Category: Cholesterol

Years ago people knew far less than we know now about how to have a healthy heart through your life. Genetics plays a part, but even people who are genetically predisposed to heart disease can follow some simple guidelines to increase the likelihood that a heart attack will never be in their cards.
It’s been know […]

If you have really high cholesterol, you’ve probably asked yourself a number of questions such as; “How do I lower it?  What are the risks of high cholesterol?  And what is cholesterol anyway??”  Most people focus their attention on ways of lowering cholesterol without ever really knowing what cholesterol is.  While you certainly don’t need […]

Many low carb diets have been successful promoting the simplistic belief that individuals can solve their weight and related health problems by eliminating one nutrient from the diet and drastically reducing intake of that nutrient, carbohydrates.
With the success of the Atkins diet, several other low carb diets have emerged onto the market promising quick and […]

A high cholesterol level or hyperlipidemia may not be something that concerns you but it should. A healthy total cholesterol level is less than 200 mg/dL, but many people are walking around with levels much higher than this. As this number creeps above 200 mg/dL the risk for heart attack increases, and if high blood […]