by Dr. Nicole DiNezza | Jul 6, 2014 | Heart Health, Nutrition
Part 3: The Low In the last post we established that cholesterol is actually a necessary component of every cell in your body. We briefly discussed some of the things your body uses cholesterol for- things like making vitamin D and various hormones. Now let’s...
by Dr. Nicole DiNezza | Jun 25, 2014 | Heart Health, Nutrition
Part 2: The Necessary If you got into a conversation about cholesterol with someone off the street, they would most likely start talking about hypercholesterolemia, or high cholesterol. The conversation would no doubt touch upon topics such as low-cholesterol diets,...
by Dr. Nicole DiNezza | May 20, 2014 | Heart Health, Nutrition
Part 1: The High According to the CDC heart disease is the number one cause of death in the United States, accounting for approximately 25% of all deaths. In 2010 coronary heart disease alone cost the United States 108.9Billion dollars(1). In 2010 Lipitor...
by Dr. Nicole DiNezza | Apr 15, 2014 | Nutrition
Learning about nutrition is such a massive undertaking; as is the case with anything having to do with the human body. It’s a delicate subject because it ties directly into people’s every day lives in so many way. Our culture, upbringing, personal...
by Dr. Nicole DiNezza | Apr 6, 2014 | Nutrition
A Facebook friend of mine recently posted an article on his wall titled “Why it’s time to give up low carb diets once and for all”. This article interviews T. Colin Campbell, PhD who is most famous for his work on and publishing of a book about the...
by Dr. Nicole DiNezza | Mar 12, 2014 | Nutrition
“When diet and exercise aren’t enough” is almost always the opening line in statin (cholesterol lowering) drug commercials. They’ll finish off the sentence with “when diet and exercise aren’t enough, lipitor/crestor/other brand can...
