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Cholesterol is a naturally occurring substance produced by the body’s liver. Cholesterol is also produced by certain foods you eat. Our body utilizes cholesterol to create acids that digest food and to produce hormones and certain vitamins. Two well-known forms of cholesterol are: Low Density Lipoproteins (LDL) and High Density Lipoproteins (HDL). LDL is the bad cholesterol and HDL is the good cholesterol.
In the past three decades we have been bombarded with nutritional information and dietary mandates that should have American hearts beating to a healthy rhythm As a nation, we are eating less meat and...
IN THIS post, we’re going to make specific suggestions about what you can do right now to prevent a first (or second) heart attack and keep your heart healthy for many decades. We’re going to...
ASK YOUR TYPICAL MAINSTREAM DOCTOR ABOUT NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS and the first thing you’re likely to hear is this: “There’s no good research showing they work.” Both of us have heard this refrain time and time...
STEF Sam ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A BIOLOGIST. For as long as she can remember, she has been fascinated by how things work, particularly how living things work. She wanted to know how frogs...
YOU CAN’T TALK ABOUT CHOLESTEROL WITHOUT ALSO TALKING ABOUT FAT, which is convenient, because it’s exactly what we’re going to discuss in this post. When you’re done reading it, you may have an entirely different...
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO LIKE TO CUT RIGHT TO THE CHASE, here’s this post’s take-home point: Sugar is a far greater danger to your heart than fat ever was. The full story of sugar,...
SO IF CHOLESTEROL ISN’T THE CAUSE OF HEART DISEASE, what is? We know you don’t want to wait any longer, so here’s the short answer: The primary cause of heart disease is inflammation. The subject of inflammation will...
NOW LET’S TALK ABOUT YOU FOR A MOMENT. Unless you’re just an information junkie, there’s a good chance that you’re reading this website because you have something at stake here. Let us guess: You’re...
We believe that you have been completely misled, misinformed, and in some cases, directly lied to about cholesterol. We believe that a weird admixture of misinformation, scientifically questionable studies, corporate greed, and deceptive marketing...
The amount of cod liver oil you should take depends on your deficiency of fat-soluble vitamins A and D, your weight, your level of sun exposure and your overall health. I suggest starting with this dosage level, and then either increase or decrease your dose depending on what feels best for you.