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High LDL cholesterol and diseases caused by it

High LDL cholesterol and diseases caused by it

Cholesterol is a waxy substance found in the body that is produced by your liver. However, there are many foods such as meat and dairy products that too contain cholesterol and when taken in large quantity, it increases the cholesterol level. The increase in your cholesterol level also increases the risk of getting heart diseases and other circulatory diseases and makes you prone to stroke and heart attack.
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Understanding the causes and treatment of Hepatitis C

Understanding the causes and treatment of Hepatitis C

Hepatitis is the medical term that is used to refer to the inflammation of the liver. The hepatitis C virus that causes the inflammation of the liver can result in various other diseases of the liver including liver cancer. The disease is transmitted through blood and is the most common blood transmitted disease in the United States of America.
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Foods that are allowed in a low-carb diet

Foods that are allowed in a low-carb diet

If you are aiming at weight loss or working on reducing your blood sugar levels with a type 2 diabetes by following a diet that is low in carbohydrates, you might be thinking that you will be deprived of eating most of your favorite foods. While there may be certain foods that are will not be allowed to feast on, there is still light at the end of the tunnel.
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Health benefits of probiotics for women

Health benefits of probiotics for women

With over 100 trillion microorganisms living naturally inside our body and influencing our health, there are about 50 unique species of bacteria living down there in a vagina on any normal day. It is important to develop habits that maintain all of these organisms in equilibrium. A women’s vagina is acidic with a pH of 4.2 due to the presence of beneficial Lactobacilli bacteria to neutralize the alkaline semen discharge.
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Why avoid gluten in your diet

Why avoid gluten in your diet

Believe it or not, about twenty percent of the world’s calories come from wheat. Wheat is easy to produce and is very comfortable and easy to store and ship. Wheat consumption kept on increasing at a fast pace from nineteenth century onwards. The consumption of wheat in the form of bread, noodles, and pasta might have dipped, but wheat still is a hidden ingredient in many of the products sold in a supermarket.
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Gluten intolerance and its symptoms

Gluten intolerance and its symptoms

Most people confuse gluten intolerance with celiac disease. However, celiac disease is a much more complex disorder which affects only 1% of all adults whereas gluten intolerance is common. The damage done by gluten intolerance is not the just restricted to the gastro intestinal tract, but it also ends up affecting the central nervous system, the cardiovascular system, the reproductive system, the skeletal system and the endocrine system.
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