Cholesterol, An Insight: Good Cholesterol and Bad Cholesterol

Written by Jasdeep Singh


What is Cholesterol?

Cholesterol is an important part of cell membranes and is important torepparttar structure and function of all of your body's cells. Liver makes about 80% ofrepparttar 113987 cholesterol for your body. Animal products arerepparttar 113988 source forrepparttar 113989 rest ofrepparttar 113990 20% of cholesterol ofrepparttar 113991 body.

First let get familiar with some widely used scientific terms. Cholesterol can either be good or cholesterol or bad cholesterol depending upon its usage and effects. Now, cholesterol is transferred inrepparttar 113992 body along with a protein. This cholesterol-protein package is called Lipoprotein. Good cholesterol is basically high-density lipoprotein(HDL) cholesterol which cleans up low density lipoprotein (LDL) from blood vessels. LDL is referred to as bad cholesterol as it combines with other substances to form plaques in blood vessels which are responsible for blockage inrepparttar 113993 blood vessels.

High amount of Cholesterol in your blood vessels shoots up your risk of cardiovascular disease. Whenrepparttar 113994 level of this waxy, fatty substance and triglycerides(blood fat) increases considerable, you get more likely to develop plaques in your blood vessels which furthers narrowsrepparttar 113995 arteries slowly and gradually. Hence you are at larger risk to various heart-related diseases.

The Power of Capsulized Foods

Written by Protica Research


For most people,repparttar concept of capsulized food™ usually conjures up images of space travelers ingesting meals condensed into a compact pill. However, in modern-day reality, things are quite different. Capsulized foods are one ofrepparttar 113986 most innovative nutritional advancements in recent memory, and will soon become a significant – and highly valued – concept withinrepparttar 113987 healthy eating community.

To understand what capsulized foods are and how they are positively changingrepparttar 113988 wayrepparttar 113989 world eats, it is helpful to seerepparttar 113990 problem that capsulized foods are designed to solve. In a word, that problem is: lack.

Despiterepparttar 113991 growing awareness of eating healthy, most attempts to provide people with healthy meal and nutritional products suffer from some kind of ‘lack’.

There is a lack of convenience. Many foods are not packaged for convenience. Those that are convenient are oftentimes heavily processed and filled with artificial ingredients. And, preparing meals often requires a luxury of time many consumers do not have.

There is a lack of portability. This is a direct extension of convenience. Though a full-course meal may providerepparttar 113992 right amount of low glycemic carbohydrates, unsaturated fats, and complete proteins, it is often tethered torepparttar 113993 kitchen table.

There is a lack of sources. Our world is abundant with natural and processed foods. Yet, findingrepparttar 113994 right combination of those foods to meet our dietary needs is challenging for many. The array of choices adds torepparttar 113995 confusion, and sometimesrepparttar 113996 food selections we want are not available to us. Whether one is on a low carbohydrate, low fat, or isometric diet, findingrepparttar 113997 right foods and incorporating them into our daily lifestyle requires effort.

There is a lack of nutrient-density. This refers torepparttar 113998 amount of nutrition within a given food. For example, a soft pretzel weighing 60 grams has a low density of nutrition, whereas an egg also weighing 60 grams has a high density of nutrition. Ounce for ounce, many processed foods possess less nutritional value (or, density) than whole foods such as fruits and vegetables. However, many processed foods have great merit since they do provide dense nutrition in a small amount of food. The challenge is in identifyingrepparttar 113999 foods that are rich in nutrients versusrepparttar 114000 foods that are not.

It is within this situation of lack that capsulized foods provide real eating solutions. Sometimes called “compact liquid foods”, capsulized foods are extremely portable, require no preparation time at all, and travel easily due to their small, durable, and lightweight containers. Atrepparttar 114001 same time, capsulized foods are liquefied, which allows them to be quickly consumed. This is of primary importance to eaters who simply do not have time to prepare and then sit through a traditional meal. Capsulized foods are also extremely rich in nutrients, and in fact providerepparttar 114002 highest nutritional value per fluid ounce of any food product onrepparttar 114003 market. As such, capsulized foods effectively solverepparttar 114004 lack of convenience, portability, and nutrition-density in a single, cost-effective eating solution.

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