Posted by Admin | 4:00 AM

Coffee is one of the most widely consumed beverages in the world. Arguably a key reason for this is that coffee has psychoactive propertie...

Labels: cafestol, chlorogenic acid, coffee, cowboy coffee, HDL, kahweol, LDL, lipids, unfiltered coffee

Posted by Admin | 4:00 AM

There are many published studies with evidence that cholesterol levels are positively associated with heart disease. In multivariate analy...

Labels: atherosclerosis, bile, cholesterol, HDL, LDL, psychosomatic disorder, reverse causation, stress

Posted by Admin | 4:00 AM

The vertical auto profile (VAP) test is an enhanced lipid profile test. It has been proposed, chiefly by the company Atherotech ( ), as a mo...

Labels: atherosclerosis, cardiovascular disease, Friedewald LDL equation, HDL, intima-media thickness, Iranian LDL equation, LDL, VAP test, VLDL

Posted by Admin | 4:00 AM

There are two forms of familial hypercholesteromia (FH), namely heterozygous and homozygous FH. In heterozygous FH only one copy of the gene...

Labels: cholesterol, familial hypercholesteromia, Friedewald LDL equation, genes, genetics, HDL, intima-media thickness, Iranian LDL equation, LDL, plaque

Posted by Admin | 8:02 AM

Postprandial glucose levels are the levels of blood glucose after meals. In Western urban environments, the main contributors to elevated po...

Labels: arterial stiffness, cardiovascular disease, cholesterol, diabetes, glucose, HbA1c, HDL, LDL, lipids, research

Posted by Admin | 6:52 AM

Niacin is a very interesting vitamin. It is also known as vitamin B 3 , or nicotinic acid. It is an essential vitamin whose deficiency leads...

Labels: cholesterol, cortisol, glucagon, growth hormone, HDL, LDL, Lp(a), niacin, research, triglyceride

Posted by Admin | 6:12 PM

Small-dense LDL particles are particles that are significantly smaller than the gaps in the endothelium. The endothelium is a thin layer of ...

Labels: cardiovascular disease, cholesterol, HDL, LDL, research, triglyceride, VAP test

Posted by Admin | 3:45 PM

Notes:   - This post is a joke, admittedly a weird one, which is why it is labeled “humor” and is filed under “Abstract humor”.   - I apolog...

Labels: cardiovascular disease, cholesterol, chylomicron, HDL, humor, LDL

Posted by Admin | 7:43 AM

HDL cholesterol levels are a rough measure of HDL particle quantity in the blood. They actually tell us next to nothing about HDL particle t...

Labels: cholesterol, HDL, LDL, niacin, research, saturated fat

Posted by Admin | 5:42 AM

High-density lipoprotein (HDL) is one of the five main types of lipoproteins found in circulation, together with very low-density lipoprotei...

Labels: cardiovascular disease, cholesterol, chylomicron, HDL, LDL, research, saturated fat, VLDL

Posted by Admin | 3:11 PM

An interesting study by Clifton and colleagues (1998; full reference and link at the end of this post) looked at whether LDL cholesterol par...

Labels: Atkins, cardiovascular disease, cholesterol, HDL, LDL, low carb, refined carbs, research, sugars

Posted by Admin | 6:56 PM

I would like to comment on a recent  article comparing the Atkins, Ornish and South Beach diets (Miller et al., 2009; full reference at t...

Labels: Atkins, cardiovascular disease, HDL, LDL, low carb, research

Posted by Admin | 8:42 AM

A few years ago I went to the doctor for a routine appointment, and I was told that my LDL cholesterol was elevated. I was in my early 40s. ...

Labels: cholesterol, HDL, LDL, my experience, refined carbs, sugars