There's a new risk factor for heart disease-and it's not high cholesterol. It's rapidly skyrocketed into first place as the number one most common trigger for heart disease.
Ask your family physician what the number one cause for heart disease is, and he/she will likely reply "high cholesterol" without hesitating. Most Americans would answer the same. After all, the media overflows with discussions about cholesterol and how drugs can reduce it.
Just 30 years ago, small LDL was...
You may have been told that you need to lower your LDL (bad) cholesterol levels, and increase your HDL (good) cholesterol levels. While... Read more »
If you've been diagnosed with high cholesterol, you may be worried about reducing your intake of high cholesterol foods. Studies... Read more »
Eating 2 grams of plant sterols each day will on average reduce your LDL cholesterol 10%. Plant sterols occur naturally in foods at low... Read more »
Flax seeds have become more and more popular in recent years, due to their health-protective properties. Most notably, reducing the... Read more »
Small LDL particles have skyrocketed to occupy number place as the most common cause for heart disease in the U.S. Small LDL particles... Read more »
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Diet - cholesterol Recommendations More than half of the adult population has blood cholesterol levels higher than the desirable... Read more »
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
VLDL stands for very low density lipoprotein. Lipoproteins are substances made of cholesterol, triglycerides, and proteins. They move cholesterol,... Read more »
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
The triglyceride level is a laboratory test to measure the amount of triglycerides in your blood. Triglycerides are a type of fat.Your body makes... Read more »
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