How Cholesterol Is Measured in Blood Tests
Cholesterol blood tests can feel a bit like opening a school report you did not know you were sitting. One moment you are having a routine check, the next you are staring at a set of figures that seem to...
LDL vs HDL Cholesterol: What the Difference Really Means
Introduction Cholesterol is one of those words that can make perfectly sensible people feel uneasy, even before they have heard their actual numbers. In my experience, that is not because people do not care about health, it is because cholesterol...
How Weight Loss Affects Cholesterol Levels
Understanding the link between weight loss and cholesterol How weight loss affects cholesterol levels is one of those topics that sounds simple on the surface, then gets surprisingly interesting once you look closely. Most of us have heard that losing...
How Cholesterol Is Produced in the Body
Understanding cholesterol production without the panic Cholesterol has a strange reputation. It is talked about as if it is a villain, but it is also something your body cannot live without. In my experience, people usually come to this topic...
Genetic Cholesterol Conditions Explained
Cholesterol can feel like one of those health topics that follows you around quietly, popping up in family conversations, GP appointments, and the back of your mind when you are shopping for food. For many people, the story begins with...
Fibre Intake and Its Effect on Cholesterol Levels
Introduction Fibre is one of those nutrition topics that sounds simple on paper and then turns surprisingly personal once you try to apply it to real life. Most of us have heard that fibre is good for digestion, but when...
Familial Hypercholesterolaemia: Symptoms Risks and Testing
Familial hypercholesterolaemia in plain English and why it matters Familial hypercholesterolaemia, often shortened to FH, is an inherited condition that causes the level of cholesterol in the blood to be higher than it should be from birth. When I did...
Exercise and Cholesterol: How Physical Activity Changes Lipids
A calm look at why movement matters for your cholesterol Cholesterol can feel like one of those health topics that follows you around. You might hear it at a routine GP check, see it mentioned on food labels, or notice...
Eggs and Cholesterol: Myth vs Evidence
Eggs have spent decades being praised one minute and side eyed the next. If you have ever stood in the kitchen holding an egg and wondering whether it is a wholesome staple or a cholesterol disaster in a shell, you...