C-reactive protein – a marker of inflammation – is as easily measured with blood work in a doctor’s office as cholesterol.
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Cholesterol tests check the components of fat in your blood and compare them to normal ranges. Your clinician might also use ratios to compare different types.
You might have heard that eating too many eggs will cause high cholesterol levels, leading to poor health. But what does the latest science say?
If you try supplements, you still need to eat a healthy diet, exercise, reduce your stress, quit smoking and get enough sleep. Even then, they may still not be enough.
What if you could treat obesity, diabetes and high blood pressure just by limiting when you eat and drink all your calories? New research says it might work.
When did eating become so confusing? In the 1960s, studies began to show a link between heart disease and dietary fat, and fat was demonized. As it turns out, fat is nuanced and may not be so bad.
Current cholesterol tests in the UK are outdated and are putting lives at risk.
Studies show that cinnamon can lower blood lipids in people with diabetes or metabolic syndrome.
Having very high levels of HDL is associated with increased mortality. But that doesn’t mean it’s not ‘good cholesterol’.
We need to eat a healthy diet, do some exercise and avoid stress rather than blame saturated fat for heart disease, says a recent editorial. But does the evidence stack up?
A study claims that getting 15% of your calorie intake from walnuts can help lower LDL (‘bad’) cholesterol – an expert takes a closer look at the results.
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Professor of Community Health and Wellbeing, The University of Queensland
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Lecturer in Human Nutrition and Dietetics, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Clinical Associate Professor, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor in Biology and Biomedical Science, Aston University
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Senior Lecturer, Federation University Australia
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Associate Professor of Medicine, Vanderbilt University
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Lecturer in Clinical Nutrition, Liverpool Hope University
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Adjunct Assistant Professor in Family and Community Medicine, Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University
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Accredited Practising Dietitian and Lecturer, Southern Cross University
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Professor of Regulatory Biology at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, Adjunct Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology at UCSD, University of California, San Diego
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Associate Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Diego
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Lecturer in Nutrition and Dietetics, The University of Queensland
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle
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Research Associate, Social Science Research Unit (SSRU), Department of Social Science (DSS), UCL Institute of Education, UCL
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Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle