Your Brain and Cholesterol

Your brain is 2% of your body weight and holds nearly a quarter of your body’s total cholesterol. Driving that number toward the floor has consequences — and the data on mood, cognition, and statin side effects in active people is some of the most under-discussed evidence in modern medicine. The first post in thisContinue reading “Your Brain and Cholesterol”

The Truth about Cholesterol

Three flagged numbers on my lipid panel — and the four numbers on the same panel that prove I’m in excellent metabolic health. This is my actual lipid panel, drawn at age 54. Total cholesterol: 240 mg/dL. Flagged. Above the 200 cutoff. LDL cholesterol: 149 mg/dL. Flagged. Above the 100 target. Non-HDL cholesterol: 167 mg/dL.Continue reading “The Truth about Cholesterol”