Cholesterol Expert Dr. Larry Weinrauch shares Cholesterol management news and commentary at CholesterolNetwork.com. The HealthCentral Network, Inc. (www.HealthCentral.com) is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/cholesterol/c/9876 http://www.healthcentral.com/cholesterol/c/9876/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/cholesterol/c/9876 http://www.healthcentral.com/cholesterol/c/9876/38413/consumption Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:47:00 -0000 Dr. Larry Weinrauch The newspapers these days seem to be full of studies that tell us that alcohol may be good for certain things (like preventing heart disease and stroke) while telling us that it's bad for other things (like the liver and memory). I am often asked by my patients, their family members, or friends how much alcohol is the "right amount." As far as the cardiovascular system is concerned, there is no easy answer. I do not counsel people to start... http://www.healthcentral.com/cholesterol/c/9876/38413/consumption http://www.healthcentral.com/cholesterol/c/9876/15132/dos-donts Sun, 03 Aug 2008 20:00:00 -0000 Dr. Larry Weinrauch What is the best way to take my pills?   This question is at the root of more confusion than any other question in medicine. The public wonders about which pill is best for a given disease, and we are constantly under the barrage of pharmaceutical advertising, but the fact still remains that most doctor's prescriptions are not filled. And even when the prescriptions are filled, they are rarely taken as directed. Whose fault: we all share... http://www.healthcentral.com/cholesterol/c/9876/15132/dos-donts http://www.healthcentral.com/cholesterol/c/9876/31973/cholesterol-low Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:34:00 -0000 Dr. Larry Weinrauch While high cholesterol (either as a high LDL or “bad” cholesterol; or low HDL or “good” cholesterol) certainly contributes to the risk of atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease, it is not the only contributor. Each year it seems that I have one or two patients that have “no excuse” for having coronary artery disease but they do anyway.   In the same period of time, however, I will see hundreds of... http://www.healthcentral.com/cholesterol/c/9876/31973/cholesterol-low http://www.healthcentral.com/cholesterol/c/9876/31269/trans-fats Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:21:00 -0000 Dr. Larry Weinrauch We have all seen information in the newspapers that suggests that we should avoid trans fatty acids, but why? What does this mean? My thanks to Dr. D. Mozafferian for an explanation that permits me to understand the importance of this problem and explain it here. Partial hydrogenation (another name for trans fat) is a production method to make oils more solid at room temperature, to have oils last longer without spoiling and to give them a... http://www.healthcentral.com/cholesterol/c/9876/31269/trans-fats http://www.healthcentral.com/cholesterol/c/9876/15360/to-heart Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:53:00 -0000 Dr. Larry Weinrauch  _____ died last week. He was in great shape, exercised and ate right. Why should I believe that if I do all the right things the same thing wouldn't happen to me?   Jim Fixx wrote the "Complete Book of Running". He was a former smoker (2 packs per day) and overweight but made himself trimmer (taking off 60 lbs.) and stopped smoking as he became concerned about the possibility of heart disease. Why? His father... http://www.healthcentral.com/cholesterol/c/9876/15360/to-heart