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Weight Loss and Cholesterol
Given the extensive care cholesterol campaign that has been developed over several years, the public identified cholesterol as a very harmful substance to the body. But we all have cholesterol.
Cholesterol is a lipid, very necessary for life, as with the body synthesizes bile, a substance secreted by the liver, important for digestion. Its also produces sex hormones and what is more important, cholesterol is an indispensable component of the membranes (walls) of all cells, especially brain cells.
What is harmful, are the excesses of cholesterol and they are deposited on artery walls promoting atherosclerosis, a process that narrows the vessels light thus hindering the passage of blood must transport food and oxygen to various tissues and organs.
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Which can Lead to Eating More Fat
Sure you know that excess fat is good for our health, and if you’re dieting is not about choosing not to consume but the quality of fats and control the amount ingested to achieve a balanced diet that benefits the operation of body.
Here what the excess fat can cause:
Hinder digestion: A high-fat meal is heavier, more indigestible and can cause discomfort after eating copious, therefore, best to limit fat in each meal and thus achieve a lighter meal, allowing us to remain active and without discomfort after it.
It makes us eat more: Fats have a high palatability, does not produce a lot of fullness and are easily storable energy, why, how much fat we eat, the more we want.
They are focusing on energy: fats increase the caloric density of the diet as they are the macronutrient that provides more calories per gram, therefore, a high intake of fats in the day may promote positive energy balance and thus lead to an increase weight.
Autism and vitamin D
Two Swedish studies reported by the Vitamin D Council, providing support to the hypothesis of a link between autism and vitamin D deficiency, defended by psychiatrist John Cannell.
Mats Humble and his colleagues at the Karolinska Institute (Stockholm) measured levels of vitamin D in 117 adults with psychiatric diagnoses. All 10 of them diagnosed with autism had blood levels of vitamin D lower than other groups, including those with diagnoses of schizophrenia and depression.
The levels were 12 ng / ml on average, a level known to cause rickets in children and osteomalacia (a painful disease of the bones) in adults. This study is published in the Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
In another study, Elisbeth Fernelli and colleagues at various institutions in Sweden measured the levels of vitamin D in immigrant women of Somali origin about 6 years after they gave birth to a child who received a diagnosis of autism. Somali mothers had very low levels of vitamin D: less than 10 ng / ml. Those who had a child with autism tended to have lower levels. This study is published in Acta Paediatrics.
Autism, Dr. Cannell noted in Medical Hypotheses in 2008, is more common in regions where UVB rays have a lower penetration as those latitudes near the poles, the urban areas, urban areas with high pollution and high precipitation. Autism is more common in people with dark skin including severe maternal deficiency of vitamin D is particularly high. According to the researcher, the new “epidemic” of autism could be explained by lack of vitamin D especially favored by the instructions of the last years of avoiding exposure to sunlight.
Facts About Cholesterol (Part 2)
Fact # 4: Physical exercise will lower cholesterol levels.
An increase in body weight tends to increase blood cholesterol, blood pressure, and in general the risk of adverse effects on heart health. In addition to maintaining body weight in balance, physical activity can help lower blood pressure and increase the health and general welfare.
Things can change to lower cholesterol:
• Maintain a healthy weight (a weight gain tends to increase cholesterol levels)
• Make physical activity (reduce LDL cholesterol)
• Lower stress
• A healthy diet (elimiinar especially saturated fats that raise cholesterol levels)
• Limit alcohol consumption
• Stop smoking
Things we can not change:
• Sex (men tend to have higher cholesterol levels than women until menopause, when men and women are at equal risk)
• The age (cholesterol levels increase with age)
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Facts About Cholesterol (Part 1)
Fact # 1: Cholesterol is a waxy substance found in the membranes of cells in our body.
Basically, cholesterol is a lipid, which is broadly defined as any fat-soluble, naturally occurring molecule, such as fats and oils. Cholesterol originates naturally in the body through the liver, but can be created in small quantities through our diet.
Cholesterol plays an important role in the body as a building block for cell walls and bile acids and is necessary to make hormones and vitamin D. A low level of blood cholesterol is natural and healthy.
Cholesterol only becomes a problem when more cholesterol in the blood than the body needs. Can cause the buildup of fatty deposits in the arteries, reducing blood flow in the arteries and then can become a problem for heart health.
Fact # 2: There are two types of blood cholesterol (good and bad) that are transported in special packages, namely:
Low density lipoprotein (LDL) transports cholesterol from the liver to body tissues. If there is a high level of bad cholesterol (LDL) levels can accumulate in the walls of blood vessels and lead to narrowing.
Your total cholesterol is made up of LDL and HDL. Therefore, the total cholesterol level recommended for heart health should be below 200 milligrams per deciliter (mg / dl).
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