Dr. Dominique Fradin-Read

  A heart attack occurs when blood flow to the heart muscles gets restricted or blocked–resulting in a lack of oxygen. This transpires when one or more coronary arteries become narrowed due to a buildup of fatty deposits that form plaque. This narrowing of arteries is a slow process called  atherosclerosis , a condition that causes most heart attacks. In connection, cholesterol is waxy, fat-like substance that our liver naturally produces as they are responsible for helping our body build new cells, insulate nerves, and produce hormones. It traverses around our bloodstream in high-density lipoproteins (HDL) and low-density lipoproteins (LDL).  HDL  is “known as “good cholesterol” because it picks up cholesterol and takes it back to the liver for disposal” while  LDL  “carries cholesterol to the parts of your body that need it . It’s sometimes referred to as “bad cholesterol” because if you have too much of it in your bloodstream, it can cling to the walls o...

  Weight loss is the act of losing weight through a change of eating lifestyle and/or exercise.  Davis  (2021) informed the medical definition of this as “a decrease in body weight resulting from either voluntary (diet, exercise) or involuntary (illness) circumstances. Most instanc es of weight loss arise due to the loss of body fat, but in cases of extreme or severe weight loss, protein and other substances in the body can also be depleted. Examples of involuntary weight loss include the weight loss associated with cancer, malabsorp tion (such as from chronic diarrheal illnesses), and chronic inflammation (such as with rheumatoid arthritis).” With that definition, there is also an implication that unhealthy voluntary weight loss may occur if an individual does not have proper knowledg e of the right quality and quantity of calorific needs. When the objective is to lose weight quickly, what commonly occurs is that the individual follows a fad diet or commits to a crash di...