cholesterol ratios

Why you don’t need to fear Cholesterol

Most people fear cholesterol. They don’t want to consume it and don’t want to hear from the physician that their cholesterol is high.  Let’s step back for a moment and ask this –  what does it mean to have high cholesterol?  What is cholesterol?  Do you know?  What are its functions?  Where does it come […]

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Raising Your Blood Cholesterol: Eggs or Lemonade

You may be surprised to learn that research linking blood cholesterol levels and heart disease is weak.  This is surprising because in the media and in the doctor’s office there is much focus around keeping blood cholesterol levels less than 200 mg/dl.  Many cholesterol lowering medications are being prescribed, and most of us believe they

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Cholesterol Readings

Statin drug therapy decreases the level of LDL (low density lipoproteins) circulating in the blood. This has been the accepted measurement for determining ‘risk’ of future heart disease.  However consensus regarding LDL indicators for heart disease is not universal.  Before statin drugs were available an ‘abnormal’ cholesterol measurement was determined by dividing total cholesterol by

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