Reduce The Total Calories Generally, more you weigh over and above your ideal weight, greater your risk of heart disease.

Please note that you should never attempt to lose weight irrationally by following a fad diet. Instead do it slowly and progressively…this will help to form new habits and makes it easier to follow

Simply cut down on foods that are rich in fat and cut down on your alcohol intake

Reduce Saturated Fats Saturated fats have most influential effect on raising LDL (bad) cholesterol levels. By just cutting out butter and using low-fat diary products you can shave 20% off your saturated fat intake.

Junk foods and fast foods generally have a high percentage of saturated fats, so stay away from them. Diary foods and eggs also generally have high saturated fat content. Please note: be really careful when using coconut or palm kernel oils as these have more saturated fat than lard!

Reduce Sugar Intake Generally about 20% of calories, in a typical diet, come from sugar. “Empty” calories from sugar; take up space in your diet, restricting intake of more nutritious foods, which can provide protein, vitamins and minerals

Increase Fiber Soluble fiber has been known to reduce LDL (bad) cholesterol; without reducing HDL (good) cholesterol. Eat more fruits and vegetables, oat and corn bran and dried peas and beans. Around 40 grams per day can help to reduce cholesterol by 10%

Increase Fish Fish oil has been shown to markedly lower triglyceride levels. Studies have also shown a direct link between eating fish and fewer heart attacks. Try to eat fish at least 2 to 3 times a week

There you have it, some simple guidelines to lowering your cholesterol and greatly improving your health. Sounds simple, yes…but to really make a change you have to focus on changing some habits and best way to do that is to do it in small progressive steps.

Start now by taking some time out to reflect upon:

•The wrong kinds of foods that you have been buying •What you will add and what will you eliminate from your shopping list from today and onwards •The wrong kinds of snacks that you’ve been eating •What you can substitute that will help you in your efforts

Also be very mindful when eating out (and I’m not just talking about fancy restaurants), because this is where most people fail when it comes to healthy eating!

Wishing you very best in your endeavors

Ramzi Abboud http://www.lower-cholesterol-naturally-fast.com/go1

Copyright 2005 by lower-cholesterol-naturally-fast.com All rights reserved.

The neurologist explained that in old days pernicious anemia was diagnosed by giving patient a course of B12 shots, and if health returned, then diagnosis was pernicious anemia.

So it was, that in keeping Time Line I observed not only my memory improving, my tingling, numbness and depression going away, but also ridges on my fingernails smoothing out.

Today, research shows that pernicious anemia with its characteristic lack of intrinsic factor is rare, while B12 malabsorption illness is on increase because of abundant use of antacids. In fact, there are estimates that 47% of general population has hypochlorhydria, condition where there is not enough gastric acid to free vitamin B12 from protein.

It is not because low B12 from all causes is so prevalent, that I have taken up vitamin B12 education as my mission, but rather because nerve damage that results from extended, untreated low B12 can be permanent.

Nerve damage can be type of peripheral neuropathy associated with diabetes; it can be impaired memory and cognitive dysfunction.

I have lost about half of my working memory and processing speed from years my low B12 went untreated. So, my web site is not most brilliant thing ever, but it does give clear information on vitamin B12 and how to recognize warning signs of low B12 from your fingernails: www.health-boundaries-bite.com/Fingernails.html