Word: cholesterol
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Nothing, not even exercise, is more tiresome than listening to some cholesterol-free windbag hyperventilate about how his energy has doubled, his triglyceride level has dropped, his sexual performance is off the charts, and his life expectancy has approached that of a Galapagos tortoise, all because he has begun daily sessions on an exercise bicycle. Nothing stimulates the gag reflex so quickly as news photos of entire families-mom, dad and six children-jogging in identical warmup suits. And nothing is more appalling than, as a 10-to 15-mile-a-week runner (which is to say a moderate lunatic...
Phillips does not know why there was a change in the ratio of estradiol to testosterone in the heart attack victims, but his work has shown that the hormone imbalance is also related to other abnormalities frequently found in heart patients-higher-than-normal levels of blood cholesterol, fat, sugar and insulin. That finding, he said, appears to be "the elusive link between the mild form of diabetes and heart disease." If the hormonal imbalance is proved to be the root cause of heart disease, Phillips concluded, diet, drugs or other means might be used to change the blood hormone...
EATING IS BAD for your health, to judge by the public controversy and fear which food has stirred up recently. The Saccharin Question has replaced the Cyclamate Debate, but the same anxieties over cholesterol count, caloric content and carcinogenic tendencies are being expressed. Widespread concern about our food and the need for that concern is evident in past and continuing controversies over mercury in fish, bug spray on tomatoes, too much sugar in baby food, bacterial contamination in canned and frozen foods, red dye in anything. The big swing towards "health foods" is an indicator of this consumer anxiety--every...
...recommending such examinations (TIME, July 26). Still, Jensen feels, even members of this age group should be warned of bad health habits that could mean trouble later in their lives. That the computer can do. The only prior physical measurements it needs are height, weight, blood pressure and serum cholesterol, which can easily be taken by a technician rather than a doctor. Adds Jensen: "I believe people will make significant changes just based on awareness...
...funny thing about heart specialists," says McGandy, a cardiology specialist himself. "They go to these heart association meetings, where the menus are covered with all of the obscene fried foods full of saturated fats and cholesterol. They sit and eat and talk about heart disease...