Triglycerides Articles

Triglycerides Articles:

High Intake of EPA/DHA Reduces Risks for Cardiovascular Disease

By now just about everyone is aware that consuming essential fatty acids like DHA is vital to your cardiovascular health, weight management, and general inflammation reduction. In general, the more health problems you have relating to cardiovascular health, blood sugar, weight, and inflammation, the higher the level of intake should be. A new study with Eskimos suggests that more is better as the study authors concluded, "Increasing EPA and DHA intakes to amounts well above those consumed by the general US population may have strong beneficial effects on chronic disease risk."

Read More: cardiovascular disease, CRP, DHA, EPA, HDL cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, Triglycerides

Whey Protein Lowers Cholesterol and Triglycerides in Overweight Adults

Over the years I have written extensively on the value of fine quality whey protein isolates. A new 12-week study with obese adults, average age 48, showed that whey protein could significantly improve their metabolic profile on such key issues as lowering triglycerides, lowering cholesterol, and improving blood sugar metabolism (less insulin resistance).

Read More: Daily Protein Plus™, Daily Protein™, insulin resistance, Triglycerides, whey protein

DHA vs. Diabetes Drugs – Did You Balance Your PPAR Gamma Today?

The thiazolidinedione diabetes drugs Avandia and Actos will break your bones and cause heart failure. DHA will help preserve your bones and rejuvenate your heart’s function. They all activate PPAR gamma. Understanding why the drugs are so dangerous and why the nutrient is so helpful is a prime example of why nutrition excels at restoring damaged metabolism and drugs are a fast track to a number-manipulating nowhere.

Read More: Actos, Avandia, DHA, genes, HDL cholesterol, insulin, metabolism, overweight, PPAR gamma, Triglycerides

Whey Protein Improves Triglycerides, LDL Cholesterol, and Insulin in Overweight Adults

A 12-week study with 70 overweight and obese men and women found that supplementing the diet with whey protein significantly improved various parameters of metabolic health.

Read More: insulin, LDL cholesterol, Triglycerides, whey protein

Olive Leaf Extract Lowers Blood Pressure in Clinical Trial

A just-published, double-blind, randomized, parallel and active-controlled clinical study showed that olive leaf extract could lower blood pressure in patients with stage-1 hypertension.

Read More: blood pressure, olive leaf extract, Triglycerides

Niacin: Can It Help Your Cardio Health?

More than 50 years of research indicates that niacin can help lower your triglycerides, raise your HDL cholesterol (good cholesterol), improve your circulation, and lower your LDL cholesterol and Lipoprotein A. These effects are likely to positively support weight management.

Read More: ApoA-1, ApoB, inositol hexanicotinate, LDL cholesterol, Lipoprotein A, niacin, raising HDL, Triglycerides

DHA is Vital to Cardiovascular Wellness

Thousands of studies have shown the critical function of fish oil--in particular it’s most important essential fatty acid DHA--to overall cardiovascular well-being at any age. DHA is the most deficient nutrient in the 21st Century diet, and good food sources of it like fatty fish, are often contaminated with mercury or other toxins. Therefore, a dietary supplement containing a toxin-free molecularly distilled DHA is invaluable for getting safe amounts of this vital heart-friendly nutrient. February is American Heart Month so it is worth summarizing some of the key DHA findings of the past year as they relate to cardiovascular health.

Read More: cardiovascular support, DHA, fish oil, HDL cholesterol, heart, inflammation, LDL cholesterol, Triglycerides

Guar Gum: The Fiber with a Swagger

This complex carbohydrate struts it stuff when it comes to metabolism. It adds a host of benefits to improve health and enhance weight loss efforts.

Read More: guar gum, LeptiFiber, lowering cholesterol, partially hydrolyzed guar gum, soluble fiber, Triglycerides

Whey Protein Improves Fatty Liver and Lowers Cholesterol

Have you got fat in “all the wrong places?” Whey protein can help unclog liver fat and reduce cholesterol.

Read More: cholesterol, fatty liver, Triglycerides, weight loss, whey protein