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High Cholesterol Levels and Associated Health Risks

We all know or have heard that high cholesterol levels cause atherosclerosis, which in turn leads to heart attacks, heart disease and stroke along with other vascular problems such as claudication (restriction of arteries to the legs) and other forms … Continue reading →

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A Brief Guide To Understanding Cholesterol

Cholesterol tends to be a much misunderstood substance. It has acquired something of a bad name because it is associated with unpleasant syndromes such as for example formation of blood clots in the bloodstream. The term high cholesterol is thus … Continue reading →

How To Lower Cholesterol

If you have taken a cholesterol test and found your cholesterol levels to be higher than the recommended limits, then there are two courses of action to reduce them back to within a range that will significantly decrease your likelihood … Continue reading →

Understand What Your Cholesterol Levels Are Telling You

So you’ve tested your cholesterol levels but what exactly do those numbers mean and what are HDL and LDL cholesterol and why is the ratio between them important? First things first. High cholesterol (or hypercholesterolemia to use its medical name) … Continue reading →

The Importance of Testing Cholesterol Levels

So why does it actually matter whether or not you know what your cholesterol levels are? The simple and straightforward answer is that blood cholesterol levels can determine both how long and how well you will live. In other words, … Continue reading →