Posts Tagged ‘HDL’
The Truth About Heart Disease and Statin Drug
It’s a new year, but the statistics are the same. The same things that made us sick in December will make us sick in January. Heart disease is still a problem, and there are so many things people have been told that are just plain wrong, that we wanted to take some time and educate…
Read MoreCholesterol: Devil, Angel, or Neither?
Ever since cholesterol was linked to heart disease, we have been told that LDL is the “bad cholesterol” that leads to heart attack and HDL is the “good cholesterol”. While this oversimplification has some merit to it, there is much more to the story than meets the eye. Let’s break down LDL and HDL a…
Read MoreRick and Bonnie’s Story: His and Hers Heart Health
The way you look at health changes when your health or a loved one’s health changes. Bonnie had high cholesterol that was through the roof, but she was more worried about her husband, Rick. He was not feeling well so he had gone to a cardiologist and found out his cholesterol was much higher than…
Read MoreExposing “Healthy” Cholesterol Levels
What the traditional medical system teaches about cholesterol is that there are three markers: total cholesterol, LDL-C, and HDL-C and that the markers and the levels associated with those markers are either “good” or “bad”. The chart below shows the recommended level for each marker. Cholesterol Marker Association Medically Desirable Level Total Cholesterol Bad, the…
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