Speaking at AHS13

The 2013 Ancestral Health Symposium will be held in Atlanta, GA, August 14-17.  Last year was a great conference, and I look forward to more informative talks and networking.  Tickets go fast, so reserve yours now if you plan to attend!

This year, I'll be speaking on insulin and obesity.  My talk will be titled "Insulin and Obesity: Reconciling Conflicting Evidence".  In this talk, I'll present the evidence for and against the idea that elevated insulin contributes to the development of obesity.  One hypothesis states that elevated insulin contributes to obesity, while the other states that elevated insulin is caused by obesity and does not contribute to it.  Both sides of the debate present evidence that appears compelling, and it often seems like each side is talking past the other rather than trying to incorporate all of the evidence into a larger, more powerful model.

There's a lot evidence that can be brought to bear on this question, but much of it hasn't reached the public yet.  I'll explore a broad swath of evidence from clinical case studies, observational studies, controlled trials, animal research, physiology, and cell biology to test the two competing hypotheses and outline a model that can explain all of the seemingly conflicting data.  Much of this information hasn't appeared on this blog.  My goal is to put together a talk that will be informative to a researcher but also accessible to an informed layperson.

On a separate note, my AHS12 talk "Digestive Health, Inflammation and the Metabolic Syndrome" has not been posted online because the video recording of my talk has mysteriously disappeared.  I think many WHS readers would be interested in the talk, since it covers research on the important and interdependent influence of gut health, inflammation, and psychological stress on the metabolic syndrome (the quintessential modern metabolic disorder).  I'm going to try to find time to make a narrated slideshow so I can post it on YouTube.

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Food Variety, Calorie Intake, and Weight Gain

Let's kick off this post with a quote from a 2001 review paper (1):

Increased variety in the food supply may contribute to the development and maintenance of obesity. Thirty-nine studies examining dietary variety, energy intake, and body composition are reviewed. Animal and human studies show that food consumption increases when there is more variety in a meal or diet and that greater dietary variety is associated with increased body weight and fat.

This may seem counterintuitive, since variety in the diet is generally seen as a good thing. In some ways, it is a good thing, however in this post we'll see that it can have a downside.
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Food Reward Friday

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Book Review: Salt, Sugar, Fat

Michael Moss is a Pulitzer prize-winning journalist who has made a career writing about the US food system. In his latest book, Salt, Sugar, Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us, he attempts to explain how the processed food industry has been so successful at increasing its control over US "stomach share". Although the book doesn't focus on the obesity epidemic, the relevance is obvious. Salt, Sugar, Fat is required reading for anyone who wants to understand why obesity is becoming more common in the US and throughout the world.

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Food Reward Friday

This week's lucky "winner"... energy bars!

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Glucagon, Dietary Protein, and Low-Carbohydrate Diets

Glucagon is a hormone that plays an important role in blood glucose control. Like insulin, it's secreted by the pancreas, though it's secreted by a different cell population than insulin (alpha vs. beta cells). In some ways, glucagon opposes insulin. However, the role of glucagon in metabolism is frequently misunderstood in diet-health circles.

The liver normally stores glucose in the form of glycogen and releases it into the bloodstream as needed. It can also manufacture glucose from glycerol, lactate, and certain amino acids. Glucagon's main job is to keep blood glucose from dipping too low by making sure the liver releases enough glucose. There are a few situations where this is particularly important:

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Coronary heart disease and chicken roll fats

Studies carried out on some Americans, Eastern people, and Mideastern and found that fried food including chicken rolls have a relation with heart disease and that may not including the risk of developing an existing heart disease for people who suffering from cardiovascular diseases.

Because of quantity of saturated fats in chicken rolls it may be considered as a non healthy food, however most of daily meals in Mediterranean’s and most Americans of fried foods and including chicken sandwiches and chicken pastries and chicken rolls as well,
The thing that may hurt our diet and its influence reflect on our health at the end. 

Nutritional Value of some sorts of chicken roll and fried chicken:

You can see the high Fat content in each type, which will impact on your blood vessels and lead to heart disease:

Light Meat Chicken Roll

Per 1 serving - Calories: 88 kcal | Fat: 4.21 Grams | Carbohydrates: 1.39 Grams | Protein: 11.13g

Other sizes: 1 package - 262 kcal, 1 oz - 44 kcal, 100 g - 154 kcal

Chicken Breast Roll (Oven Roasted)

Per 1 2 oz serving - Calories: 75 kcal | Fat: 4.28 Grams | Carbohydrates: 1.00 Grams | Protein: 8.17g

Other sizes: 1 oz - 38 kcal, 100 g - 134 kcal

Bacon, Chicken and Tomato Club Sandwich with Lettuce and Spread on Multigrain Roll

Per 1 sandwich - Calories: 433 kcal | Fat: 20.87 Grams | Carbohydrates: 26.19 Grams | Protein: 34.42g

Other sizes: 1 Horde’s Turkey Club - 500 kcal, 1 serving - 433 kcal, 100 g - 223 kcal

Broiled Chicken Fillet Sandwich with Lettuce, Tomato and Spread on Whole Wheat Roll

Per 1 sandwich - Calories: 330 kcal | Fat: 8.49 Grams | Carbohydrates: 39.05 Grams | Protein: 26.54g

Other sizes: 1 Horde’s Sandwich - 330 kcal, 1 Jack-in-the-Box sandwich - 392 kcal, 1 serving - 330 kcal

Broiled Chicken Fillet Sandwich with Cheese, Lettuce, Tomato and Non-Mayonnaise Spread on Whole Wheat Roll

Per 1 Wendy's sandwich - Calories: 380 kcal | Fat: 11.56 Grams | Carbohydrates: 36.30 Grams | Protein: 33.95g

Other sizes: 1 serving - 380 kcal, 100 g - 197 kcal, 1 oz - 56 kcal

Chicken Roll-Ups (Zoë’s Kitchen)

Per 1 serving - Calories: 610 kcal | Fat: 22.00 Grams | Carbohydrates: 54.00 Grams | Protein: 47.00 Grams   

Lifestyle and food habits in countries like European countries such as Spain and France consuming a lot of non-red meat in their food and frying process carried with Oils like olive oil and sunflower oil and leave trans fat residues after frying chicken or meat or other foods like potatoes…, saturated fats and trans fats also has an impact on our blood vessels, that trans fats coating the inner walls of blood vessels and cause cardiovascular problems such as coronary heart disease and thrombosis which means trans fats hardening and narrowing blood vessels the make a resistance for normal blood streaming and that matter make blood pressure be higher and that represents a high risk factor on our heart and increasing high cholesterol levels, finally may be lead to coronary heart disease, and may be lead to heart attacks or heart stroke as well, also trans fats is a heart high risk factor due to it is not processed by liver and cannot excreted by gallbladder, so that trans fats stored at body and cause Obesity while the Obeisant persons have high incidence of death due to increase heart disease and heart attacks rates.

Many deaths world wide have been recorded by having fried food a lot of times in their daily meals, but the studies told us that the fried chicken as an example of fried food dose not an risk factor alone on our heart health, so the advice to you to maintain food that boiled or baked or steamed, those ways are the best to keep foods healthy and away from risk of heart or digestion problems, and steamed way is a best cooking way to make chicken rolls due to the steam will not affect the integrity of proteins in chicken meat and will not leave trans fats after cooking, but if you follow a diet method you should maintain you daily calories.

A cup of steamed rice is about 242 calories, while a cup of fried rice is about 390 calories and 10 additional grams of fat. Regardless of the recent study's findings, the additional calories and fat grams that fried foods add to your diet can have a negative impact on your health if eaten regularly and in large portions.

Eat just a small amount of deep-fried food, and pair it with healthy foods, such as fruits and vegetables, which are low in calories and will not affect your heart health.

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Are Animal Crackers Paleo?

Every child loves animal crackers, those sweet and crunchy animal-shaped biscuits. But are they compatible with a Paleo diet? Some people might think they already know the answer, but consider this: our ancestors evolved on the African savanna, eating the plants and animals found there. Inside each box of animal crackers is an assortment of tiny savanna creatures such as giraffes and elephants.

To get to the bottom of this, I interviewed Robert Pearson, CEO of Animal Cracker Products Inc., who explained to me how these crackers are made.

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Coronary heart disease and sweet potatoes and salad

Since the 6% of coronary heart disease deaths in women are caused by obesity and 16% of coronary heart diseases deaths in men are due to high blood pressure, according to BBC, use potatoes as a diet and save money spent for weight loss products and potatoes skin as a natural heart remedy and stop spend on drugs of heart diseases.

You can make safe diet with potatoes because Potatoes possess great nutritional ingredients that help your health becomes better, Potatoes can drop your blood pressure by 4 % after only one Month, if your eat potatoes as French fries or chips twice a day for a period of one month it’s approved to lower bad cholesterol (LDL) by 3 – 4 %, all of that and more. Potatoes are not starch only anymore!

Purple potatoes have great content of Antioxidants, also white potatoes and red potatoes have sufficient amount of anti-oxidants that lower heart diseases and cancers

Great potatoes salad, chips, white, red, and even potatoes skin possess ingredients that including healthy benefits for heart and preventing coronary heart diseases in addition to vast variety of diseases such as:

Anti-cancers properties: Potato carboxypeptidase inhibitor (PCI) is a naturally occurring protease inhibitor peptide in potatoes that can form complexes with several metallo-carboxypeptidases, so that PCI inhibits tumor cell growth

Magic ingredient of Potatoes that make Potatoes is nutritious food:
Potatoes is 100% free of fats and contains 0% of saturated fats and absolutely have no grams of trans fats and thus Potatoes is dietary insignificant source of Cholesterol (20 mgs of cholesterol), so that Potato prevent your heart from bad fat-induced coronary heart disease, and reduce heart risk factors of bad cholesterol

Potatoes Skin don’t have Sodium element in its components, so Potatoes skin make you away from High blood pressure (hypertension) the resulting from high serum sodium.

The second magical ingredients is that Potatoes skin is a rich source of Potassium (K) element that make potatoes among the Potassium richest 20 fruit and vegetable, Potassium help maintain normal blood pressure and prevent risk factor of heart stroke from hypertension.

Potatoes have 8% of daily fibers needs of the body which become a substitute of loss weight products and drugs because it lower blood glucose level and maintain your body weight, the matter that make Potatoes rich in fibers are best health protector from risk factors of heart disease and weight loss side effects like high blood sugar.

Potatoes are rich in Vitamin C which acts as antioxidants with carotenoids and anthocyanins which all help in cancer fighting in the body.

Potatoes rich in Vitamin B6, which help in Carbohydrates (CHO) metabolism and make essential Amino acids that body needs, and maintain normal blood cycle that maintain normal blood

So that Sweet Potatoes and Potatoes skin can be a good alternative medicine of artery disease drugs including drugs like medicine percutaneous coronary intervention and prevent heart strokes and reduce risk factors of heart attack, you can deliver Potatoes to your family as a healthy food as a potatoes salad with or instead of sour cream or sour dressing and make a potatoes skin as a powder to use as natural remedy to reducing high blood pressure and no more suffering from coronary artery diseases, and say good bye to heart stroke pain.

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Coronary heart disease and Onions (rings, juice) benefits

Scientific studies approved that Onions especially red Onions make a decreasing level of blood cholesterol especially bad cholesterol (LDL), thus will inhibit hardening of the arteries, enhances flexibility of blood vessels and make easy blood streaming, So a few Onion rings every day can lower your blood pressure and prevent you from heart attack or stroke risk factors

Making your diet including a few Onion rings every morning can help prevent cardiovascular disorders involving thrombosis: that due to natural platelets inhibitors that involved in Onion integrity, So that th Onion juice could inhibit human platelet aggregation

Nutrition Values included in Onions
Per 1 cup of chopped - Calories: 67kcal | Fat: 0.13g | Carbohydrates: 16.18g | Protein: 1.47g
Other sizes: 1 cup of sliced - 48kcal, 1 tbsp of chopped - 4kcal, 1 large - 63kcal
Red Onions
Per 1 cup of sliced - Calories: 48kcal | Fat: 0.09g | Carbohydrates: 11.63g | Protein: 1.06g
Other sizes: 1 cup of chopped - 67kcal, 1 thin slice - 4kcal, 1 medium slice - 6kcal

Chemical CompositionOnion contains protein, sugars, cellulose, minerals, a fixed oil, an essential oil and over 80 per cent water. when the onion is cut and bruised, rupturing the cells, the reaction takes place. Cooking has the opposite effect, preventing the enzymatic action and thus milder and less pungent flavours are produced. The chemistry of the Alliaceae family, including garlic, shallots etc, is very similar. The calorific value of raw onion is 38 calories per 100g, or roughly 20 calories for a 3oz onion.

Other health benefits of Onion (red, rings, juice)

1. Anti-cancer properties due to great content of antioxidants.
2. Hypoglycemic Agent
3. Great Anti-Bacterial activity: onions rings can act as a powerful antibiotic and are helpful in reducing food-borne illnesses caused by microbial contamination.
4. Use Onions as a Cough Remedy.

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Coronary heart disease and NABISCO Products

Nabisco Snacks, Cookies, biscuits, and Crackers is a best diet solutions, in addition to their cardiovascular benefits, with a lot of fibers and relatively low fats and calories, its prevent obesity, and thus healthy heart and slim body.

Nabisco is an American company called National Biscuit Company, it is a manufacturer of cookies and snacks, allIts products include Chips Ahoy!, Fig Newtons, Mallomars, Oreos, Ritz Crackers, Teddy Grahams, Triscuit, Wheat Thins, Social Tea, Nutter Butter, Peek Freans, Chicken in a Biskit, used for the United States, United Kingdom, Mexico and Venezuela as well as other parts of South America.

A list of Nutrition values of different products by Nabisco including Snacks, Cookies, biscuits, and Crackers
to best know the risk factors of Nabisco product on Coronary heart disease:

Tricot Crackers Original (Nabisco)

Per 6 crackers - Calories: 120kcal | Fat: 4.00g | Crabs: 20.00g | Protein: 3.00g   

Premium Saltine Crackers Original (Nabisco)

Per 5 crackers - Calories: 70kcal | Fat: 1.50g | Crabs: 12.00g | Protein: 1.00g   

Tricot Reduced Fat Crackers (Nabisco)

Per 7 crackers - Calories: 120kcal | Fat: 2.50g | Crabs: 23.00g | Protein: 3.00g   

Chips Ahoy! Chocolate Chip Cookies (Nabisco)

Per 3 cookies - Calories: 160kcal | Fat: 8.00g | Crabs: 22.00g | Protein: 2.00g   

Wheat Thins Crackers - Reduced Fat (Nabisco)

Per 16 crackers - Calories: 130kcal | Fat: 3.50g | Crabs: 22.00g | Protein: 2.00g   

Wheat Thins Crackers - Original (Nabisco)

Per 16 crackers - Calories: 140kcal | Fat: 5.00g | Crabs: 22.00g | Protein: 2.00g   

Tricot Cracked Pepper & Olive Oil Crackers (Nabisco)

Per 6 crackers - Calories: 120kcal | Fat: 4.00g | Crabs: 20.00g | Protein: 3.00g   

BeloitGolden Oat Breakfast Biscuits (Nabisco)

Per 1 pack (4 biscuits) - Calories: 230kcal | Fat: 8.00g | Crabs: 35.00g | Protein: 4.00g   

Tricot Rosemary & Olive Oil Crackers (Nabisco)

Per 6 crackers - Calories: 120kcal | Fat: 4.00g | Crabs: 20.00g | Protein: 3.00g   

BeloitBlueberry Breakfast Biscuits (Nabisco)

Per 1 pack (4 biscuits) - Calories: 230kcal | Fat: 8.00g | Crabs: 36.00g | Protein: 4.00g    

You see, total fats as low as 1.5 grams and off course a lot of Fibrous content, no harmful causes to heart by eating Nabisco biscuits or snacks, but Nabisco may be a heart friendly and help patients in coronary heart prevention.

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Coronary heart disease Brussels sprouts remedy

Brussels sprout is a fiber rich food however it contain as low as of total fats, the matter makes Brussels sprout a great heart friend food and a good medication in coronary heart diseases

Lets know first what is the Brussels sprout?
The Brussels sprout is a cultivar in the Gemmifera group of cabbages (Brassica oleracea), grown for its edible buds. The leafy green vegetables are typically 2.5–4 cm (0.98–1.6 in) in diameter and look like miniature cabbages. The Brussels sprout has long been popular in Brussels, Belgium, and may have originated there.

Medical properties and pharmaceutical values of Brussels sprout

Chemicals believed Brussels sprouts, broccoli, and as is the case with other brassicas, and contains abundant, that have anti-cancer properties strong. Although boiling reduces the level of anti-cancer compounds, steaming, stir frying do not result in a significant loss.

Brussels sprouts and other brassicas are also a source of indole - carbinol -3, a chemical that promotes DNA repair in cells and appears to prevent the growth of cancer cells.

Brussels sprouts may consume in excess may not be appropriate for heart patients with anticoagulants because they contain vitamin K. In an accident of this kind, one reported,

The doctors decided that the cause of the patient's condition worsened heart was eating a lot of Brussels sprouts.

Nutritional Values of Brussels sprout

Brussels sprouts

Per 1 cup - Calories: 38kcal | Fat: 0.26g | Carbohydrates: 7.88g | Protein: 2.97g

Other sizes: 1 sprout - 8kcal, 1 oz - 12kcal, 1 lb - 195kcal     

Brusselssprouts (Frozen)

Per 4 oz - Calories: 46kcal | Fat: 0.46g | Carbohydrates: 8.91g | Protein: 4.29g

Other sizes: 1 package (10 oz) - 116kcal, 1 package (2 lb) - 372kcal, 1 lb - 186kcal     

Cooked Brussels sprouts

Per 1 cup - Calories: 88kcal | Fat: 4.43g | Carbohydrates: 11.06g | Protein: 3.95g

Other sizes: 1 sprout - 12kcal, 1 serving - 44kcal, 100 g - 55kcal     

Creamed Brussels sprouts                                                                               

Per 1 cup - Calories: 194kcal | Fat: 11.42g | Carbohydrates: 18.29g | Protein: 7.11g

Other sizes: 1 sprout - 20kcal, 1 serving - 97kcal, 100 g - 85kcal     

Baby Brussels Sprouts & Butter Sauce (Green Giant)

Per 1/2 cup cooked - Calories: 60kcal | Fat: 1.00g | Carbohydrates: 9.00g | Protein: 3.00g   

Premium Petite Brussels sprouts (Hanover)

Per 1/2 cup - Calories: 40kcal | Fat: 0.00g | Carbohydrates: 6.00g | Protein: 3.00g   

Steam fresh Baby Brussels Sprouts Singles (Birds Eye)

Per 1 bag - Calories: 50kcal | Fat: 1.00g | Carbohydrates: 8.00g | Protein: 3.00g    

How Brussels sprouts lowers cholesterol and prevent coronary heart disease and artery narrowing problems ?

That food values make Brussels sprout a great source of fibers that heart love in addition to useful chemicals that mentioned above, Brussels sprout is a natural remedy of coronary heart disease and help prevent heart attacks.

High fiber content (more than 15% of our RDA) of Brussels sprouts lowers cholesterol by our binding with bile acids produced in the liver from cholesterol to digest fat. Because accompanied many of these bile acids with fiber, have liver produce more bile acid to digest fat, and therefore requires more cholesterol to do so, and reduce cholesterol in the end amount inside our bodies.

In addition to Fibers also it contain good amount of Vitamin C: Nutritional benefits of vitamin C (one cup contains more than 161% of the RDA) found in Brussels sprouts ensure a healthy immune system, and Ward against tension excessive, and low blood pressure, and the fight against lead poisoning, cataracts fighting, and serve as strong antioxidants that prevents "cellular rust", which can lead to heart and hardening of the arteries, stroke and diseases and cancer. Vitamin A Brussels sprouts also contain more than 20% of the RDA of vitamin A to strengthen the immune system and protects the eyes from cataracts and macular degeneration, and maintains healthy bones and teeth, prevents urinary stones, and is essential to our genitals. Folic acid biochemical event called the methylation cycle dependent on folic acid to copy DNA correctly, norepinephrine adrenaline converter, as well as convert as serotonin in melatonin. Moreover, folic acid prevents amino acids that have been shown to contribute to heart disease. One cup of Brussels sprouts contains a healthy dose of folic acid (about 25% of the RDA) and the associated health benefits.

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Coronary heart disease and danish pastry risks

Danish pastry may be considered as a heat attack risk factor, its ingredients full of fat and with low fiber content in food, this make danish pastry in the list of risky foods that could cause coronary artery disease.

Lets know what is Danish pastry products and contents:

From Wikipedia:

Danish pastry such as croissants, danishes are made of laminated yeast-leavened dough's, creating a layered texture similar to a puff pastry.

In industrial production, other fats are also commonly used, such as hydrogenated sunflower oil (known as "pastry fat" in the UK). A yeast dough is rolled out thinly, coated with butter, and then folded into numerous layers. If necessary, the dough is chilled to ease handling. The rolling, buttering, folding, and chilling is repeated several times to create a dough which is fluffy, buttery and flaky. However, not all danishes are made this way. The dough is sometimes not even laminated.

Nutritional facts and nutrition values of different types of danish pastry

Danish pastry

Per 1 medium - Calories: 262kcal | Fat: 14.56g | Carbohydrates: 28.99g | Protein: 4.55g

Other sizes: 1 small or frozen - 141kcal, 1 large - 572kcal, 1 pastry - 1370kcal

Cinnamon Danish pastry (Enriched)

Per 1 pastry - Calories: 262kcal | Fat: 14.56g | Carbohydrates: 28.99g | Protein: 4.55g

Other sizes: 1 oz - 114kcal, 1 large - 572kcal, 1 small or frozen - 141kcal

Cheese Danish pastry

Per 1 pastry - Calories: 266kcal | Fat: 15.55g | Carbohydrates: 26.41g | Protein: 5.68g

Other sizes: 1 oz - 106kcal, 100 g - 374kcal

Fruit Danish pastry (Includes Apple, Cinnamon, Raisin, Lemon, Raspberry, Strawberry, Enriched)

Per 1 pastry - Calories: 263kcal | Fat: 13.14g | Carbohydrates: 33.94g | Protein: 3.83g

Other sizes: 1 oz - 105kcal, 1 large - 527kcal, 1 small or frozen - 130kcal

Nut Danish pastry (Includes Almond, Raisin Nut, Cinnamon Nut)

Per 1 pastry - Calories: 280kcal | Fat: 16.38g | Carbohydrates: 29.70g | Protein: 4.62g

Other sizes: 1 oz - 122kcal, 1 piece - 228kcal, 100 g - 430kcal

Cinnamon Danish pastry

Per 1 pastry - Calories: 262kcal | Fat: 14.56g | Carbohydrates: 28.99g | Protein: 4.55g

Other sizes: 1 oz - 114kcal, 1 large - 572kcal, 1 small or frozen - 141kcal

Fruit Danish pastry (Includes Apple, Cinnamon, Raisin, Lemon, Raspberry, Strawberry)

Per 1 pastry - Calories: 263kcal | Fat: 13.14g | Carbohydrates: 33.94g | Protein: 3.83g

Other sizes: 1 oz - 105kcal, 1 container - 527kcal, 1 small or frozen - 130kcal

Lemon Danish pastry

Per 1 pastry - Calories: 263kcal | Fat: 13.14g | Carbohydrates: 33.94g | Protein: 3.83g

Other sizes: 1 oz - 105kcal, 100 g - 371kcal

Raspberry Danish pastry

Per 1 pastry - Calories: 263kcal | Fat: 13.14g | Carbohydrates: 33.94g | Protein: 3.83g

Other sizes: 1 oz - 105kcal, 100 g - 371kcal 

How can Danish Pastry cause coronary heart disease?

Hence only 65 grams of fats is allowed during the whole day to avoid heart attacks for patients who receive drugs for hear diseases and also represents a risk for people who love to eat danish pastry so much, because   3 pieces of danish pastry have more than 100 grams of fats, this will lead to high cholesterol level in your blood and High levels in the bloodstream are associated with hardening of the arteries, premature coronary heart disease and many other vascular disease problems, the matter that considered out of range of allowed fat in you dietary.

Also danish pastry is one of foods that could cause obesity for children because of Hidden fat. Be aware of the hidden fat in your diet. Danish pastries and cookies have large amounts of oil and fat. A muffin could add 4 or 5 teaspoons of fat to your diet.

Instead of danish pastry you may Eat more fruits and vegetables. Vegetables and fruits contain very little fat. They are full of nutrients, fiber, and antioxidants.

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Coronary heart disease and mushrooms crimini benefits

Mushrooms crimini is a commonly eaten mushroom, sometime called the "white button" mushroom which have a great Cardiovascular Benefits of mushrooms crimini to Prevent coronary heart disease and atherosclerosis, some of mushroom benefits in reducing heart risks including:

1. Great Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Benefits, where mushrooms crimini contains GSH which considers a central antioxidant in many cellular activities. 
2. Research studies on laboratory approved that mushrooms have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory nutrients included that can be a great prevention from coronary artery disease by protecting our blood vessels from oxidation damage as well as chronic inflammation
3. A dietary including mushrooms crimini for a period of 1-2 months can help lwer the high cholesterol and LDL-cholesterol level and make tri-glyceride level in blood drops down
4. Great storage of Vitamins: an increase in Vitamin content in blood prevent increasing of homocysteine levels and thus representing an early prevention of cardiovascular diseases, in which mushroom crimini considered as an excellent source of vitamins B2, B3, and B5 (pantothenic acid), also rich in vitamin B6, folate, vitamin B12, and B vitamin choline (about 19 milligrams per cup)

Other benefits of mushrooms crimini:

1. Immune System Support
2. Anti-Cancer, like breast cancer and prostate cancer

Hot nutritional values of various mushrooms crimini soups and recipes and relationship between nutrition content and heart risk factors:

Brown Mushrooms (Criminal Italian)

Per 1 piece - Calories: 3kcal | Fat: 0.01g | Carbohydrates: 0.58g | Protein: 0.35g

Other sizes: 1 oz - 6kcal, 1 lb - 100kcal, 100 g - 22kcal

Sliced Baby Bella Mushrooms (Criminal) (Legman’s)

Per 3 oz - Calories: 20kcal | Fat: 0.00g | Carbohydrates: 3.00g | Protein: 3.00g   

Pizza Criminal Mushrooms (Chef Essentials)

Per 2 mushrooms - Calories: 25kcal | Fat: 0.50g | Carbohydrates: 3.00g | Protein: 2.00g   

Tuscan Criminal Mushrooms (Kroger)

Per 2 mushrooms - Calories: 35kcal | Fat: 1.00g | Carbohydrates: 5.00g | Protein: 2.00g   

Southwest Criminal Mushrooms (Giant Eagle)

Per 2 mushrooms - Calories: 40kcal | Fat: 1.50g | Carbohydrates: 5.00g | Protein: 2.00g   

Sliced Criminal Mushrooms (Trader Joe's)

Per 1/3 package - Calories: 20kcal | Fat: 0.00g | Carbohydrates: 3.00g | Protein: 3.00g   

Portobello, Criminal & Champignon Mushroom Pasta Sauce (Classic)

Per 1/2 cup - Calories: 70kcal | Fat: 2.00g | Carbohydrates: 11.00g | Protein: 2.00g   

Swiss cheese, Criminal & Button Mushroom Stuffed Chicken Breast (Sam's Choice)

Per 1 piece - Calories: 220kcal | Fat: 7.00g | Carbohydrates: 4.00g | Protein: 34.00g   

Mushroom Soup

Per 1 cup - Calories: 129kcal | Fat: 8.98g | Carbohydrates: 9.30g | Protein: 2.32g

Other sizes: 1 serving - 129kcal, 100 g - 53kcal, 1 oz - 15kcal

Mushroom Gravy

Per 1 cup - Calories: 64kcal | Fat: 0.79g | Carbohydrates: 12.69g | Protein: 1.95g

Other sizes: 1 serving - 8kcal, 100 g - 27kcal, 1 oz - 8kcal 

Fat content range from 0 grams up to 10 grams
Calories given range from 3 up to 120 kcal
Protein value range from 1.0 gm up to 40 grams

It is a good nutritional values that could help in reducing risk factors of heart narrowing which known as coronary artery disease.

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Coronary heart disease and grapefruit juice interactions

Grapefruit juice has a magic ability to help your Heart medication to be increased in your blood and enhancing pharmaceuticals metabolism for heart medications and prevent coronary heart disease with help of calcium channel blockers that lowering blood hypertension, although grapefruit juice does not affect medication such as diltiazem but still Grapefruit juice affect some medications such as:
amlodipine, felodipine, isradipine, lacidipine, lercanidipine, nicardipine, nifedipine, nimodipine, verapamil, and Ciclosporin immunosuppressants like sirolimus, tacrolimus, in addition to Entocort (treats Crohn’s disease), Cytotoxic medicines and Aliskiren.

Also Grapefruit juice may enhance drug toxicity for antiarrhythmic agents such as for congestive heart failure drugs

Such drugs interactions may increase the risk of rhabdomyolysis and heart attacks, please don’t drink Grapefruit juice if your medication including one of that medicines.
So in case of that medicines you only one glass of Grapefruit juice will be good

Grapefruit juice nutrition value to compare affect of Grapefruit on coronary artery drugs
Grapefruit
Per 1/2 medium - Calories: 41kcal | Fat: 0.13g | Carbohydrates: 10.34g | Protein: 0.81g
Other sizes: 1/2 small - 32kcal, 1/2 large - 53kcal, 1 cup - 74kcal
Grapefruit (Pink and Red) Per 1/2 fruit - Calories: 52kcal | Fat: 0.17g | Carbohydrates: 13.11g | Protein: 0.95g
Other sizes: 1 cup sections, with juice - 97kcal, 1 NLEA serving - 65kcal, 1 oz - 12kcal
Florida Pink and Red Grapefruit Per 1/2 fruit - Calories: 37kcal | Fat: 0.12g | Carbohydrates: 9.22g | Protein: 0.68g
Other sizes: 1 cup sections, with juice - 69kcal, 1 oz - 9kcal, 100 g - 30kcal
California White Grapefruit Per 1/2 fruit - Calories: 44kcal | Fat: 0.12g | Carbohydrates: 10.73g | Protein: 1.04g
Other sizes: 1 cup sections, with juice - 85kcal, 1 oz - 10kcal, 100 g - 37kcal

What is the best diet including grapefruit and not affect heart arteries?

A Diet low of saturated fats such as foods high in cholesterol and foods rich in fibers such as fruits and vegetables or nuts and seeds will help prevent coronary heart disease.
Grapefruit is a good source of vitamin C that is the important factor in heart disease prevention 

Eating red grapefruit not Orange grapefruit helps reduce cholesterol and triglycerides in people who already have heart disease while statins is usually used to treat high cholesterol and triglycerides.

How grapefruit affect heart medications? Interaction Mechanism including regulation of intestinal receptors by grapefruit juice consumption, Grapefruit binds the drugs to bring them into the blood circulation; there is a known problem with quinidex and grapefruit juice while the interactions with mexitil are unknown.
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Opera 12.14

A full-featured Internet browser, Opera includes pop-up blocking, tabbed browsing, integrated searches, and advanced functions like Opera's groundbreaking E-mail program, RSS Newsfeeds and IRC chat. And because we know that our users have different needs, you can customize the look and content of your Opera browser with a few clicks of the mouse.

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free download Firefox 20.0 Beta 7

The Web is all about innovation, and Firefox sets the pace with dozens of new features to deliver a faster, more secure and customizable Web browsing experience for all.
User Experience. The enhancements to Firefox provide the best possible browsing experience on the Web. The new Firefox smart location bar, affectionately known as the "Awesome Bar," learns as people use it, adapting to user preferences and offering better fitting matches over time.
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Coronary heart disease and sour dressing recipe

What is Sour dressing recipe? Hot salad and crispy mixture of combined salad leaves basil, mint, bean sprouts and cucumber in a large bowl and served after Placing oil, lime juice, ginger and chili in a screw-top jar, then mixed, and added to salad mixture
One Plate of Sour dressing have Dietary Fibers of 2.00 gm and No Cholesterol and Fat Total is
6.30 gm including Fat saturated about 1.10 gm, in addition to good Energy about 314 kJ.

Full Nutrition Values of several Sour Salad Dressing or cream dressing Sweet and Sour Salad Dressing Per 1 tbsp - Calories: 2kcal | Fat: 0.00g | Carbohydrates: 0.59g | Protein: 0.02g
Other sizes: 1 cup - 38kcal 1 oz - 4kcal 100 g - 15kcal
Creamy Dressing (made with Sour Cream and/or Buttermilk and Oil) Per 1 tbsp - Calories: 72kcal | Fat: 7.74g | Carbohydrates: 0.70g | Protein: 0.05g
Other sizes: 1 cup - 1144kcal 1 serving - 141kcal 1 packet - 214kcal
Sweet & Sour Dressing (Giant Eagle) Per 2 tbsp - Calories: 160kcal | Fat: 13.00g | Carbohydrates: 10.00g | Protein: 0.00g
Sweet & Sour Dressing (Kroger) Per 2 tbsp - Calories: 150kcal | Fat: 12.00g | Carbohydrates: 12.00g | Protein: 0.00g
Sweet & Sour Dressing (T. Marzetti) Per 2 tbsp - Calories: 150kcal | Fat: 11.00g | Carbohydrates: 11.00g | Protein: 0.00g
Sweet 'N Sour Dressing (Maple Grove Farms) Per 2 tbsp - Calories: 90kcal | Fat: 6.00g | Carbohydrates: 9.00g | Protein: 0.00g

Is a Sour dressing ingredient can cause Coronary Heart disease?
Absolutely, it is good for health food seekers to get a sour salad served with your meal, because acidic salad or sour taste will increase stomach PH value that leads to high degree of digestion of eaten foods, thus No trans-fats or saturated fats will be remains without digestion, however successful digestion will improve your heart health and Prevent risk factors.

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Coronary heart disease and milk risk factors

Milk is high cholesterol food and it considered as a risk factor for patient who suffer from cardiovascular diseases and heart inflammations, but the questions is this high fatty content could cause coronary artery disease for healthy people? 

­The Published static’s and studies tell us that 150 (2.6%) men reported drinking more than one and a third pints a day, Some 2977 (51.6%) reported drinking between a third and one and a third pints a day and 2638 (45.8%) reported drinking less than a third of a pint a day. There were a total of 2350 deaths over the 25 year follow up period, of which 892 deaths were attributed to coronary heart disease.
Even so, there is No evidence was found that men who consumed milk each day, at a time when most milk consumed was full fat milk, were at increased risk of death from all causes or death from coronary heart disease, even we still considers all Dairy products can increase the risk of heart disease.

Nutrition Facts about several types and versions of Milk:

Milk

Per 1 cup - Calories: 122kcal | Fat: 4.88g | Carbohydrates: 11.49g | Protein: 8.03g

Other sizes: 1 fl oz - 15kcal, 1 serving - 122kcal, 1 Guideline amount per fl oz of beverage - 1kcal

Milk (Nonfat)

Per 1 cup - Calories: 86kcal | Fat: 0.44g | Carbohydrates: 11.88g | Protein: 8.35g

Other sizes: 1 quart - 343kcal, 1 oz - 10kcal, 100 g - 35kcal

Low Fat Milk

Per 1 cup - Calories: 102kcal | Fat: 2.37g | Carbohydrates: 12.18g | Protein: 8.22g

Other sizes: 1 fl oz - 13kcal, 1 serving - 102kcal, 1 school milk carton - 102kcal

Chocolate Milk

Per 1 cup - Calories: 190kcal | Fat: 5.25g | Carbohydrates: 28.88g | Protein: 7.70g

Other sizes: 1 fl oz - 24kcal, 1 serving - 190kcal, 100 g - 76kcal,

Coffee with Skim Milk

Per 1 coffee cup - Calories: 5kcal | Fat: 0.02g | Carbohydrates: 0.85g | Protein: 0.34g

Other sizes: 1 fl oz - 1kcal, 1 can - 9kcal, 1 mug - 7kcal,

High Fats Milk Nutrition Values:

Milk Beverage with Whole Milk (Flavors Other than Chocolate)

Per 1 cup - Calories: 218kcal | Fat: 7.50g | Carbohydrates: 30.85g | Protein: 7.40g

Other sizes: 1 fl oz - 27kcal, 1 serving - 218kcal, 100 g - 87kcal

Puerto Rican Style Milk Dessert or Milk Candy (Dulce De Leche)

Per 1 cup - Calories: 964kcal | Fat: 17.42g | Carbohydrates: 192.11g | Protein: 15.72g

Other sizes: 1 serving - 264kcal, 100 g - 311kcal, 1 oz - 88kcal,

Recommendation to help you Prevent Coronary heart disease risks when having diary milk:

1. Low-fat dairy consumption as a mean to lower blood pressure: try to have the low fat or non-fat milk which is rich in calcium that body uses to build up bones and help lower blood pressure which is the minor factors of Heart attacks.
2. When milk is homogenized, small fat globules surround the xanthine oxidase and it is absorbed intact into your blood stream.
3. Higher daily intake of calcium (some studies said that it is more than 800mg/dl) could develops High Blood pressure, Hence there is a positive indicator to coronary arterial disease.

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Coronary heart disease and collard greens benefits

Simple tips about Collard greens benefits in reducing risk factors of cardiovascular diseases and prevention ability of coronary artery disease and thrombosis.
Due to the nutrients highly concentrated in Collard Greens it helps:

1. The cholesterol-lowering Function as alternative of cholestamines and works as anti-inflammatory agent when it binds to bile acids it help to easily excreted from the body and help body systems work better which make Collard green a best cardiovascular support as many of cruciferous vegetable (collard greens bound 46% as many bile acids). 
2. ITC (isothiocyanate sulforaphane) trigger anti-inflammatory activity in our cardiovascular system, it may also be able to help prevent and even possibly help reverse blood vessel damage. 
3. Prevent hyperhomocysteinemia : homocysteine build-up in human body systems. 
4. Support of cardiovascular health: due to exceptional folate (Vitamin B) content as all of cruciferous vegetable these greens provide more than 350 micrograms of folate in every hundred calories. That's 50% more than the amount provided by 100 calories' of broccoli, 100% more than the amount provided by 100 calories' of Brussels sprouts, 3 times the amount provided by 100 calories' of cabbage, and over 7 times the amount provided by 100 calories' of kale. 

Other great health benefits Collard greens

1. Anti-cancers properties of collard greens may be related to presence of glucosinolates chemical. 
2. Great Immunity Function against bacteria and Viral infections 
3. Prevention large variety of diseases and disorders such as: Alzheimer's, Osteoporosis, Dementia, Colon Cancer, Stroke, Epileptic Seizures, Alopecia (Spot Baldness), Slowing Aging, Antioxidant, in addition to DNA Repair and Protection

Nutrition Facts of Collard greens with 100g Serving Size 

Calories 30

% Daily Value*

Total Fat                             0.42g              1%

 Saturated Fat                    0.055g            0%

Cholesterol                         0mg                 0%

Total Carbohydrate            5.69g              2%

    Dietary Fiber                  3.6g                14%

Protein                                2.45g                ~

Vitamin A       133%

Vitamin C       59%

Calcium          15%

Iron                   1%

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs. Vitamins %DV
Vitamin A 6668IU 133%
Retinol equivalents 333μg ~
Retinol 0μg ~
Alpha-carotene 238μg ~
Beta-carotene 3842μg ~
Beta-cryptoxanthin 80μg ~
Vitamin C 35.3mg 59%
Vitamin K 510.8μg 639%
Pantothenic acid 0.267mg 3%
Vitamin B6 0.165mg 8%
Folate 166μg 42%
Folic Acid 0μg ~
Food Folate 166μg ~
Dietary Folate Equivalents 166μg ~
Minerals %DV
Calcium 145mg 15%
Potassium 169mg 5%
Manganese 0.276mg 14%

Nutritional Facts about Cooked Collards

Per 1 cup, NS as to from fresh, frozen, or canned of - Calories: 74kcal | Fat: 3.92g | Carbohydrates: 8.42g | Protein: 3.59g

Other sizes: 1 serving - 37kcal 100 g - 42kcal Carbohydrates

Cooked Collards (from Fresh)

Per 1 cup of fresh - Calories: 56kcal | Fat: 2.98g | Carbohydrates: 6.40g | Protein: 2.73g

Other sizes: 1 serving - 28kcal 100 g - 42kcal 1 oz - 12kcal Carbohydrates

Cooked Collards (from Canned)

Per 1 cup, canned - Calories: 70kcal | Fat: 3.74g | Carbohydrates: 8.03g | Protein: 3.42g

Other sizes: 1 serving - 35kcal 100 g - 42kcal 1 oz - 12kcal Carbohydrates

Cooked Collards (Fat Added in Cooking)

Per 1 cup, NS as to from fresh, frozen, or canned of - Calories: 74kcal | Fat: 3.92g | Carbohydrates: 8.42g | Protein: 3.59g

Other sizes: 1 serving - 37kcal 100 g - 42kcal Carbohydrates

Cooked Collards (from Fresh, Fat Added in Cooking)

Per 1 cup of fresh - Calories: 56kcal | Fat: 2.98g | Carbohydrates: 6.41g | Protein: 2.73g

Other sizes: 1 serving - 28kcal 100 g - 42kcal 1 oz - 12kcal Carbohydrates

Cooked Collards (from Frozen)

Per 1 cup of frozen - Calories: 94kcal | Fat: 4.38g | Carbohydrates: 12.13g | Protein: 5.04g

Other sizes: 1 10 oz frozen package yields - 139kcal 1 serving - 48kcal 100 g - 54kcal

Recommendations to get most benefit from collard green

1. At a minimum, include cruciferous vegetables as part of your diet 2-3 times per week, and make the serving size at least 1-1/2 cups. Even better from a health standpoint, enjoy collard greens and other vegetables from the cruciferous vegetable group 4-5 times per week, and increase your serving size to 2 cups.
2. Overcooked collard greens will begin to emit the unpleasant sulfur smell associated with overcooking. To help collard greens to cook more quickly, evenly slice the leaves into 1/2-inch slices and the stems into 1/4-inch pieces.

Having Collard green in your dietary will support your heart health and prevents the increasing risk factors that causing Coronary heart disease and other harmful blood clotting diseases.

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Coronary heart disease and Turnip green benefits

How Turnip prevent cardiovascular diseases and risk factors of coronary Heart Disease? 
Researchers have looked at a variety of cardiovascular problems—including heart attack, ischemic heart disease, and atherosclerosis that because it play a great role in increasing immunity and reduces Hypertension (High Blood Pressure) and Frequency of Migraine Headaches in addition to risk factors of Type II Diabetes, al of that considers a reasons of Heart disease, and all that Benefits of Turnip because its high nutrition values and contents as many of cruciferous vegetables including turnip greens, broccoli, kale, and cauliflower, or cabbage:

1. Anti-inflammatory nature: glucosinolates in turnip greens are phytonutrients that can be converted into isothiocyanates (ITCs) with cancer-preventing properties, which brings with it some equally fantastic Heart health benefits. 
2. cholesterol-lowering ability: when it steamed and have eaten it help liver in digestive of fats using bile acids (emulsification process), where fiber-related nutrients in this cruciferous vegetable bind together; that is a great ability in comparing with the cholesterol-lowering ability of the prescription drug cholestyramine (a drug that is taken for the purpose of lowering cholesterol), 
3. High folate content: Turnip greens provide 575 micrograms of folate/100 calories which is a critical B-vitamin for support of cardiovascular health beside prevention of homocysteine formation in the body which represents a great Cardiovascular Support. 

Important nutrients of Turnip Green which represents high Vitamin and Minerals contents however high fibers amount:
Potassium 191mg 5%
Copper 0.085mg 4%
Manganese 0.134mg 7%
Calcium 30mg 3%
Vitamin C 21mg 35%
Fiber 20.1%
Nutrition Facts
Vitamin B6 0.09mg 5%
Folate 15μg 4%
Total Fat 0.1g 0%
Saturated Fat 0.011g 0%
Cholesterol 0mg 0%
Sodium 67mg 3%
Total Carbohydrate6.43g 2%
Dietary Fiber 1.8g 7%
Sugar 3.8g ~
Protein 0.9g ~

Nutrition Values those Turnips Contains: Turnips Per 1 cup of cubed - Calories: 36kcal | Fat: 0.13g | Carbohydrates: 8.36g | Protein: 1.17g
Other sizes: 1 large - 51kcal, 1 medium - 34kcal, 1 slice - 4kcal,
Cooked Turnip Per 1 cup of pieces - Calories: 67kcal | Fat: 3.79g | Carbohydrates: 7.90g | Protein: 1.10g
Other sizes: 1 cup of mashed - 99kcal, 1 small - 25kcal, 1 medium - 50kcal,
Cooked Turnip (from Fresh) Per 1 cup of mashed - Calories: 99kcal | Fat: 5.57g | Carbohydrates: 11.61g | Protein: 1.62g
Other sizes: 1 cup of pieces - 67kcal, 1 cup, NFS - 67kcal, 1 small - 25kcal,
Cooked Turnip (Canned) Per 1 cup of pieces - Calories: 67kcal | Fat: 3.79g | Carbohydrates: 7.90g | Protein: 1.10g
Other sizes: 1 cup, NFS - 67kcal, 1 serving - 34kcal, 100 g - 42kcal,
Cooked Turnip (from Frozen) Per 1 cup of pieces - Calories: 69kcal | Fat: 4.03g | Carbohydrates: 6.80g | Protein: 2.37g
Other sizes: 1 cup, NFS - 69kcal, 1 serving - 34kcal, 100 g - 43kcal

Recommendations to get most beneficial values from Turnip green:

1. Include cruciferous vegetables like Turnip as part of your diet 2-3 times per week, and make at least 1-1/2 cups. 
2. Enjoy turnip greens and other vegetables from the cruciferous vegetable group 4-5 times per week, and increase your serving size to 2 cups. To prevent coronary heart disease or other arterial disorders. 
3. How to choose Turnips: Look for vibrantly colored turnips with no signs of wilting or becoming soft. If the greens are attached, try making sure they are as crisp as possible and don't look wilted. 
4. Note that Percent Water Composition should be 91.87% and Protein to Carbohydrate Ratio (g/g) recommended to be 0.14g.

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Coronary heart disease and cheese daily intake

People with high cholesterol levels in Blood serum have double the risk of coronary heart disease as live with health cholesterol levels.

Before we being show you the effect of cheese on heart health or coronary artery thrombosis you should know that Low density lipoprotein - called LDL and "bad cholesterol" is the Chemical that cause heart disease when exceeds the safe limit, called thrombosis or artery clogging.

Is Fatty content of Cheese can cause Coronary Heart Disease? 
1 OZ of cheddar, feta, brie, Gouda and cream cheese contains up to 32 milligrams of Cholesterol, so you may be imagine that morning breakfast containing a sandwich of Cheese will have more that 100 mg of fats, so you should decide not to suffer from Coronary Heart Disease in your early age.
Also 1 OZ of low-fat cheddar has 6 mg of cholesterol. 1 OZ of fat-free contains 3.36 mg and low-fat cream cheese has 15.2 mg of cholesterol, which considered a low fatty content cheese and should not cause Heart diseases.

Nutrition Values in different Cheese types: Cheddar Cheese Per 1 slice - Calories: 113kcal | Fat: 9.28g | Carbohydrates: 0.36g | Protein: 6.97g
Other sizes: 1 cup of diced - 532kcal, 1 cup of melted - 983kcal, 1 cup of shredded - 455kcal,
American cheese Per 1 slice - Calories: 96kcal | Fat: 7.39g | Carbohydrates: 1.97g | Protein: 5.37g
Other sizes: 1 cup of shredded - 381kcal, 1 cup of diced - 472kcal, 1 cubic inch - 59kcal,
Colby Jack Cheese Per 1 slice - Calories: 109kcal | Fat: 8.85g | Carbohydrates: 0.46g | Protein: 6.84g
Other sizes: 1 cup, NFS - 434kcal, 1 cup of shredded - 434kcal, 1 cup of diced - 507kcal,
Swiss Cheese Per 1 slice - Calories: 106kcal | Fat: 7.78g | Carbohydrates: 1.51g | Protein: 7.54g
Other sizes: 1 cup of diced - 502kcal, 1 cup of melted - 927kcal, 1 cup of shredded - 410kcal,
Provolone Cheese Per 1 slice - Calories: 98kcal | Fat: 7.45g | Carbohydrates: 0.60g | Protein: 7.16g
Other sizes: 1 cup of diced - 463kcal, 1 oz - 100kcal, 1 cubic inch - 60kcal,
Lowfat Cheddar or Colby Cheese Per 1 slice - Calories: 49kcal | Fat: 1.98g | Carbohydrates: 0.54g | Protein: 6.90g
Other sizes: 1 cup of shredded - 195kcal, 1 cup of diced - 228kcal, 1 cup, NFS - 195kcal,
Part Skim Mozzarella Cheese Per 1 stick - Calories: 85kcal | Fat: 5.61g | Carbohydrates: 1.07g | Protein: 7.27g
Other sizes: 1 slice - 86kcal, 1 cup, NFS - 341kcal, 1 cup of shredded - 341kcal,
Natural Cheese Per 1 slice - Calories: 103kcal | Fat: 7.87g | Carbohydrates: 0.70g | Protein: 7.22g
Other sizes: 1 thin slice - 51kcal, 1 cup of shredded - 410kcal, 1 cubic inch - 62kcal

Recommendations to be safe from risk factor of Heart disease:According to AHA Recommendations :

1. The Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2010 recommend consuming less than 10% of daily calories as saturated fat, which found in High-fat cheeses 
2. You should Buy low-fat (low cholesterol) or even non-fat type of your favorite cheeses and other milk products 
3. You should not incorporate high cholesterol cheese in kitchen to guarantee healthy diet 
4. Patients with high cholesterol or coronary heart disease should lower cholesterol intake. An Example: If Patient has LDL greater than or equal 100 mg/dL; his cholesterol intake should not exceeds 200 mg/day, that equation will help you limit your cholesterol and LDL levels in your dietary.

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Coronary heart disease and carrots benefits

Carrot small pieces considered as great source of a lot of vitamins and useful minerals for human body, such Vitamins including Vitamin A (as β-Carotene, Carotenoids), B6, C, K, in addition to Folate, Pantothenic acid and minerals like Potassium which help Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease, thus

Carrots Play a role in low density lipoprotein (LDL) oxidation to the atherosclerotic process which approved the examination of β-carotene as a possible preventive agent. Several epidemiological studies show an inverse association between serum/adipose β-carotene levels and coronary heart disease risk. after undergoes clinical tests, however

Epidemiological evidence of Carrots in reducing risk factors of CHD:Other carotenoids that are correlated with β-carotene both in the diet and in the blood might be important factors, as might other plant-derived compounds. Alternatively, low serum carotenoid levels may reflect either increased lipoprotein density or the presence of inflammation, both factors emerging as important novel risk factors for coronary heart disease. Whereas the trial results support no preventive role for β-carotene, the epidemiological evidence does generally support the idea that a diet rich in high carotenoid foods is associated with a reduced risk of heart disease.

Nutrition Value of Carrots types:

Per 1 cup of chopped - Calories: 52kcal | Fat: 0.31g | Carbs: 12.26g | Protein: 1.19g
Other sizes: 1 cup of grated - 45kcal , 1 cup of strips or slices - 50kcal , 1 large - 30kcal
Cooked Carrots  Per 1 cup of sliced - Calories: 82kcal | Fat: 3.74g | Carbs: 12.07g | Protein: 1.12g
Other sizes: 1 cup, NFS - 82kcal , 1 cup of mashed - 126kcal , 1 small - 26kcal
Baby Carrots  Per 1 medium - Calories: 4kcal | Fat: 0.01g | Carbs: 0.82g | Protein: 0.06g
Other sizes: 1 large - 5kcal , 1 NLEA serving - 30kcal , 1 oz - 10kcal
Carrots (Frozen)  Per 1/2 cup slices - Calories: 23kcal | Fat: 0.29g | Carbs: 5.06g | Protein: 0.50g
Other sizes: 1 package - 102kcal , 1 oz - 10kcal , 1 lb - 163kcal

From all Nutrition Value of Carrots types and according to the CDC's Fruits and Veggies Matter website, vegetables that contain fiber and are low in fat and calories can help reduce the risk of coronary heart disease, stroke and some cancers, thus carrots have a great fibrous consistency and very low fat content it should help reducing risk factors of CHD and lead to a cheap and natural prevention method of Coronary Heart disease.

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Neuronal Control of Appetite, Metabolism and Weight

Last week, I attended a Keystone conference, "Neuronal Control of Appetite, Metabolism and Weight", in Banff. Keystone conferences are small, focused meetings that tend to attract high quality science. This particular conference centered around my own professional research interests, and it was incredibly informative. This post is a summary of some of the most salient points.

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Coronary heart disease and barley

Barley Appreciably lowering risk of developing coronary heart disease, subjects who ate two and a half servings of whole grains of barley every day experienced a 21 percent decrease in the risk of cardiovascular disease, Barley it could be an cheap alternative of expensive Heart drugs therapy.

What are the daily limits of Nutrients in our food? Based on a 2000 Calorie Intake; for Adults and Children 4 or More Years of Age)

Nutrient                                                               Daily Values            Unit of Measure

Total Fat                                                             65                              grams (g)

Saturated fatty acids                                           20                             grams (g)

Cholesterol                                                          300                           milligrams (mg)

Total carbohydrate                                              300                           grams (g)

Fiber                                                                   25                             grams (g)

Protein                                                                50                             grams (g)

                                                                                   

Some Nutrition Facts in various barley types: Pearled Barley (Cooked) Per 1 cup - Calories: 193kcal | Fat: 0.69g | Carbohydrates: 44.31g | Protein: 3.55g
Other sizes: 1 oz - 35kcal, 1 lb - 558kcal, 100 g - 123kcal,
Barley Per 1 cup of cooked - Calories: 198kcal | Fat: 0.71g | Carbohydrates: 45.51g | Protein: 3.64g
Other sizes: 1 cup, dry, yields - 900kcal, 1 oz, dry, yields - 131kcal, 1 serving - 133kcal,
Barley (Fat Not Added in Cooking) Per 1 cup of cooked - Calories: 198kcal | Fat: 0.71g | Carbohydrates: 45.51g | Protein: 3.64g
Other sizes: 1 cup, dry, yields - 900kcal, 1 oz, dry, yields - 131kcal, 1 serving - 133kcal,
Pearled Barley (Publix) Per 1/4 cup - Calories: 100kcal | Fat: 0.00g | Carbohydrates: 24.00g | Protein: 3.00g
100% Natural Barley (Mother's) Per 1/3 cup - Calories: 160kcal | Fat: 0.50g | Carbohydrates: 37.00g | Protein: 5.00g

Interpretation of nutrition content and influence on incidence of coronary heart disease:

Hence the CHD developed from accumulated LDL in blood vascular, and hence the LDL is the main responsible factor in blood clotting disorders, and major lipoprotein affect heart and cause inflammation.
The vast majority of barely contain Fatty content ranged from 0.00 upto 75 grams while the daily allowed fats about 65 Grams, that tell us you are safe of heart attacks when taking barley products.

Is barley good alternative for drugs of coronary heart disease?

Due to great Fibre content of Barley it could be a good alternative medicine because the viscous fiber in barley also has a lower glycemic index, which promotes slower digestion and this might reduce the risk of cardiovascular problems. Patients who ate low-glycemic viscous fiber such as barley demonstrated significant decreases in total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol.

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