cholesterol

At the gym one day I overheard a trainer telling a client to rub flaxseed oil all over his body. He claimed it helps make your muscles tighter.

I don't know if flaxseed oil can do that--maybe you do--but a new study has determined one thing flaxseed oil can't do is lower cholesterol.

Turns out, it's only whole flaxseed that does it.

Running around on those wheels all day can't be easy for a hamster. I bet some have heart attacks and drop dead right on the spot.

Luckily, pumping tiny hamsters full of raspberries keeps their little tickers healthy.

A new study suggests antioxidants in berry juices and teas may prevent artery hardening, a major precursor to heart disease.

You don't have to be a doctor to suspect an overweight or obese person is going to have some health problems--sometimes it obvious.

Nowadays you hear a lot of reports about healthy-looking people getting heart disease, hypertension and high-cholesterol.

Turns out, same goes for kids. That's why a new study claims using obesity alone is not a good predicator of high-cholesterol in children.

I'm not big on cholesterol. That's why I don't eat meat and greasy foods. At this point, if I tried to, I'd probably drop dead on the spot.

Now, we all know hamburgers and steak have saturated fat and cholesterol, which leads to heart attacks, but fried and processed foods may pack another cholesterol punch.

Looks like the Siamese cat is out of the bag! Experts have discovered consuming green tea may slow the progression of prostate cancer.

Some suggest great tea has many health benefits, such as halting Alzheimer's disease, reducing the negative effects of cholesterol and preventing cancer. But, these are largely unproven claims.

Worldwide, the tea market is worth roughly $941million, with green tea making up 20% of the total global production. But, with research like this, green tea's intrigue will surely grow.

Eggs are in the news again. Is it good news this time or bad news?

Well--it's both. Yet again, eggs are confusing us all by being nutritious, but associated with certain health risks.

According to recent studies, the news looks good if you're a woman trying to avoid breast cancer; not quite so good if you're a middle aged man who eats more than one a day.

Every time sciences finds a good correlation between food and health - a food manufacturer will try to isolate it and oversell it.

This is the case with oats. Oats are a great food - particularly for breakfast - but Quaker have taken it a bit too far calling their oats "The Cholesterol Hunter".