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    concern I have from your results are your cholesterol levels. Your High Density Lipoprotein (HDL) levels are within the appropriate levels but your triglycerides and Low Density Lipoprotein (LDL) levels are way above what I would like them to be. A combination of all three of these numbers makes up your total cholesterol level, which is also high, due to your high levels of LDL and triglycerides. Your blood glucose is just a tad too high, it’s not of extreme concern, it was only 2 ml/dL over the normal

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    linoleic acid, which the body needs and cannot make on its own and has to get from the foods a person eats (Physicians Committee, n.d.). Omega-3 and Omega-6 fatty acids, have many benefits. Some of the benefits are lowering the risk of heart disease and high blood pressure, helping with joint pain, lower depression levels, better visual and neurological development in infants, the possibility of improving lung function and improved mental skills, and they help to protect against Alzheimer’s and Dementia

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    Egg Science Project

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    project ¨ Is an egg denser in saltwater or tap water?¨ While doing this project, I found a lot of things out. Objects such as eggs sink in liquids when their denser is greater than the liquid their in. It helps keep less denser materials floating. Density means the degree of compactness of a substance. I will be using EB eggs in my project. EB eggs are also known as England's Best. Since we will be using eggs in my experiment, that´s what’s we are going to be talking about. The outer layer of a egg

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    Introduction: This study examines the ATP binding cassette transporters, ABCA1 and ABCG1 and their presence in the small intestines (GI tract) during a chronic inflammatory disease, diabetes mellitus (type 2 diabetes). ABCA1 and G1 are important in the regulation of glucose levels in the blood in the small intestine when type 2 diabetes is present. The relationship of the gastrointestinal tract and diabetes mellitus has become increasingly important in the scientific community. The GI tract plays

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    Most people consume 25-35 percent of their total daily calorie count from fat; however, only 10 percent should come from saturated fats. There are two different types of trans fat, artificial and naturally occurring. In order to make artificial trans fat, an industrial process adds hydrogen to liquid vegetable oil, to make it more solid. This type of trans fat raises the LDL (bad) cholesterol level and lowers the HDL (good) cholesterol levels. This increases the risk of heart disease and stroke,

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    Lipoproteins are multicomponent assemblies of lipids and proteins that form distinct molecules with an approximate stoichiometric value between the lipid and protein components within the complex. Lipoproteins exist with many types each with a specific molecular mass, size, density, physiological role, and chemical composition.(devlin,57) The lipids and their derivatives may be covalently or non-covalently bound to the proteins. Lipoproteins show biodiversity in their forms, many enzymes, antigens

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    The Modern High Fat Diet

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    modern high fat diet commonly referred to as a ketogenic diet can be achieved in a manner not unlike a normal carbohydrate diet. Where roasts and salmon and vegetables are not just a normal part of the diet but essential. Though it is dangerous to start a ketogenic diet without a little bit of research. This is due to many essential nutrients that we normally source through plants such as wheat, potatoes, rice, and corn, which are extremely high in carbohydrate. With these foods being too high in carbohydrates

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    Blood pressure is the force exerted by the blood on the inner walls of the veins/vessels. In many cases, when blood pressure is too high a multitude of chronic diseases can occur such as heart disease, atherosclerosis, and negatively impact every blood vessel that travels around your body. According to your blood pressure results (High Blood Pressure stage 1 Hypertension), you are in the unhealthy range putting you at risk for these diseases and others like them. This can be a result of sedentary

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    cells as High density lipoprotein (HDL) and low density lipoprotein (LDL) LDL is known as the BAD cholesterol (10). When the level of LDL becomes more than the level of cholesterol needed within the tissue it starts to disperse the extra cholesterol into the arteries. HDL is known as the GOOD cholesterol. Instead of HDL depositing cholesterol into the arteries like LDL does when there is an excess amount within the tissue, HDL actually carries it to the liver. The liver then eliminates it. High levels

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    Keep the eyes shut. Stay standing and position the palms in the trunk, offering love to the sun with typical relaxing. 120 Hasta Utthanasana(Stage-2) Raises arms above head then twist in reverse and keeping in mind that raising the arms they were made a request to breathe in. 121 Padahastasana (Stage-3) The subjects were made a request to twist forward until the palms touch the floor on both sides. They kept the knees straight and conveyed their temple near the knees. while twisting forward they

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