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Health care consumers are at the mercy of cholesterol tests that are used to define a person\u2019s risk of disease, existing conditions, and whether or not we are \u201cnormal.\u201d<\/p>\nHealth care consumers are at the mercy of cholesterol tests that are used to define a person\u2019s risk of disease, existing conditions, and whether or not we are \u201cnormal.\u201d<\/p>\n
While technology advances have launched society miles and miles into the stratosphere of accuracy compared to where we were say, a hundred years ago, some tests that are proving to be antiquated and inaccurate are still being used and are being found to be dangerously inaccurate- like your annual cholesterol screening.<\/p>\n
In today\u2019s article I\u2019m going to explain exactly why the results from your cholesterol test were probably wrong and what to consider instead.<\/p>\n
A test that has been used since the 1970\u2019s to measure bad cholesterol or LDL, called the \u201cFreidewald Equation\u201d has been targeted by a growing body of evidence as being inaccurate, oftentimes sullying data that would otherwise identify dangerous cholesterol levels in need of treatment.<\/p>\n
A recent mega-study looking at over a million American adults over the span 2 years and compared results from the old testing method that used the Freidewald Equation with a more costly method called ultracentrifugation. Researchers looking at the results found statistically significant differences.<\/p>\n
The Freidwald Equation was introduced in the 70s as a way to avoid having to use the more costly and time consuming ultracentrifugation method. It is still the go-to testing method in doctor\u2019s offices today.<\/p>\n
LDL cholesterol and other dangerous blood lipid components are not accurately measured using the FE, as compared to the ultracentrifugation, which found an alarming number of participants who needed more aggressive treatment than what the standard test identified.<\/p>\n
What many specialists in the field of heart health are looking at now, according to doctors commenting on the study, are the results measuring the non-HDL components that are largely ignored by conventional testing.<\/p>\n
The problem with \u201cmore aggressive treatment\u201d in the traditional medical sense is that means more dangerous cholesterol drug such as Statins.<\/p>\n
The fact is that Statins and most other cholesterol drugs have never been shown in any reliable study to reduce the risk of a first heart attack. To the contrary, they\u2019re linked to several diseases such as type 2 diabetes, internal bleeding, etc.<\/p>\n
Instead of focusing too much on tests and drugs, I suggest you take natural approach. Follow this proven step-by-step plan to get your cholesterol under control in 30 days or less \u2013 without drugs\u2026<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n