Share this content In this blog I will cover how to improve your cholesterol profile and the risks and benefits of cholesterol therapy, let’s dive right in! Step 1: First and foremost, eat more fiber. Fiber will lower LDL cholesterol and triglycerides, increase...
Compared to the USA with a massive obesity rate of 39.8%, Italy’s obesity rate of 10% seems tiny. Not only are they much slimmer, but they live longer, too. The average lifespan in Italy is 82.5 years (2016 data) compared to 78.6 years in the US; Italians have one of...
February is Heart Month! Let’s review four steps that will help you prevent and even reverse heart disease. FIRST, INCORPORATE FIVE HEART HEALING FOODS INTO YOUR DIET: Fabulous Fiber. If you added only one nutrient, pick FIBER. It’s the roughage in vegetables, fruits,...
I recently asked several of my medical-nutrition colleagues if they could only track one nutrient/food measure, what would it be? A few said carbs, as they were aiming for low carb intake, others said fat, as they had a specific fat level they recommended daily. I...
Heart disease is the #1 killer of women and men and has an enormous impact on health worldwide, even though we can prevent it with lifestyle 90% of the time. Equally important is that the same factors that lead to heart disease play a dramatic role in your quality of...
