It Starts With Food: Discover the Whole30 and Change Your Life in Unexpected Ways

cholesterol intake. Generally, they’ve been told that eggs are cholesterol bombs, that cholesterol in their body ...

HDL (high-density lipoprotein). When doctors talk about LDL or HDL, however, they are actually referrin ...

heart disease and stroke. This is one example of something that sounds right (eating cholesterol = higher choleste ...

and more lipoprotein and cholesterol in an attempt to manage our inflammatory status, fend off infection, and repai ...

STATIN DRUGS Many physicians will recommend statin drugs for elevated blood cholesterol levels. Statin ...

estrogen, and testosterone, to make vitamin D, to build and repair cell walls, and to produce bile acids a ...

A diagnosis of “high cholesterol” is based on measuring the amount of total cholesterol circulating in the bl ...

Say your total cholesterol is 230 mg/dL (230 milligrams of cholesterol per deciliter of blood). If you have no ...

However, a cholesterol level of 230 accompanied by systemic inflammation, low HDL-C, and high triglycerides ...

So if total cholesterol by itself doesn’t paint a reliable big health picture, what else can you use t ...

In summary, eating cholesterol-rich foods as part of a healthy, anti-inflammatory diet like this one i ...

One last word on processed meats like bacon, sausage, deli meat, or beef jerky. While these foods ...

that are minimally processed with ingredients you can pronounce. And as always, make sure to vary your pro ...

organic source. This is non- negotiable, as factory-farmed bacon is perhaps the least healthy cut of meat yo ...

CHAPTER 14: VEGETABLES AND FRUITS “I have more allergies to more things than anyone I have ever met. ...

—Kim C., Helena, Montana We’ve got some breaking news for you here—truly shocking information. Are you read ...

arch nemesis, systemic inflammation, and reduce your risk for lifestyle-related disorders —stroke, corona ...

the seed oils chapter? Free radicals are also normal metabolic byproducts: they’re produced when our imm ...

—especially if there are variables (like illness, pollution, an aggressive exercise routine, or a less-than-hea ...

just antioxidants, but an assortment of vitamins, minerals, phytonutrients, fiber, and compounds that we have ...