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Garlic reduces blood lipid levels, including total cholesterol and triglyceride

Garlic is widely used around the world for its pungent flavor as a fundamental component in many or most dishes of various regions, including eastern Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, northern Africa, southern Europe, and parts of South and Central America.

Many studies have shown garlic has [...]

Weight Loss Benefits Chronic Kidney Disease

Chronic kidney disease always presents as proteinuria (abnormal high level of protein in urine) first, and gradually proceeds toward the terminal stage where metabolic wastes can not be sufficiently eliminated and accumulate in the body and damage organs.

Obese patients present a much higher risk of developing hyperlipidemia, cardiovascular complications, [...]

Ten-week lifestyle intervention changes the outcomes of overweight adults

Excess weight has reached epidemic proportions globally, with more than 1 billion adults being either overweight or obese.

Overweight population are at high risk for a variety of health problems, including dyslipidemia (high cholesterol and/or triglyceride, high LDL, low HDL), insulin resistance and diabetes, and high blood pressure. Two or [...]

PCI With Drug-Eluting Stent and CABG: which is safer to treat Acute Myocardial Infarction?

Percutaneous Coronary Intervention With Drug-Eluting Stent Implantation vs. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting for Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease in Metabolic Syndrome Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction. Circ J. 2012 Jan 11;… [...]

Uric acid is an independent risk factor for carotid atherosclerosis in a Japanese elderly population without metabolic syndrome.

Uric acid is an independent risk factor for carotid atherosclerosis in a Japanese elderly population without metabolic syndrome. Cardiovasc Diabetol. 2012 Jan 10;11(1):2 Authors: Takayama S, Kawamoto R, Kusunoki T, Abe M, On… [...]

Children’s binge eating and development of metabolic syndrome.

Children’s binge eating and development of metabolic syndrome. Int J Obes (Lond). 2012 Jan 10; Authors: Tanofsky-Kraff M, Shomaker LB, Stern EA, Miller R, Sebring N, Dellavalle D, Yanovski SZ, Hubbard VS, Yanovski JA … [...]

The effects of running exercise on oxidative capacity and PGC-1α mRNA levels in the soleus muscle of rats with metabolic syndrome.

The effects of running exercise on oxidative capacity and PGC-1α mRNA levels in the soleus muscle of rats with metabolic syndrome. J Physiol Sci. 2012 Jan 11; Authors: Nagatomo F, Fujino H, Kondo H, Kouzaki M, Gu N, Takeda … [...]

Re: does metabolic syndrome impair sexual function in middle- to old-aged women?

Re: does metabolic syndrome impair sexual function in middle- to old-aged women? J Urol. 2012 Feb;187(2):621-2 Authors: Griebling TL PMID: 22237358 [PubMed - in process] [...]

Metabolic syndrome, physical activity and cardiac autonomic function.

Metabolic syndrome, physical activity and cardiac autonomic function. Diabetes Metab Res Rev. 2012 Jan 11; Authors: Soares-Miranda L, Sandercock G, Vale S, Santos R, Abreu S, Moreira C, Mota J Abstract AIM: O… [...]

Obesity - blame your taste buds for liking fat

Why do we like fatty foods so much? We can blame our taste buds. In the first study to identify a human receptor that can taste fat, researchers report that our tongues recognize and have an affinity for fat and that variations in a gene can make peopl… [...]