CHOLESTEROL LOWERING

CAUSES OF HIGH COLESTEROL

• Eating too much trans/saturated fat
• Being over weight lowers your High-density lipoprotein
• Being inactive increases Low-density lipoprotein
• Naturally Colesterol levels begin to climb after the age of 20
• Family history

OLD REMEDY

• Early 1900's Antischow study showed little
• 1955 Ancel Keys U of Minnesota
• 1958 seven countries study
• Limit consumption

NEW ADVANCEMENTS

• Cholesterol lowering drug- PCSK9 inhibitors
• Change in diet
• Surgery...

SOURCES

• http://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/pcsk9-inhibitors-a-major-advance-in-chol...
• http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest/cholesterol-confusion/
• http://www.health.com/health/gallery/0,,20306953,00.html/more
• http://innovations.clevelandclinic.org/Summit-(1)/Top-10-Innovations/Top-10...