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How to keep your cholesterol in check for National Heart Month
Jane Atkinson
Updated: 7 Feb 2021, 12:46
FEBRUARY is National Heart Month. A good way to protect it is by keeping check on your blood fat – or cholesterol.
Good cholesterol helps us make vitamin D from sunlight. The bad stuff collects in blood vessels and raises chances of heart attack or stroke. Today we look at ways to keep it in check.
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OatWell contains beta-glucan which helps to reduce blood cholesterol by ten per cent within two to three weeks
OatWell, 7x30g sachets £7.99, hollandandbarrett.com - buy here
OatWell contains beta-glucan, the soluble dietary fibre found in the oat kernel, which has an effect in lowering LDL (low-density lipoprotein) cholesterol.
Beat lockdown weight gain and acne with these low-calorie snacks and skincare
Updated: 16 Jan 2021, 18:48
FORTY per cent of us put on weight during the last lockdown, so we are calorie-counting this time.
With the average gain 6.5lb, we look at snacks that are light on calories but still pack a crunch.
Meanwhile, our beauty editor tests treatments for acne-prone skin.
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Fairfields Farm Lentil Bites, 75p per bag - buy now
A tasty, healthier crisp alternative. Fairfields Farm lentil bites are surprisingly filling and could definitely become one of my lunch box staples.
Each 20g bag has less than 99 calories and 4.7g of fat (23 per cent of daily allowance).