There are many evidences confirming that a_ BMI more than 25 will significantly increase the risk of cardiovascular problems and related diseases. BMI more than 30 will dramatically raise mortality rate. An increase in BMI will lead to an increase of mean blood pressure and blood cholestrol, and a decrease in HDL levels. In men with morbid obesity the risk of hypertemion and/or elevated cholest...

A procedure for fractionation of serum cholesterol is developed by employing digitonin for the precipitation of free cholesterol in isopropanol. This method is based on the ferric acetate color reaction which is unaffected by traces of digitonin. It is influenced only negligibly by the presence of stanols in serum and is shown to be equally chromogenic with respect to both free and ester forms ...

LCT consists of pliable latex sheets impregnated with cholestrol crystals which respond to different temperatures by emitting different wavelengths of light ranging from brown (cool) through yellow and green to blue (hot). These latex sheets form one wall of a sealed box with the opposite wall being made of perspex to allow the thermographic image to be viewed. The thermographic detectors are c...

Trigonella foenum-graecum (fenugreek) seeds have previously been shown to have hypoglycemic and hypocholesterolemic effects on type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus patients and experimental diabetic animals. The Trigonella foenum-graecum extract has now been investigated for its effects on general properties, blood glucose and blood lipid, and hemorheological parameters in experimental diabetic ...

Background The low density lipoprotein cholestrol (LDL-C) has an important role in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease but its association and predictive accuracy with metabolic syndrome (MetS) remains controversial. The objective of this study was to investigate the association and predictive ability of LDL-C with MetS. Methods We analyzed the data from a population-based cross-sectio...

The concentration of adiponectin, a hormone which is secreted from adipose tissue, is inversely correlated with body fat mass. This hormone has anti inflammatory and anti atherogenic properties. Its concentration reduces in metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular diseases. This study reviews the evidence on the relationship between serum adiponectin concentration and lipid profile. In this study ...

Acanthophora spicifera, red algae are known to possess antioxidant activities. The objective of this study is to evaluate the ameliorative effect of the ethyl acetate extract of A. spicifera against the puffer fish Arothron hispidus induced biochemical alterations and oxidative stress. 24 Mice were divided into four groups were used in this study. Group 1 received normal saline as control, Grou...