If you’ve ever had a stubborn knot of tissue after an injury or surgery that just won’t loosen up — or noticed your skin isn’t as firm as it used to be — you’ve met the same cell doing two very different jobs. Understanding that connection is the key to understanding which treatments actually make […]
Did you know that cholesterol does not actually cause atherosclerosis or plaque formation in your arteries? In fact when you have your cholesterol checked, what number do they give you? They tell you your LDL number. That is not cholesterol. That stands for Light Density Lipoprotein, not cholesterol. Lipoproteins are like the trucks that carry […]
Despite my several articles on the real story about cholesterol, I still hear from many of my patients that they are taking statins to lower their cholesterol levels. Fortunately, a fix/work-around now exists to mitigate the negative consequences of taking statins. But more about that in a minute. Let’s review for a minute what cholesterol […]
Back in the middle of the night on February 15th of 2015, Ellen woke me up in distress because she suddenly could not feel the left side of her body and her vision was blurry. Half awake I asked if she meant just the left arm or leg. She replied that she couldn’t feel either and […]