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Healthy Heart I.Q.—QuestionsHealthy Heart I.Q.—AnswersSource: The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Answer true or false to the following questions to test your knowledge of heart…Healthy Heart I.Q.—Answers
True. High blood pressure, smoking, and high blood cholesterol are the three most important risk factors for heart disease. On the average, each one doubles your chance of developing heart…Healthy Heart I.Q.—Questions
The risk factors for heart disease that you can do something about are: high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol, smoking, obesity, and physical inactivity.A stroke is often the first…Ten Tips for Staying Lean
1. Curb calorie density Does fat make you fat? For years, popular diet books assured the chubby masses that a low-fat diet was the key to weight loss. They…Got Milk Substitutes
Federal Dietary Guidelines recommend two to three servings of milk, yogurt, or cheese daily in order to ingest the necessary amount of calcium. Yet the majority…Guide to Fats
—by Eleanor MayfieldSource: The U.S. Food and Drug AdministrationFats and Fatty Acids CholesterolTriglycerides and VLDL Once upon a time, we didn't know anything about fat except that it made…Exploding Exercise Myths
Getting Americans off the couch and onto their feet could save an estimated 200,000 lives a year, says the surgeon general. Yet most of us are either sedentary or only minimally active.…Fats and Fatty Acids
Fats are a group of chemical compounds that contain fatty acids. Energy is stored in the body mostly in the form of fat. Fat is needed in the diet to supply essential fatty acids, substances…Cholesterol
Cholesterol is sort of a “cousin” of fat. Both fat and cholesterol belong to a larger family of chemical compounds called lipids. All the cholesterol the body needs is made by the liver. It…Triglycerides and VLDL
Triglyceride is another form in which fat is transported through the blood to the body tissues. Most of the body's stored fat is in the form of triglycerides. Another lipoprotein—very low-…Trending
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