Last Friday was the first part of this current discussion of the ketogenic diet. One I advocate for those folks who have ESRD (end stage renal disease), diabetes, epilepsy, and maybe even extended to those subject to Alzheimer’s.
Tag Archives: cholesterol
Stand Up!
Yes, we are an obese society nowadays. And, yes, we need to exercise more to insure both mental and physical health.
Bye-bye, Trans-Fats?
Lowered cholesterol?
(This is part 3 of a 4 part series. Sorry for the interruption yesterday. But, given the events in Charlston- and the world- I felt no choice but to interrupt the series.)
Cholesterol in our meals
Yesterday, we spoke about surrogate measurements- and why these don’t always provide the data we seek. Because cholesterol is just that (even though it is cheap and easy)- and does not really tell us the conditions of our heart and circulatory system the way folks believe it does.
Good cholesterol may not be so good…
Cholesterol. If you are over the age of 35, I will bet you know your number- or dread the number and refuse to acknowledge it. But…
Steak…It’s not poison!
First steps to non-invasive blood glucose monitoring
Surrogate markers never provide the whole picture. What to do about cholesterol and statins…
For the last two decades, Americans have been taking statins, among the most widely used drugs in the world, with the aim of getting their cholesterol numbers down to target levels. Right now, some 24 million Americans are prescribed statins at a cost of some $ 14 billion annually. Statins are considered useful therapy because they block liver enzymes that produce cholesterol; there may be ancillary actions from taking statins, as well.