When is a substance a food and when is it a drug? That may sound like a simple question but the answer can be complicated. Suppose you take some rice, inoculate it with a type of yeast, let it...
When you think of sugar, you don鈥檛 think of lowering cholesterol. But Cuban researchers do. In fact they think that a byproduct of the sugar industry, policosanol, is an effective alternative to...
Ask someone what is the best way to reduce the risk of heart disease and chances are they鈥檒l say 鈥渞educe your cholesterol.鈥� That message has been ingrained in our psyche. So it isn鈥檛 surprising...
Not all saturated fats are created equal. They have a different effect on blood cholesterol depending on the number of carbon atoms in their molecular structure. Lauric acid, the predominant fatty...
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