Cholesterol

Vitamin B3: How I Raised My Good Cholesterol Over 30%

In spite of going to the gym three or four days each week, my cholesterol test came back with low HDLs. My doctor said that I should try to get it above 40 and wanted to give me a prescription for Simvastatin. My dad took that for a while and had muscle pain so badly […]

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A List of Vitamins & Minerals and What They Do

Vitamins are organic compounds that are necessary for proper health and cannot be synthesized by the body.  By strict definition there are 13 nutrients considered to be vitamins in humans.  Below are lists of vitamins, their functions in the body, diseases that occur when they are lacking, and dietary sources of vitamins.  There are also […]

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The Five Best Vitamins and Supplements You Should Be Taking

1. Resveratrol Unless you really don’t like life, you might want to take a naturally occurring phenol called Resveratol.  It is found in red grapes, blueberries, peanuts, and cocoa, and has been shown to have a positive effect on life extension.1, 2  Resveratrol [rez-ˈvir-ə-ˌtrȯl] is a powerful antioxidant3 and may reduce the risk of heart disease.4  It […]

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