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Articles about Cholesterol

When Do You Need A Cholesterol Test?

Cholesterol is different than any other condition. When you are given a cholesterol test, you are not being tested for a disease; rather, you’re being tested for your likelihood of developing a disease. That disease in particular is heart disease. A test for high cholesterol would be considered a preventative test, as it is testing [...]

Testing for High Cholesterol

There could not be another word in the advertising lexicon which is more marketable than ‘Cholesterol’. That word has been thrown around in the mass media to sell products ranging from diet supplements to exotic herbs that claim to make you healthier. As opposed to the popular perception of Cholesterol as being harmful to the [...]

Cholesterol: An Overview

Cholesterol is one of the lipids used extensively by our body for diverse array of functions. Cholesterol, along with some other lipids, forms important cellular structural components, makes steroidal hormones, & produces energy when decomposed. Cholesterol, at some levels, is produced by the body (without ever letting you know!) while it also finds its way [...]

Cholesterol Testing Can Save Your Life

Many people are afraid to have blood cholesterol testing done, because they either don’t want their blood drawn or don’t want to know if they are sick or not. They think that what they don’t know won’t hurt them. But that couldn’t be any further from the truth. Cholesterol testing now can save your life. [...]

Cholesterol Panel Testing, Diet & Medication

Cholesterol testing helps a lot in understanding the on-set cascades of several cardiovascular & degenerative diseases. There are several techniques to monitor & regulate cholesterol levels in serum. These include various non-invasive methods, like Laser cholesterol testing in which a laser is reflected upon patient’s eyes to test cholesterol levels, as well techniques like digital [...]

Cholesterol – In Your Diet & Your Body

Cholesterol, although, is an important building block of cellular components, steroidal hormones & a high energy cellular fuel but, an elevated level of cholesterol in various tissues & in the blood defines degree and asperity of a cascade of disorders like cardiovascular diseases, Alzheimer’s, cancer, vascular dementia & pregnancy complications etc. These flagitious disorders can [...]

Keeping Your Heart Healthy: 10 Ways to Lower Cholesterol

High cholesterol is one of those things millions of people face each and every day. It is partly due to genetics, partly due to a bad diet and partly due to lifestyle choices. While everyone and their cholesterol problems may not be the same, there is one thing that is universal: it can be helped. [...]

All You Need to Know about Cholesterol Testing

While cholesterol is one of those substances that everybody needs, too much of it can cause heart disease. And get this: one out of every two people will die of heart disease. If that is not a wake up call, I do not know what is! Many people walk through life thinking they are healthy [...]