So often at the doctor's office, clients have a blood draw, they get a printout, they'll see

a couple different numbers on your cholesterol numbers. This is called your lipid panel.

But oftentimes you leave the doctor's office and you just don't even actually know what

these numbers really truly mean or what's going on in your body. So that's what we want to

break down today is help you understand what some of those numbers mean and again, how

nutrition can play a role in those numbers going up or those numbers coming down.

So before we get too much further, I'm going to introduce myself. I'm Leah Kleintrault. I am a registered

and licensed dietitian with nutritional weight and wellness. And I see clients at our Woodbury

office. So I see clients in person at the Woodbury office and then also work with clients on Zoom.

And we love the Zoom option because then we get to chat with people not only from the

greater Minnesota area, but from all over the country and even all over the world. Yeah, it is very

cool. Yeah, very cool when you see some different addresses, some different zip codes, and here's

some different accents on the other line. So, yeah, so now let's think about why you would want to even talk to a dietitian or a licensed

nutritionist to begin with.

Most of, I think, what people think about or maybe you'll see the advertising or what you'll

read about in a book or a magazine or something is many times

people think weight loss is the only reason why you would go to a dietitian to talk about

food, beverages, get some education and some counseling.

Maybe you'd see a dietitian if you have an eating disorder also, but those are kind of like

the two big ones. But in reality, there are so many more reasons for nutrition counseling

than to just lose a few pounds. One of those very important reasons for nutrition education

is to manage your cholesterol, which is exactly what we're

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