Changing Your Diet to Lower Your Cholesterol

It is important to lower cholesterol level because cholesterol has been associated with the development of coronary heart disease. The higher the level of cholesterol in an individual, the more likely he will be developing heart disease later on. High cholesterol levels can also put a person at risk of suffering from a stroke or a heart attack.

To help reduce your risk, you can limit the following in your diet:

• Fats, especially saturated fats
• All foods containing partially hydrogenated vegetable oils (most margarine’s and baked goods.
• Dairy fats, such as whole milk, cheese made with whole milk, butter, egg yolks, sour cream.
• Vegetable oil and lard
• Beef, especially the less-lean cuts
• Alcohol
• Products made of refined sugars and flours

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Does the Media Affect Our Cholesterol Levels?

Good health has always been a subject of great concern for everyone. We always talk about exercise, living a healthy lifestyle and eating healthy. But it was not always like this.

Healthy Eating Concepts of the Past

Decades ago, the concept of health was quite different from how we perceive it right now. Yes, the value of exercise was still very much mentioned but the concept of “healthy eating” was vastly different. As late as the 1960s, the tenets that surround healthy eating was quite different from what it is now. Just look at the popular media in those days. The Brady matriarch Marcia Brady would constantly feed her family red meat, specifically beef, in her belief that meat ensures that her kids need red meat to grow up healthy. Read more

Consumers Are Demanding Organic Foods

Price (whether the market likes to admit it or not) really is controlled by consumer demand for products and services. When demand falls, price also falls. When demand increases, price also increases. It’s a simple formula that isn’t very easily manipulated (although the oil companies are doing a pretty good job of manipulating it at the present, but that’s another article). We’re talking about organic food and the demand for it.

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Living Green with Organic Foods

“Green” and “eco-friendly” are the buzz words that you are seeing and hearing everywhere today. There’s a good reason. Our planet – the ground under our feet and the sky above us – is in trouble. Pollution is real, and pollution is everywhere.

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What Does Certified Organic Mean?

In order to be “certified organic,” products must be grown and manufactured in a way that abides by the standards set by the country they are sold in and those “standards” do vary from country to country.

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