Archives for May 2017

Why is LDL Cholesterol So Dangerous?

Why is your total cholesterol number so important?  It’s because most of that   Why is LDL cholesterol so dangerous?  The best example of understanding why it is so damaging to the walls of your arteries throughout your body is that of a splinter being stuck in your finger.  The tissue in your finger begins to […]

Changing Your Lifestyle not Your Medication

The number one drug prescribed today is to lower your LDL cholesterol.  When anyone states that your cholesterol is not important anymore, just remember that the medical community knows that it has been proven that getting your LDL cholesterol lower has saved thousands of patients from heart attacks and strokes.  You can do this by […]

Money Can’t Buy Me … Extra Life

Money can’t buy extra years for your life. The Bible states that a man’s money can’t keep him from the grave.  All must die someday.  But if you know a statistic from the medical literature, it is possible to buy additional years to your life expectancy.  The following is a report from the Journal of […]

What Does “Elevated Cholesterol” Actually Mean?

Do you know what it means when your doctor tells you that your “cholesterol is elevated”? You really should take a few minutes and study what your cholesterol numbers mean because there is one of those numbers that results in doctors prescribing you the most prescribed drug in America, and that is you LDL cholesterol.  […]