Does Dietary Cholesterol Raise Blood Cholesterol
This is one of the most common cholesterol questions I hear, and I understand why. It feels logical. If cholesterol is in food, surely eating it must raise the cholesterol in your blood. Then you hear someone say eggs are...
Diet and Cholesterol: What the Evidence Shows
Cholesterol advice can feel like a noisy room where everyone is talking at once. One day you hear that eggs are the problem, the next day eggs are harmless. One day butter is back, the next day butter is a...
Cholesterol Plaque and Artery Disease Explained
Hearing the words cholesterol plaque or artery disease can feel like someone has switched the lights on in a room you were not ready to enter. Most people feel fine day to day, then a blood test or a family...
Cholesterol Myths That Refuse to Die
Cholesterol has a strange talent for becoming personal. It is a lab result, a number on a screen, a line in an app, yet it can trigger a full body reaction. I have seen people go quiet, people go defensive,...
Cholesterol Levels by Age in the UK
Cholesterol is one of those health topics that can feel oddly personal the moment you see a number attached to it. You might feel fine, you might exercise, you might even eat what you consider a decent diet, then a...
Cholesterol Changes During Menopause
Menopause can feel like the body is rewriting its own rulebook. One day you are managing life as you always have, and the next you are dealing with sleep that has become lighter, moods that feel less predictable, hot flushes...
Can Cholesterol Improve Without Medication?
If you have ever been told your cholesterol is high, it can land with a quiet thud in the stomach. Even if you feel completely fine, the word cholesterol can make you picture clogged arteries and future heart problems. Then...
Cholesterol During Pregnancy: What Is Normal
Pregnancy has a way of turning everyday health topics into a sudden source of worry. Cholesterol is a perfect example. You might have a routine blood test, see a number that looks “high” compared with the usual adult targets, and...
Cholesterol and Inflammation: The Missing Link
Most of us have been taught to think about cholesterol like a simple scorecard. You have a test, you get a number, and the goal is to keep that number in a safe range. That is not wrong, but in...