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Pocket Points is a mobile app that was developed in 2014 by Mitch Gardner and Rob Richardson. [1] Both were California State University, Chico students and members of Sigma Chi Fraternity. [2] [3] The mobile app gives students rewards for not using their phones during class. [4] Students open up the app, lock their phones, and start ...
Palm oil contains a high amount of saturated fat, and research shows it increases triglycerides, total cholesterol, and "bad" cholesterol or low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol. 6. Full-Fat ...
The National Cholesterol Education Program is a program managed by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, a division of the National Institutes of Health. Its goal is to reduce increased cardiovascular disease rates due to hypercholesterolemia (elevated cholesterol levels) in the United States of America. The program has been running ...
Hypercholesterolemia, also called high cholesterol, is the presence of high levels of cholesterol in the blood. [1] It is a form of hyperlipidemia (high levels of lipids in the blood), hyperlipoproteinemia (high levels of lipoproteins in the blood), and dyslipidemia (any abnormalities of lipid and lipoprotein levels in the blood).
Foods That Lower Cholesterol Oats “Oats can reduce blood cholesterol levels due to high levels of beta-glucan,” says Dr. Leann Poston, MD, MBA, M.Ed. a physician and contributor to Invigor ...
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Apolipoprotein B is the primary apolipoprotein of chylomicrons, VLDL, Lp(a), IDL, and LDL particles (LDL—commonly known as "bad cholesterol" when in reference to both heart disease and vascular disease in general), which is responsible for carrying fat molecules , including cholesterol, around the body to all cells within all tissues. While ...
Atherosclerosis [a] is a pattern of the disease arteriosclerosis, [8] characterized by development of abnormalities called lesions in walls of arteries.This is a chronic inflammatory disease involving many different cell types and driven by elevated levels of cholesterol in the blood. [9]