February 16, 2021
Category :Health Watch
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Shrimp is a type of sea food which is known to elevate cholesterol levels. A serving of 3.5 ounces of shrimp has approximately 200 mg of cholesterol. That’s a full day’s allotment for a person with heart disease. For everyone else, that is 100 mg short of the 300 mg limit. This makes shrimp a no-no for people with high blood pressure.
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bad cholesterol, cholesterol content, chronic diseases, fatty acids, heart disease, high blood pressure, nervous system, omega 3 fatty acid, omega-3, type 2 diabetes
September 28, 2020
Category :Healthy Advocacy
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Gastrointestinal bleeding or the bleeding of the intestines can be caused by ulcers, varices, cancer, medications, polyps and haemorrhoids, among others. The common diagnostic test for this condition is endoscopy and/or colonoscopy. Common symptoms included black or green stools, pain in the rectum or anus upon defecating, illness, fatigue, cramping, and feeling of gas and bloating among others.
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November 7, 2019
Category :Diabetes Facts| Health Watch
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Question: Is it true that Tilapia is worse than Bacon?
When I received this question, the first thing that came to mind was maybe there are some harmful chemicals in the fish feed or pesticides in the water that make tilapia even worse than bacon (an item ranked way down on the ‘healthy food’ list). I surmised, what goes into tilapia, goes into you, too.
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fat, fatty acids, heart, salmon
October 4, 2019
Category :Diabetes Research
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Increased consumption of omega-3 fatty acids may curb type 2 diabetes from further developing, Italian researchers recently found out.
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cholesterol, diabetes, fatty acids, insulin resistance
November 8, 2018
Category :Diabetes Research
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Scientists have identified a member of a new class of hormones produced by body fat that they think could lead to fresh approaches to combat diabetes and other conditions related to obesity.
The hormone prevents the liver from accumulating fat and enhances the body’s ability to control glucose, scientists led by Gokhan Hotamisligil of the Harvard School of Public Health wrote recently in the journal Cell.
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chemical messengers, fatty acids, fatty liver disease, hormone insulin, lipokines, metabolism, type 2 diabetes