Welcome to Dishing Up Nutrition, brought to you by nutritional weight and wellness. I am

Teresa Wagner. I am a registered and licensed dietitian. And with me today is Brittany Vincent,

who is also a registered and licensed dietitian. Both of us have clients who are concerned

about their cholesterol numbers and have been told to lose weight in order to bring

their cholesterol numbers down. So here's a great question. Does your weight affect your

cholesterol, or is that just a myth? It does seem that every health problem is blamed on a person's

weight. I agree, Teresa, or most people in general do not blame health problems on eating processed

carbs or going through the fast food lane, but instead they put all the blame on what people

weigh.

So today we want to help our listeners understand that the cholesterol

and eggs does not affect the cholesterol in your blood, but the real culprit is the sugar

you are eating that makes cholesterol. That may be a totally new concept for many of you

listening. So we're going to explain this in a lot of detail throughout

today's show. It's important to understand the role that cholesterol plays in heart health

because cardiovascular disease is the number one killer of people in the United States today.

Cardiovascular disease causes heart attacks, stroke, sudden cardiac

deaths, sexual dysfunction, and poor circulation. Here's a surprising fact. 20% of people who have

suffered a heart attack actually have a normal cholesterol profile. Isn't that interesting? It's a normal cholesterol profile. Isn't that interesting?

It's a normal cholesterol profile.

So you might wonder why cholesterol, or excuse me, why cardiovascular disease is still

the number one killer of Americans.

Maybe you are thinking, I'm taking a stat medication for my cholesterol, so I must be safe.

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