Before 2004, when cholesterol had not yet become a super villain in the medical community  and households nation-wide, a 130-milligram LDL cholesterol level was considered healthy.  However, in 2004 the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) panel advised those at risk…

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If Your Cholesterol Is Too Low…  All kinds of nasty things can happen to your body when cholesterol drops below the optimal levels. As stated before, every single one of your cells needs cholesterol to thrive — including those in…

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Inflammation has become a bit of a buzzword in the medical field because it has been linked to so many different diseases. And one of those diseases is heart disease… the same heart disease that cholesterol is often blamed for.…

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Now that we’ve defined ‘good’ and ‘bad’ cholesterol, it has to be said that there is actually only one type of cholesterol. Ron Rosedale, MD, who is widely considered to be the leading anti-aging doctor in the United States, does an excellent…

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Cholesterol, quite simply, is essential for life. Only 7% of the body’s soft, waxy substance is actually found in the bloodstream, while the remaining 93% is in every cell in your body, where it helps to produce cell membranes, hormones,…

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Cholesterol could easily be described as the smoking gun of the last two decades. It’s been responsible for demonizing entire categories of foods (like eggs and saturated fats) and blamed for just about every case of heart disease in the last…

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