Plant sterol (PS) consumption lowers serum cholesterol levels, while modestly increasing plasma PS concentrations. Plasma PS concentrations may reflect sterol absorption, thus individuals with high ...

February is American Heart Month, which brings to mind the care of that organ we all come to love in the center of our chest, the heart. In efforts to care for their hearts, many people are thinking ...

Can what you eat really improve your skin? Will any foods prevent lines and wrinkles and make my 45-year-old skin look younger? A. We're thrilled you've asked that question, because feeding your face ...

Scientists are celebrating a breakthrough discovery that could allow honeybees to get the nutrients they need to survive.

Sterols, such as cholesterol in our bodies or ergosterol in yeast cells, are among the most abundant lipids in eukaryotic cells, yet are synthesized through notoriously long, complex metabolic ...

Clin Lipidology. 2014;9(3):333-354. The hunter-gatherer diet, or Paleolithic diet, [214–217] is considered to be close to Man's ancestral diet and consisted of a diet high in foliage, leafy vegetables ...

Scientists have identified a substance in the liver that helps process fat and glucose. That substance is a component of the common food additive lecithin, and researchers speculate it may one day be ...

Measuring levels of fatty acids, phospholipids, and sterols in erythrocyte membranes may help predict which ultra-high-risk (UHR) individuals will experience conversion to full psychosis, new research ...