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Dieting Blamed For Rise in Cholesterol:

Scientists claim a dieting craze in Sweden is behind a shock rise in cholesterol levels that could be making people vulnerable to heart disease.

The worrying link was discovered after a 25-year study put the focus on at diet and heart disease risk factors in the north of the country. It found an unexpected rise in general cholesterol levels after people living there switched to greater consumption of fats in  2004, reversing earlier trends. 

At that time there was a hugely popular diet launched, which was similar to the Atkins Diet, which led to an explosion in the popularity of low carbohydrate/high fat (LCHF) diets.

This diet stripped out sugars and starch but increased protein and boosted the amount of fats, including saturated fat.

One the leading supporters of the new diet was Dr Annika Dahlqvist. A poll last year suggested that 25 per cent of all Swedes had adopted an LCHF diet in some form. Of those, about 5% had changed their eating habits. 

A leading Swedish website, the Diet Doctor, hailed the change as a  "Swedish low carb revolution". It was claimed that shops ran out of butter at the height of the craze. 

The study into problems with heart disease came after a high incidence of the problem in northern Sweden. Scientists analysed data  between 1986 and 2010. 

At first there was a reduction in cholesterol levels throughout the 1990s thanks to a campaign at the time to improve food labelling and dietary advice. Blood cholesterol levels remained roughly the same until 2007, but then shot up.  In 2010 the average cholesterol level for men was around 5.5 millimolesper litre of blood, and for women slightly less. This was despite a significant increase in the number of people taking cholesterol-lowering drugs.

Professor Ingegerd Johansson, from the University of Umea, who led the research published in Nutrition Journal, said: "The association between nutrition and health is complex. It involves specific food components, interactions among those food components, and interactions with genetic factors and individual needs. While low carbohydrate/high fat diets may help short-term weight loss, these results of this Swedish study demonstrate that long-term weight loss is not maintained and that this diet increases blood cholesterol, which has a major impact on risk of cardiovascular disease."

10 Tips to Maintain Health and Beauty:

You must:

1. Eat sensibly. Include a variety of foods in your diet such that the 40 nutrients that are required by your body are present. Make use of a food pyramid and calorie chart to prepare tasty and nutritious meals. Follow the "Dietary Guidelines for Americans" issued each year.

2. Eat plenty of whole grains, fruits, and vegetables. They will supply you with essential vitamins, minerals, and protection from several diseases.

3. Maintain your weight at a healthy level. Successful weight management is one of the golden keys to good health. By doing is you will lower considerably the risk of many diseases like hypertension, diabetes, heart diseases, cancer, and osteoporosis.

4. Learn self control, eat moderate portions. The secret lies in eating everything but in small portions. Don't give way to gluttony or greed.

5. Make a time-table for your meals and how many calories will be in each meal. Never fast, starve yourself, or skip a meal. Eat when your body demands sustenance but not huge quantities.

6. Practice moderation. Good health does not lie in eliminating carbohydrates or fats. Include all your favorite foods but balance them with the rest of your diet. If you indulge your taste buds by eating pizza one day, then try and do so at lunch time, never eat pizza late at night. Ask for low fat cheese and healthy toppings. Eat just enough to satisfy your craving not all 12 slices. Get a few friends to share you sin. The days you indulge, eat sensibly the rest of the day--salads and fruits will help you make up for the binge.

7. Be sure your meals each day include all the food groups.

8. Plan to exercise every day. Either walk or take up aerobics, dancercise, or join a gym. Exercise will not just burn calories but put a glow into your skin, tone your muscles, and strengthen your bones. Exercise also removes accumulated toxins from your body.

9. Maintain a dairy in which you record your goals, and what you eat each day. Review your week objectively and create a table that shows at a glance what you did right and what you did wrong. This will help keep you on the right track.

10. Celebrate each victory. Give yourself a present or take yourself out every time you achieve a goal.

By eating healthy, one can live a complete and rounded life without diseases, reduce stress greatly, look and feel great, be happy from within and without, age well, produce healthy progeny, and live life to the fullest.

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