What You Need To Know About Cholesterol Testing And Reducing Risk For Heart Disease

This episode is brought to you by Thrive Market and Athletic
Greens. For years well-meaning doctors, echoed by the media, have
emphasized what they have long believed is the intimate link
between cholesterol and death by heart disease. If only it were so
simple! You may hope that if you monitor your cholesterol levels
and avoid the foods that are purported to raise cholesterol, you’ll
be safe from America’s number-one killer. The truth is much more
complex. Cholesterol is only one factor among many—and it’s not
even the most important one—that contribute to your risk of getting
heart disease. In today’s episode of my series I’m calling Health
Bites, I talk about why standard cholesterol testing is outdated
and why cholesterol may not be the cause of heart
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are more details from the episode (audio version / Apple Subscriber
version): What is cholesterol? (4:36 / 1:48)  The myth around
cholesterol and dietary fat (5:06 / 2:25)  The biggest source
of abnormal cholesterol is not fat—it’s sugar (7:43 / 4:58) 
How lifestyle, environmental influences, and genetics influence
cholesterol (8:28 / 5:44) Key contributors to heart disease (11:05
/ 8:19)  Tests to determine your risk for cardiovascular
disease (13:13 / 10:24)  How to lower your risk of heart
disease and fix your cholesterol (16:58 / 14:10)   The
benefits, side effects, and risks of taking statin drugs (18:30 /
15:53)  Mentioned in this episode Cleerly  Sleep-hygiene
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