Cholesterol revisited

New developments and research in cardiology have changed our understanding of cholesterol and its role in vascular diseases. It is important for integrative practitioners to be familiar with the change in medical guidelines and find ways to offer their expertise in lifestyle focused interventions to traditional medical colleagues taking care of cardiovascular patients. For decades, total serum level of blood cholesterol and its components-low-density lipoprotein (LDL), also known as “bad”…