How To Lower Cholesterol

High cholesterol readings are now a fact of modern life. While there are pharmaceutical medicines which will lower your ‘bad’ cholesterol, these chemical concoctions often have undesirable side effects most of us would just as soon avoid. If your doctor has pronounced your cholesterol readings to be too high, you might want to take some [...]

As we get older, it’s important to get our cholesterol level checked regularly. If necessary, lower cholesterol naturally  It’s recommended that all adults age 20 or older should have a cholesterol test once every five years. Not addressing your high cholesterol may cost you later on. In fact, some people do not ever realize that there [...]

A good question! And one that I am going to try to answer as honestly and as plainly as I can, based on my own personal experience and knowledge. I am going to explain it in layman terms so there is no confusion. There are a number of factors that can contribute to high cholesterol [...]

You know, before we start talking about lowering cholesterol, I think it is worth noting what elements of our daily diet cause our cholesterol to go high in the first place. Well, there are a couple of things that should be mentioned – saturated fats and cholesterol itself. Saturated fat is found in red meat [...]

The most common high cholesterol medications on the market today are of course statins. Statins are prescribed by doctors for people with very high cholesterol, considered in the high risk category. They work by reducing the amount of cholesterol that your body makes. Sometimes statins are combined with other medications which work by not only [...]

Battling high cholesterol can be extremely frustrating, and especially so if you are not armed with as much information as possible on the natural way to lower cholesterol. The risks associated with high cholesterol are well documented. Leaving it untreated and failing to get regular cholesterol screening can be like playing Russian roulette with your [...]