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THINNESS: is characterized by a progressive loss of body weight, usually due to eating too little, in turn linked to multiple causes. Typical example is the case of anorexia nervosa, but it can also be caused by many other illnesses, even serious such as cancer.
USEFUL PLANTS: Eleutherococcus senticosus (Siberian ginseng), Oenothera biennis (Evening Primrose), Panax ginseng (Ginseng), Royal jelly, Rhodiola rosea (Rodiola), Trigonella foenum graecum (fenugreek).
DYSLIPIDEMIA (Hypercholesterolemia synonym): These diseases are characterized by increased levels of cholesterol, triglycerides, or both in the blood. The normal maximum levels of total cholesterol should not exceed 200 mg / dl, those of HDL cholesterol (known as good cholesterol) should not be less than 40 mg / dl, those of LDL (so-called bad cholesterol) should not exceed 130 mg / dl and those of triglycerides should not exceed 165 mg / dl. HDL cholesterol is called good cholesterol, because it helps to protect against damage caused by the bad cholesterol or LDL. These illness is dangerous because it considerably increase the atherosclerotic processes in blood vessels and because it is, at least initially, almost always asymptomatic.
USEFUL PLANTS: Allium sativum (garlic), Amorphophallus konjac (glucomannan), Cynara scolymus (artichoke), Commiphora mukul (Guggul), Fiber prebiotics (inulin, FOS, Gos), Soy Isoflavones, Policosanol from sugar cane, Fermented red rice.
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