: About Me

Syble James is president of Alpha Health Source, and editor of Healthy Living. A freelance writer, consultant, speaker, and analyst specializing in the food and beverage, vitamin/supplement, health/fitness markets, including direct marketing, Syble's knowledge includes products/brands, consumer/market trends, and the impact of economic and sociopolitical dynamics on the market. Syble can be reached at sjames@AlphaHealthSource.net.

My passion is ...

to seek, live and share the truth

I know too much about ...

a lot of things and not enough about what is truly important

My parents always told me ...

that giving to a worthy cause is always rewarded

My childhood ambition ...

to investigate and teach

My favorite memory ...

I have too many to name just one

Why I write ...

to investigate and teach

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

is always edifying in some way

My first job ...

library assistant

My best moment ...

is like my favorite memory - too many to name just one

My inspiration ...

comes from striving to teach as many people as I can

Health & Fitness > Nutrition & Health Issues How to bump up your good cholesterol

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One of the many problems with cholesterol lowering drugs is they interfere with all cholesterol, upsetting the delicate balance between LDL and HDL. Although the medical-pharmaceutical industry emphasizes lowering cholesterol, your goal should be finding a healthy balance between LDL ("bad") cholesterol and HDL ("good") cholesterol. A report from the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) notes that although LDL or "bad" cholesterol has gotten most of the attention, HDL plays a very important role in heart health. The NCEP panel highlighted the following facts about "good" cholester...

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