Had Jack undergone this more detailed testing before he was diagnosed with heart disease, perhaps he could have taken action before any danger or need for procedures developed. In other words, knowledge of these patterns could have fueled a much more powerful program of heart disease prevention.
Standard cholesterol testing is a fool's game. You can squeeze a little bit of information out of them, but there's so much more information that can be easily obtained through a modest additional effort.
For more information on lipoprotein testing:
www.liposcience.com
The website for the LipoScience lipoprotein testing company.
www.bhlinc.com
The website for the Berkeley HeartLab lipoprotein testing company.
www.atherotech.com
The website for the Atherotech lipoprotein testing company.
(Lipoprotein analysis must be specified by your doctor to be drawn, then sent to a laboratory specializing in lipoprotein testing.)
Note: Dr. Davis has no financial relationship with any of these testing companies.
Related Information:
HDL and LDL Ratios: What Should They Be?
High Cholesterol a Threat to the Entire Vascular System
Small LDL Cholesterol: Epidemic of the New Century
HDL Cholesterol: Harder to Control than Thought
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