Your cholesterol levels are a little on the high side. Almost without thinking, your doctor reaches for his pad to write a prescription for a statin - it is, after all, best practice.
So what's your response? Up to quite recently, possibly not a lot.
* Diet as good as drugs for reducing cholesterol
The Food and Drug Administration, the American drugs regulator, has admitted that plant sterols in oils, viscous fibres (oats and barley) and almonds can all reduce cholesterol.
Cholesterol may not be the great killer after all, a major study in Copenhagen has discovered. Only those with cholesterol blood levels in the top 5 per cent are at risk from heart disease. ... ...
In every major long term study, lowering cholesterol through drugs or the standard recommended low fat diet has done more harm than good. ... ...
During a general check-up, most doctors recommend that you undergo a cholesterol test to determine whether you are at risk of heart disease. The test measures the amount of cholesterol and triglycerides in the serum
Cholesterol, a vital part of the human diet, is essential for the production of testosterol, adrenal hormones, myelin, the lining of nerves and membranes of the brain. Considering all these vital ...
Sadness, isolation and loneliness can cause heart attacks. In one study in San Francisco and another in Eastern Finland, of the 20,000 people observed for up to nine years, those who were lonely ...
FATS: They cause heart problems, but not stroke. Right?
Just as we are advised to watch our blood pressure as we get older, the pressure within our eyes is equally at risk with advancing years. Changes in the ageing eye can lead to less-effective drainage of the clear fluid (aqueous humor) in the eye...
Most still believe that a high cholesterol diet is the cause of heart disease. But new research is showing that this view is an oversimplification of a complex process that has more to do with mo ...
What Doctors Don't Tell You