Understanding The Types Of Cholesterol
by: Jan Nicholas
While most people talk about ?cholesterol levels? there is in fact more than one type of cholesterol. In fact, there are several different body functions and several different substances that make up our understanding of ?cholesterol.?
As with some fats, cholesterol cannot be dissolved in the blood. Instead, molecules called lipoproteins carry cholesterol to and from cells. Molecules are made from an outer layer of protein and an inner core of both cholesterol and triglycerides, which is another form of fat.
Lipoproteins equip the cholesterol to move around the body. The two main types of lipoproteins are:
1) High Density Lipoproteins (HDL.)
? HDL transports cholesterol from cells back to the liver.
? HDL is either reused or converts to bile acids and disposed. This is known as "good" cholesterol. You want to ensure that your levels of this cholesterol remain high for optimum heart health, since having too low levels of HDL - even when other cholesterol levels are normal - may lead to heart problems. As you work to lower your ?bad cholesterol? it is important to also take steps and to keep your HDL levels normal.
? HDL aids to ensure protection from the risk of heart attack and/or stroke. HDL consists of more protein than triglycerides or cholesterol, and aids to remove LDL from your artery walls.
2) Low Density Lipoproteins (LDL.)
? LDL carries approximately 60_70% of cholesterol around the body and are known as ?bad" cholesterol.
? Studies show conclusively that high cholesterol leads to much higher risk of heart attack and/or stroke. Other factors involved in this risk are age, gender, smoking, family history of heart disease, and diabetes mellitus.
Obviously, when we speak of having ?cholesterol levels? we mean more than one number. To maintain optimum health, you will need to know your levels of both LDL and HDL and will need to work hard to keep both levels in healthy ranges.
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Pointers For A Good Choice Of Golf School
Pointers For A Good Choice Of Golf School
by: Edwin Shackleford
According to GOLF Magazine, the Phil Ritson - Mel Sole Golf School is included among the top five good ? if not best ? golf schools in the United States. Every year since 1999, this school appears and is included among the ten best golf academies.
The Basis of the Rankings
These were according to a variety of reasons which includes the teaching quality of the golf professors, the school program and facilities, as well as the hundreds if not thousands of golf graduates that were surveyed and asked to rate the experiences they had from attending the school.
According to this particular school, they help students achieve his or her personal best, always.
Teaching Principle
The teaching principle in this golf school was formulated by Phil Ritson - he used to be a coach to Gary Player as well as other stars in the PGA ? and Mel Sole, who is a veteran of the...
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Tanning Bed Safety
Tanning Bed Safety
by: M.D. Stacener
The facts about tanning bed safety are some what convoluted.
How often have you heard someone say ?it?s not safe to use a tanning bed,? or ?you?ll get skin cancer.?
There are certainly tanning bed safety concerns but as with anything common sense will go a long way to keeping you safe.
So lets get some of the facts about tanning beds out in the open.
There are people who are completely for tanning beds just as there are people who are totally against.
And then of course there are the fence sitters.
If you don?t believe in tanning beds, that?s okay that?s certainly your right.
If you worship tanning beds it wouldn?t matter what I said you?d still use them.
This is article is for those that just aren?t sure.
We?re going to help you fall off the fence one way or another.
One of the concerns often heard is a worry about getting skin...
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The Positive Effects of Ambient Music
The Positive Effects of Ambient Music
by: Mark Altman
Ambient nature sounds have the ability to aid sleep, reduce stress, and provide a relaxing atmosphere for activities such as yoga, tai-chi, and meditation.
Most of us spend our days surrounded by the sounds of vehicles, televisions, and office machines. Nature sound recordings can offer us an escape from these unnatural surroundings, and allow us to reclaim our balance. Popular sounds used in ambient recordings are: ocean waves, creeks, waterfalls, wind, rain, thunder, and birds. Our sense of hearing can have a strong influence on our emotional health. Through experimentation, you can discover the effects each of these sounds have on your moods and emotions. Because our life experiences and environment are so diverse, each person reacts differently to the various sounds of nature. Below are a number of common benefits that nature sounds may offer:
Consistent sounds, like rain or waterfalls,...
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Natural Testosterone Supplements
Natural Testosterone Supplements
by: Chester Ku-Lea
Testosterone Support Supplements (or Testosterone Aids) are meant to enhance your performance, increase muscle gains and make you bigger. Testosterone is the master male hormone. Testosterone supplementation can increase male sex drive, strengthen bones, muscles, decrease body fat, improve thinking ability, boost energy levels and guard against the onset of depression and heart disease.
Testosterone
Testosteroneis a powerful anabolic hormone that stimulates and controls the development of muscle, bone, skin, sex organs, and most other masculine, physical features. Recently, scientists have discovered that testosterone also aids mental function, enhancing both visual and perceptual skills. Male testosterone is produced in the testes by a group of cells known as the Leydig cells. These cells begin secreting high doses of testosterone during puberty to trigger increased lean muscle mass...
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Viatical Settlements, Or Life Insurance Settlements
Viatical Settlements, Or Life Insurance Settlements
by: Donald Lusan
When I first heard of viatical settlements, or life insurance settlements, I shuddered at such a dastardly idea. I even put into words my deep feelings. You see I spent many years in the life insurance business and have seen the product work for the betterment of so many. I could not conceive of a pleasant result when one deprives the beneficiaries of what was due them. I guess I had not given the idea much thought, thus my extreme response.
Although I still do not feel it right to deprive beneficiaries of their life insurance proceeds so that an insured can get his or her hands on the proceeds of policies during their lifetime through life insurance settlements with investors, after much study and deep thought I can only conclude that there are situations where this is, not only justified, but is absolutely necessary.
If you bring into the picture the unfortunate person...
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Listening Deeply: Feeling a Connection with Sound
Listening Deeply: Feeling a Connection with Sound
by: Alanna Kaivalya
One of my favorite things to do when I was younger was go to air shows. There, I could feel the planes flying over me, even before I could see them. Having been born with a hearing impairment made me particularly sensitive to sound, and I had to figure out a way to do more with sound than just listen, because that was difficult. With this challenge, I discovered early on that sound could be felt, as well as heard. It was always clear to me that others didn?t have this same relationship with sound; they were almost oblivious to it. Most people respond to music, and can dance to a beat, but beyond that hearing tends to be a lost art.
All people can relate to music; sound can soothe the soul. There seems to be something about the rhythm and beat that makes people stop and take notice ? they can focus on the sound for a period of minutes, which is usually very hard to accomplish!...
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Merit-Based Financial Aid ? a Real Merit To Students
Merit-Based Financial Aid ? a Real Merit To Students
by: Jakob Jelling
Merit-based financial aid is one of the main financial aid packages awarded based on their merit or merit plus of students. Merit-based financial aids usually come from state or federal sources or private sources. These types of financial aid packages are intended to assists students to help their college expenses. Merit-based financial aid need not have to be repaid. The rules and regulations of financial aid packages are based on the federal financial aid rules.
Merit-based financial aids can be obtained based on your performance or talents in a variety of areas such as academic achievement, extracurricular involvement, athletic, leadership, volunteer work, or artistic talent (art, music, or theater). You can also obtain merit-based financial aid if you have any other personal qualities which distinguish you in the applicant pool.
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hCG - Human Chorionic Gonada-what?
hCG - Human Chorionic Gonada-what?
by: Susan Tanner
...Tropin. Human chorionic gonadotropin. Sound
Familiar? You may or may not have heard of hCG,
but if you have, it may be because you read it on the
box of your home pregnancy test. That's because
hCG is the basis of home pregnancy tests. It's also
the basis for the blood and urine pregnancy tests that
your doctor performs. But there is much more to hCG
than simply being an indicator of pregnancy.
HCG is a hormone produced by the placenta during
pregnancy. It begins being produced and released
into the blood almost immediately after the egg
attaches to the uterine wall. Since hCG is released
into the blood so soon after conception, it can be
detected there even before your first missed
menstrual period, as early as six days after
implantation. Its function is to prevent the disintegration of
the corpus luteum of the ovary and thereby...
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