Crestor (rosuvastatin calcium) is prescribed for reducing the high amount of bad cholesterol in the blood. It thereby reduces the overall cholesterol, triglycerides, and apolipoprotein B (a type of protein, which is needed to make cholesterol). Read the rest of this entry »

If your level of cholesterol is high, lowering is important business. Because when your body has too much cholesterol, it builds up in the walls of your arteries and can in time cause severe medical problems like heart attacks. With a good nutrition and some exercise you have the key to lowering your cholesterol. In that way you can lower cholesterol levels in your body without drugs. You will be amazed at how much you can actually accomplish without drugs but you have to make an effort. Read the rest of this entry »

Since cardiovascular disease is considered the number one killer of adults in North America, taking the proper steps in lowering high cholesterol is a big deal. Although doctors have known for a long time that keeping cholesterol levels lower is extremely important, only recently have health advertisements on television inundated the public with admonishments to have cholesterol levels checked regularly, and take a proactive approach, before the body sends out a potentially fatal message. Read the rest of this entry »

The overweight and obesity epidemic has fueled a dramatic rise in the prevalence of something doctors call the “Metabolic Syndrome”–the combination of abdominal obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure and a particularly malignant form of high LDL (“bad”) cholesterol. Recently published statistics suggest that almost one half of adult Americans are overweight and one in four are obese. Read the rest of this entry »

For millions of people, high cholesterol is a problem. Whether the cause is diet or heredity, it can be dangerous, even fatal, if left untreated. High cholesterol can strike anyone. Children as young as four years old have been reported to have high cholesterol. Read the rest of this entry »