Nick West, MD, cardiologist, chief medical officer, and divisional vice president of global medical affairs at Abbott's ...

High cholesterol accumulates unnoticed in the body, and years later, has been known to raise the risk of heart disease and ...

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If you grew up in the fat-phobic 90s, it’s likely that fat-free snacks had a prominent place in your kitchen and your lunchbox. I was one of those teens who thought fat was a no-no and replaced my ...

These diet foods could be making you fat. Or at least not helping you lose weight. It is estimated that 45 million Americans go on a diet every year, spending $33 billion on weight loss products ...

Share on Pinterest In some cases, a ketogenic diet may do more harm than good, recent research suggests. Image credit: Susan Brooks-Dammann/Stocksy. The ketogenic diet may help with short-term weight ...

A study reveals that ketogenic low-carbohydrate diets can increase cholesterol levels and reduce beneficial gut bacteria, specifically Bifidobacterium. Published in Cell Reports Medicine, the research ...

Anyone who’s been told to try a low-sodium diet knows that cutting back on sodium can be a real challenge. It’s often not enough to put down the salt shaker; it’s also a matter of reading nutrition ...

Where do you find the highest concentration of cholesterol in your whole body? In your brain. The brain is cholesterol-rich on purpose—because it needs large amounts of cholesterol to function ...

A man who ate “very extreme amounts of fat and protein” as part of the carnivore diet suddenly developed yellow lumps on the palms of his hands — deposits of excess cholesterol under his skin, his ...