Should I manage my total cholesterol of 305 just for my doctor or should I be doing it for my own sake? If so, how should I do it? | Masterjohn Q&A Files #57

<p>Question: Should I manage my total cholesterol of 305 just for my doctor or should I be doing it for my own sake? If so, how should I do it?</p> <p>You should want to improve your lipid profile for a lot more than to please your doctor.</p> <p>Let's revisit this from a cholesterol skeptic point of view. Uffe Ravnskov, he wrote a book called The Cholesterol Myths. In that book, he shows a graph from the Framingham study where he maps out the people who have heart disease and the people who don't. If you look...