Lipids Series with Dr. Dayspring (Ep. 3 & 4)

Did you know that cholesterol is actually not that important a risk factor to developing heart disease and actually is relatively useless? You know, only about half of the people who go to the ER with the first heart attack actually have an elevated cholesterol number. We're talking about some of these nuances as well as advanced testing like apolipoprotein A, apolipoprotein B, A1. This week with Dr. Dayspring. Something I did not personally know was that the cholesterol molecule is. And your brain has a half life of five years and your brain makes its own cholesterol. How does this impact Alzheimer's and your risk for cognitive decline? We're going to talk about that a little bit at the end as well. Did you know that the cholesterol molecule has a half life of three days in your blood? So all of a sudden now this is crazy information and all the cells in your body actually can make their own cholesterol. We talk about these topics and more in this next episode with Dr. Dayspring. So I hope you all enjoy it and share with people because this is great information about some nuances of things that affect your risk for heart disease.