Category Archives: Cholesterol

Milk Thistle Improves Glucose Metabolism

Posted on April 1, 2016 by Robert Barrington

Oxidative stress is implicated in the pathogenesis of diabetes because it may cause insulin resistance and may also cause damage to pancreatic β-cells. Milk thistle is the common name for the herb Silybum marianum, a member of the Asteraceae family … Continue reading →

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Green Tea Reverses Insulin Resistance

Posted on March 14, 2016 by Robert Barrington

Caffeine is known to cause a transient increase in the plasma levels of free fatty acids. This likely results from a concomitant increase in plasma levels of adrenaline, which increases the lipolysis rate of adipocytes and thus increases circulating levels … Continue reading →

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Low Carbohydrate Diets Increase Lipoprotein Particle Size

Posted on December 28, 2015 by Robert Barrington

Raised levels of certain lipoproteins are associated with cardiovascular disease. However, it should be emphasised here that while raised levels of these lipoproteins are associated with cardiovascular disease, the cause and effect is not proven. The traditional view was that … Continue reading →

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Low Carbohydrate Diets Increase LDL Particle Size

Posted on December 26, 2015 by Robert Barrington
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Low Carbohydrate High Protein Meta Analysis

Posted on December 24, 2015 by Robert Barrington

Replacing the carbohydrate in the diet with protein produces a low carbohydrate high protein diet, sometimes simply called a high protein diet. Both the Atkins and Zone diets have relatively high amounts of protein, which replaces the carbohydrate content of … Continue reading →

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Low Carbohydrate Diets Improve LDL to HDL Ratios

Posted on December 22, 2015 by Robert Barrington

Low fat diets have been shown to decrease levels of low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, whilst low carbohydrates have been shown to increase LDL cholesterol. Elevated levels of LDL have traditionally been seens as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease … Continue reading →

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Low Carbohydrate Diets and LDL

Posted on December 13, 2015 by Robert Barrington
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The Diverse Effects of Fibre

Posted on November 30, 2015 by Robert Barrington

Dietary fibre is a heterogenous group of non-digestible plant polysaccharides. Due to the structural heterogeneity, dietary fibre from different sources shows physiological and biochemical differences in humans. One of the effects of fibre in human nutrition is that of modification … Continue reading →

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Want to Lower Cholesterol? Try A Fast

Posted on November 6, 2015 by Robert Barrington

High levels of plasma cholesterol are not the cause of cardiovascular disease. In fact, the available evidence suggests that the relationship between plasma cholesterol and cardiovascular disease is not causal, but is controlled by another variable. This variable is likely … Continue reading →

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Sucrose: A Tail of Two Sugars

Posted on October 30, 2015 by Robert Barrington

Sucrose is the chemical name for table sugar. It is the white crystalline powder that most people put in their tea or coffee. Sucrose is chemically a disaccharide sugar, which means that it is composed of two monosaccharides joined together … Continue reading →

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