High Cholesterol

Cholesterol Wars: Diet vs. Statins Health Alert #113 A new study proves that a cholesterol-lowering diet is just as good at lowering cholesterol and C-reactive protein levels (high levels indicate heart disease) as statin drugs. The new study proves that drugs aren’t necessary to reduce cholesterol. The right diet can

Had Your VAP Tested Yet? Health Alert #45 Have you heard of VAP? You will. It’s a newly developed cholesterol test. It stands to make your total cholesterol number obsolete. Total blood cholesterol is not a very good predictor of heart attack or stroke. Many people with high cholesterols never

A More Important Risk to Your Heart than Cholesterol Health Alert #23 Despite all you’ve heard, your cholesterol level is NOT a very good predictor of heart attack or stroke. Consider this: Half of the people who have heart attacks have normal cholesterol levels. And this: Studies have shown that