LDL vs. HDL cholesterol: Understanding the key differences, heart disease risk, and natural ways to balance levels

Cholesterol, vital for cell health and hormone production, requires a delicate balance between LDL and HDL. High LDL clogs ...
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An Age-by-Age Guide to Cholesterol Levels, Good and the Bad

Regulating cholesterol levels is crucial for heart health. There are two types of cholesterol (we'll explain the difference between "good" and "bad" shortly), and if you have too much of the kind that ...
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6 Blood Tests That Can Tell You How Your Body Is Functioning

The complete blood count routine test provides a snapshot of your body's blood production and immunity. The test measures a variety of components in your blood, including red blood cells, white blood ...
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Harvard medical student ate over 700 eggs in a month — and his cholesterol levels actually dropped

This eggs-pert wasn’t yolk-ing around. Harvard medical student, Dr. Nick Norwitz ate 720 eggs in a month to study the effects the “fowl” diet had on his cholesterol and saw that his levels dropped ...
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Statin Use for Patients with Normal Cholesterol and Triglyceride Levels

Whether significant reductions in LDL cholesterol and serum triglyceride levels will lead to significant reductions in coronary mortality when starting lipid values are "normal" is a multifaceted ...
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Can Weight Loss Alone Help Manage High Cholesterol Levels?

Learn how weight loss helps manage high cholesterol by improving LDL, HDL, and triglycerides through diet, exercise, and ...
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Eating Eggs Every Day May Actually Lower Your Cholesterol, New Study Suggests

A new randomized controlled trial found that eating two eggs per day may help lower LDL (bad) cholesterol. The study compared three diets to isolate the effects of dietary cholesterol and saturated ...