Cholesterol Primer
Dr. Peter Attia has an excellent series of articles entitled The Straight Dope on Cholesterol. Here are the links:
The straight dope on cholesterol – Part I
What is cholesterol?
What is the relationship between the cholesterol we eat and the cholesterol in our body?
Is cholesterol bad?
The straight dope on cholesterol – Part II
How does cholesterol move around our body?
The straight dope on cholesterol – Part III
How do we measure cholesterol?
The straight dope on cholesterol – Part IV
How does cholesterol actually cause problems?
The straight dope on cholesterol – Part V
Does the size of an LDL particle matter?
The straight dope on cholesterol – Part VI
Why is it necessary to measure LDL-P, instead of just LDL-C?
The straight dope on cholesterol – Part VII
Does “HDL” matter after all?
The straight dope on cholesterol – Part VIII
Discussion about JAMA article titled Lipid-Related Markers and Cardiovascular Disease Prediction
The straight dope on cholesterol – Part IX
What should you eat to have the greatest chance of delaying the arrival of cardiovascular disease?