Heart Disease

  • Array of foods with healthy fats, including olive oil, a salmon filet, an avocado, and a variety of nuts including almonds, hazelnuts, walnuts.

    Ask Leyla: How do I raise my HDL?

    By Leyla Muedin MS, RD, CDN

    Q: I’ve been working on optimizing my cholesterol levels:  Total cholesterol: 202 LDL: 150 HDL: 39 Triglycerides: 67 How can I increase my HDL without also increasing my LDL? I exercise regularly and adhere to a low carb, moderate fat diet….read more

    Categories: Heart Disease

  • Vector illustration of a heart draped with a stethoscope, a male doctor on the left holding a clipboard and a female doctor on the right holding a magnifying glass.

    What’s the best test to determine your risk of heart disease?

    By Dr. Ronald Hoffman

    These days, I’m seeing a lot of patients who are concerned about their hearts. I’m kind of like a Court of Appeals for individuals who have just received a life sentence in statin jail from their doctors. They want a…read more

    Categories: Heart Disease

  • Hand flipping wooden cube block from change LDL to HDL for High is high density lipoprotein and LDL is low density lipoprotein concept.

    When HDL is a foe, not a friend

    By Dr. Ronald Hoffman

    HDL is the “good cholesterol”, in contrast to LDL, the “bad cholesterol”. Generally, healthy lifestyle measures like exercise and maintenance of healthy weight via a low-refined carb diet are associated with better HDL numbers. By now I’m familiar with the…read more

    Categories: Heart Disease

  • A caucasian person in a neutral colored sweatshirt holding vitamins and supplements being in an open palm, while their other hand holds a glass of water

    Nutrients in the News: Fish oil, magnesium, vitamin D and curcumin

    By Dr. Ronald Hoffman

    Fish Oil: Remember the bad old days when this was said of fish oil? “This Incredibly Popular Supplement Is Pretty Much Useless, Says Huge New Study.” While the benefits of Omega-3 supplements were being downplayed, Amarin pharmaceuticals made a big splash with…read more

    Categories: Heart Disease

  • "Erythritol" inscribed in a spill of white erythritol powder on a blue background

    Should you chuck your erythritol-sweetened products?

    By Dr. Ronald Hoffman

    Recently, during a break at a nutrition conference, I sidled up to the beverage station and made myself a cup of tea. Looking at the sweetener options, I saw a variety of packets containing, variously, sugar, Splenda, and Nutrasweet. Nope!…read more

    Categories: Heart Disease

  • Digital generated heart shape with pulse trace

    Leyla Weighs In: February is Heart Disease Month

    By Leyla Muedin MS, RD, CDN

    Last week, I highlighted the American Heart Association’s misguided stance on saturated fats and vegetable oils. The focus of this week’s article is on the more critical risk factors for heart disease. Let’s talk inflammation. We know for a fact that those with…read more

    Categories: Heart Disease

  • white text reading "February is American Heart Month" next to a white heart with an electric heartbeat wave through it, on a red and purple gradient background

    February is “Heart Month”—Why aren’t we doing better?

    By Dr. Ronald Hoffman

    Each year we make a big to-do about American Heart Month. We’re reminded to eat well, exercise, get our cholesterol and blood pressure checked, and see if we suffer from blood sugar problems. And yet, trends are concerning. We’re making progress…read more

    Categories: Heart Disease

  • Leyla Weighs In: The dangers of very low cholesterol

    Leyla Weighs In: The dangers of very low cholesterol

    By Leyla Muedin MS, RD, CDN

    Cholesterol is not a foe in and of itself. Here’s why:  Cholesterol is a necessary substance in our bodies. It’s part of all of our cell membranes—the phospholipid membrane. As much as 80 percent of cholesterol is produced by the…read more

    Categories: Heart Disease

  • Tricky triglycerides

    Tricky triglycerides

    By Dr. Ronald Hoffman

    Cholesterol always gets a bad rap, but few medical consumers—and even health professionals—finger triglycerides as a more likely suspect in heart disease causation. Triglycerides are circulating fats in the bloodstream. That fact was memorably brought home to me in medical…read more

    Categories: Heart Disease

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