Cholesterol

At Risk of High Cholesterol? According to Scientists, Try Taking This Popular Supplement

At Risk of High Cholesterol? According to Scientists, Try Taking This Popular Supplement

Health
Sarah Carter

A University of Georgia study reveals that fish oil supplements may help individuals genetically predisposed to high cholesterol by lowering levels of ...

What it is, benefits and risks

What it is, benefits and risks

Health
Sarah Carter

Imagine a diet where no fruit and vegetables pass the lips but plenty of meat is encouraged.  Welcome to the carnivore diet, ...

The healthiest ‘buttery’ spreads – and the ones to avoid

The healthiest ‘buttery’ spreads – and the ones to avoid

Health
Sarah Carter

Are you Team Butter or Team Spread? The relative merits of each have been the subject of slippery debate for decades. And ...

Five people die and more than 100 are hospitalised in Japan ‘after eating cholesterol-lowering supplements’

Five people die and more than 100 are hospitalised in Japan ‘after eating cholesterol-lowering supplements’

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Robert Johnson

By Emily Stearn, Health Reporter For Mailonline 10:15 29 Mar 2024, updated 10:38 29 Mar 2024 Five people in Japan are believed to ...

Why middle-aged men are sitting on a heart health timebomb

Why middle-aged men are sitting on a heart health timebomb

Health
Sarah Carter

Drane accepts that stress may have contributed to his ill-health: he scaled back his work commitments, finally retiring two years ago. “I ...

Fill up on beans, try kimchi and switch to filter coffee

Fill up on beans, try kimchi and switch to filter coffee

Health
Sarah Carter

By Dr Emily Leeming, Dietitian And Microbiome Scientist 01:25 06 Feb 2024, updated 01:26 06 Feb 2024 Before I began a career ...

‘Good’ cholesterol RAISES dementia risk by 42 percent, study suggests

‘Good’ cholesterol RAISES dementia risk by 42 percent, study suggests

Health
Sarah Carter

By Alexa Lardieri U.S. Deputy Health Editor Dailymail.Com 21:03 02 Jan 2024, updated 21:37 02 Jan 2024 Despite its name, high levels ...

Calls to test babies for gene fault that makes cholesterol rocket from birth

Calls to test babies for gene fault that makes cholesterol rocket from birth

Health
Sarah Carter

Calls to test toddlers for hypercholesterolaemia, which affects 60k children Rianna Wingett died of heart attack aged just 11 despite being outwardly healthy ...

Now scientists develop a vaccine to lower CHOLESTEROL which is linked to 18m deaths a year

Now scientists develop a vaccine to lower CHOLESTEROL which is linked to 18m deaths a year

Health
Sarah Carter

By Emily Joshu Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com 18:07 20 Dec 2023, updated 18:10 20 Dec 2023 A vaccine cholesterol vaccine in development ...

It helps protect your heart, but could too much ‘good’ cholesterol be bad for your brain?

It helps protect your heart, but could too much ‘good’ cholesterol be bad for your brain?

Health
Sarah Carter

We know it as ‘good’ cholesterol, but is our understanding of HDL cholesterol all wrong? Should we in fact be worried if ...