Calorie restriction, or caloric restriction, (CR) is the practice of limiting dietary energy intake in the hope that it will improve health and slow the aging process. Calorie restriction is a common measure, found in several dietary regimen, including the Okinawa diet and the CRON-diet.

The health hub is a new medical site offering loads of valuable health information. It's easy to search and easy to understand. One of their newest pages on cholesterol really helped me get on the right track. Now my diet is better and I have an exercise route I can actually stick with.

Dr. Jeffery Stout lead a 10 week clinical study at the University of Oklahoma. By adding 2 Full Strength nutrition shakes along with exercise Stout found a 46% greater reduction of body fat, 78% greater drop in cholesterol and a 24% drop in calories with an "at will" diet, participants were instructed to eat whatever and whenever they wanted.

if you're over 50, you are spending your time on the Web looking at scantily-clad women, reading about colon, bladder, and prostate issues, trying to control your soaring cholesterol, clear your clogged arteries - and maybe even considering eating a more healthy diet and starting an exercise regimen. In that case you might want to keep on reading.

Usually we are led to believe that thinness is THE most important thing.Now, a study was performed which found that obese women who exercised for 4 hours each week WITHOUT dieting lowered cholesterol and blood pressure and increased respiratory fitness!! They put the emphasis on health instead of weight loss. Oh yeah. They lost weight too.

Garlic has long had a reputation for improving health by lowering cholesterol. However, a study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine proves that this is just a myth. NetSweat.com comments: as this study shows, garlic is not a substitute for diet and exercise.