Cholesterol in excess has long been the culprit of fatty deposits lining the arteries. This is a dangerous condition that causes the arteries to become clogged and hardened. Eventually they will become so narrow that blood cannot flow through freely and heart disease, heart attack or stroke is the result.
Until recently reducing cholesterol and controlling [...]

There are several traits we inherit from our family that can impact our ability to control or reduce cholesterol. A number of conditions that affect cholesterol and can cause high cholesterol are classified and grouped together under the umbrella of familial lipid disorders (FLD).
Some of the FLDs that cause the body to produce too much [...]

If you are not sure about how important it is to reduce cholesterol, then you should consider that high cholesterol will ultimately lead to heart disease. It is estimated that heart disease takes a life every 33 seconds! If that isn’t serious enough, then consider what life would be like after a stroke.
High cholesterol is [...]

Calcification is a process where plaque in the arteries gets progressively harder. It then adheres to the cholesterol build up that is already there and causes a worsening of the condition known as atherosclerosis or hardening of the arteries. What scientists are unsure of at this point is how much of atherosclerosis is from the [...]

It can be even more difficult to reduce cholesterol if you are one of the rare individuals with a recessive genetic condition called Tangier disease. People with Tangier have extremely low levels of good cholesterol, which is the High Density Lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol. HDL helps reduce total cholesterol by cleansing the build up of Low [...]

The personal price you pay in terms of health is great when you fail to reduce high cholesterol. But the poor health and increased threat of heart attack affect the wallet proportionate to the increased risk for heart disease.
The cost of a first time heart attack or stroke occurring in people who failed to reduce [...]

Cholesterol levels are an important health marker. When cholesterol is excessively high it can lead to a wide range of coronary diseases. One study conducted on men between the ages of 40 and 84 also concluded that cholesterol levels, especially the ratio between total cholesterol and the so called “good” high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, [...]

Failure to lower cholesterol can lead to a dangerous and even deadly occurrence known as plaque rupture. A build up of Low Density Lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol on the artery walls is the first step in creating conditions within the arteries where plaque can rupture and release fat into the blood stream. This then can further [...]

Homocysteine is in short an amino acid. It has been linked to people with cardiovascular disease. In other words, high levels of homocysteine in the blood are found in people with heart disease. Elevated levels of homocysteine have also been linked to arterial disease as is true of high levels of cholesterol. If lowering homocysteine [...]

Doctor’s orders to lower cholesterol may include instructions to lower those triglycerides in the blood as well. Triglycerides are the most common form of fat found in foods, body tissues and blood plasma. Three fatty acids along with glycerol, a complex carbohydrate, are what make up triglycerides. Excess triglycerides are stored in the body as [...]