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Diet in Cancer Survivors Copyright 2014 Colleen Huber NMD A doubleblind retrospective case series of 255 patients in a naturopathic cancer clinic Colleen Huber NMD and Robert Waters PhD. AANUIIOU WELL ALANEIELOWINAUAE fats trans fats and cholesterol that includes a VAIEYOUI VEGEALEANA EEANLOW A dairy products AOILYWIEPEWEE OOELEANUOMEA IMALLVIILEAANOW AWAYEAAOOOUOEMEAEMOVEE skin from poultry 3UIUEMEALEOLOW MEAMAINIEO regular entrees But when you have too much in your blood it can build up on the walls of your arteries This can lead to heart disease and strokeleading causes of death in the United States Are you at risk About one in every six adult Americans has high cholesterol In fact the higher your blood cholesterol the greater your risk of developing heart disease or having a heart attack Heart disease is the 1 killer of men and women in the United States Each year more than a million Americans have a heart attack and It is made in the liver and released into the bloodstream You can also get cholesterol from the food you eat It is important to get your cholesterol checked and learn how to manage your cholesterol The different types of cholesterol HDL Highdensity 1. What is Cholesterol?. A waxy substance – technically a sterol (unsaturated steroid alcohol). 75% of your cholesterol is made in your liver, the rest is absorbed from food. Cholesterol travels in particles called lipoproteins: high-density lipoproteins (HDL) and low-Density Lipoproteins (LDL). Cholesterol. Is the most abundant . steroid. in the body.. Is a . waxy. substance found in all of the body cells. . Has . methyl. CH. 3. - groups, alkyl chain, and -OH attached to the steroid nucleus.. Beth Kalicki. Heli. J. Roy, PhD, RD. Pennington Biomedical Research Center. Cholesterol Trends. Blood cholesterol levels correlate with weight. However, lean individuals can have high cholesterol levels.. What is Cholesterol?. Cholesterol is a waxy fat steroid. It is manufactured in the :. Liver. Intestines. Adrenal glands. Sex organs. Cholesterol is only synthesized in animals. The Good…. Cholesterol is a very important compound!. Cholesterol is an essential lipid constituent of cell membranes. Cholesterol is a precursor of steroid hormones and of bile acids. Intermediates of cholesterol biosynthesis are required to make vitamin D and for posttranslational modification of membrane proteins. Itzel . Vazquez-Vidal . and Peter J.H. . Jones. University . of Manitoba, Richardson Centre for Functional Foods and . Nutraceuticals.. 1. Principles of Nutrigenetics and . Nutrigenomics . Diet and Cardiovascular Disease. ????????????????? ? Cholesterol is a fatty substance, vital for good health. It helps form cell membranes, various hormones, bile and vitamin D. We get some cholesterol from our diet but most is made Advice f rom the National Lipid Association Clinician’s Lifestyle Modification Toolbox P rovided as part of the Clinician’s Lifestyle Modification Toolbox on Lipid.org. Learn more at LearnYourLi Peter Espenshade. Department of Cell Biology . Cellular Control of Metabolism. Jürgen Berger/Max Planck Institute. Cells require tight regulation of metabolism to maintain . homeostasis and viability.. Dr. Carolyn K. Suzuki. 1. To compare and contrast the properties of apolipoprotein particles (e.g. chylomicrons, LDL, HDL), with respect to their composition, metabolism and transport. . To distinguish the different biochemical pathways that can be potentially targeted pharmacologically to control plasma apolipoprotein levels and manage cardiovascular disease..