from doctor to doctor, trying to figure out what could be happening. Finally one doctor suggested that he stop taking Lipitor, and the downward health spiral stopped and his health is now slowly improving.

These adverse effects have begun appearing in peer-reviewed medical journals, and numerous people have reported similar symptoms at public adverse effect reporting websites such as medications.com. People have reported “trouble swallowing, trouble talking and enunciating words, feeling fatigued all the time, neck aches,” “motor neuropathy which mimics ALS,” “Blinding headaches, nausea, vertigo, disorientation, memory loss, extremely dry eyes, pain and stiffness in my neck and calf muscles, abominal pain,” and “Muscle pain, weakness, spasms, buzzing in right leg. Can’t hold arms or head up in vertical position for 2 minutes without extreme pain and weakness.”

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A Diet To Lower Cholesterol Is Essential To Your Health

July 25th, 2010

Before you begin on a diet to lower cholesterol, you need to learn about the good and bad foods. This will make your diet to lower cholesterol easier. To Learn More About Diets To Lower cholesterol, Visit: http://www.ADietToLowerCholesterol.com

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4 Steps to Lower LDL Cholesterol Levels

July 25th, 2010

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Is your LDL cholesterol elevated? If so, learn four easy steps to lower LDL cholesterol in this video from dietitian and heart health expert Lisa Nelson.

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What Does High Cholesterol Do?

July 25th, 2010

How good and bad cholesterol affect our bodies.
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