Have you acquired
information about your cholesterol level?
For more
information about cholesterol, read our Cholesterol biomarkers category: http://perfecthealthdiet.com/category/biomarkers/hdlldlcholesterol/, especially this: http://perfecthealthdiet.com/2011/06/blood-lipids-and-infectious-disease-part-i/.
So maybe my question is kind of dumb but here it is — with all of this new
information about cholesterol and the advance testing that is now available why is it that members of the medical profession (and I am here referring to cardiologists at excellent hospitals with highly rated heart programs I have recently had personal experience with) still only rely on the standard lipid profile?
For more
information about cholesterol, and why conventional advice to reduce your cholesterol to ridiculously low levels is foolhardy, please listen to this interview with Dr. Stephanie Seneff.
The books also contain mistaken
information about cholesterol, claiming that diets high in cholesterol cause heart disease, and consequently recommend egg whites only (throwing away the nutrient - dense yolks).
Not exact matches
As links between intermediates in
cholesterol synthesis and various diseases are being discovered continually, more
information about the regulatory role of the post-HMGCR pathway is needed.
That's the real issue here: your
cholesterol numbers give you
information about levels of inflammation in the body.
Wow... and I've always heard and read that coconut oil has no negative effect on
cholesterol like other saturated fats and even results in weight loss... All these fake or cherry picked studies they're putting out, leaving out vital
information, truly makes me livid... not only for me but to think
about all the people out there trying to be healthy and they're being lied to!
Measuring HDL -
cholesterol levels provides
information about the size of the HDL pool, but does not predict HDL composition or function.
This is a post I shared a few years ago: The Obesity Epidemic, the Truth
about Cholesterol and Saturated Fat For more
information, check out this article: https://authoritynutrition.com/how-many-eggs-should-you-eat/
Another study examining the effects the different lipids in terms of heart disease risk found that «triglyceride concentration was not independently related with CHD risk after controlling for HDL - C, non — HDL - C, and other standard risk factors, including null findings in women and under nonfasting conditions.21, 22 Hence, for population - wide assessment of vascular risk, triglyceride measurement provides no additional
information about vascular risk given knowledge of HDL - C and total
cholesterol levels, although there may be separate reasons to measure triglyceride concentration (eg, prevention of pancreatitis).»
There seems to be a lot of
information available
about some very detrimental effects from «oxidized
cholesterol», including from some sources who would generally agree with eating Primal.
Get valuable
information on supplements supporting the Ketogenic diet and know more
about cholesterol issues, including the testing involved and its possible root cause.
If you are serious
about lowering your
cholesterol naturally, check out some Beta - Sitosterol
information.
If your «current» insurance agent is not able to request more
information about their underwriting standards in regards to your
cholesterol levels - MOVE ON.