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Effortless Ways to Lower Your Cholesterol
Reader's Digest — February is Heart Health month, and for many Americans, that means focusing on ways to lower your risk of heart disease -- the number one killer among both men and women. And about half of all adults in American have cholesterol levels that are ...More…
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How to Choose Good Carbs When Food Shopping
Reader's Digest — From 759 Secrets for Beating Diabetes Yes, carbs do raise blood sugar. But cutting them out isn't the answer, for many good reasons. The trick is controlling the types of carbs you eat and how much of them you consume. You'll definitely want to .. ...More…
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Steal This Health Secret: Turmeric
Reader's Digest — India. This bright-yellow spice, a key ingredient in curries, is used to treat everything from a runny nose to chest pain in traditional Asian medicine. Small studies have found that curcumin, a component of turmeric, cuts cholesterol; animal ...More…
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Stay Connected with Reader's Digest
Reader's Digest — Connect with the Reader's Digest community on Facebook. Share our most talked about stories, enter contests, read our blogs and download our latest widgets. Plus, find our most popular photos and videos or upload your own. Connect with the ...More…
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Health IQ: What's Your Number?
Reader's Digest — What's the deal with HDL cholesterol? I've heard it's really important for women, but what about us guys? So much of health is about decreasing stuff: weight, blood pressure, doughnut intake. But we want you to increase your healthy ...More…
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Coffee Breaks and Health Benefits
Reader's Digest — By Renee Martin-Kratzer From Reader's Digest Once suspected in a variety of diseases, coffee now has an impressive résumé: Mounting evidence suggests that coffee drinkers have a lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes, gallstones, Parkinson's ...More…
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Lower Cholesterol Naturally With Cheese
Reader's Digest — From Reader's Digest Eating cheese can be heart healthy. Women who ate a serving a day (about the size of four dice) had higher HDL (good cholesterol) and lower LDL (bad) than those who ate less, according to a study at Wake Forest University ...More…
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The Manager Who Couldn't Write
Reader's Digest — What launched Amy Tan's career was not a big break, but a kick in the butt. Before the million-copy sales of The Joy Luck Club, The Kitchen God's Wife and The Hundred Secret Senses, Amy Tan was a writer. A business writer. She and a partner ran a ...More…
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Kids and Cholesterol
Reader's Digest — From Cut Your Cholesterol You're never too young for high cholesterol. In fact, as many as one-third of American children (from age 2 through the teenage years) have high cholesterol. It's no surprise. Consider what constitutes kid food in this .. ...More…
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Finding Fiber In Deceptive Food Labels
Reader's Digest — With the trend toward healthy and wholesome foods, many breads have picked up the phrases "multigrain," "seven-grain," "nutra-grain," "cracked wheat," "stone-ground wheat," or "enriched wheat" on ...More…
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The Simplest Way to Increase Fiber
Reader's Digest — From Cut Your Cholesterol So about now you're thinking: "Eat 25 grams of fiber? How do they expect me to do that?" Two words: Eat breakfast. Cereal is perhaps the simplest way to get more fiber into your diet. It may also be a way to lower ...More…
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Dine Out Without Clogging Your Arteries
Reader's Digest — Eating out has become a ritual in our busy lives. Unfortunately, it has become increasingly harder to dine at restaurants and maintain a healthy diet. Learn to navigate your favorite menus by keeping these simple pointers in mind. From longer ...More…