Welcome to Dishing Up Nutrition with licensed nutritionists and dietitians from nutritional weight and wellness.

We explain the connection between what you eat and how you feel.

Stay tuned for practical real-life solutions for healthier living through real food nutrition.

Slow down.

You move too fast.

You got to make the morning last. Just kicking down.

Well, welcome to Dishing Up Nutrition, brought to you by nutritional weight and wellness.

Has this thought ever crossed your mind?

What do my cholesterol numbers really mean?

I think many people have been told if their cholesterol number is above 200, they were doomed.

And they were going to have a heart attack.

So today, we want to clear up some of those misconceptions and help you understand the real

meaning of your cholesterol numbers.

I'm Carolyn Hudson, and I'm a registered and licensed dietitian.

I graduated from my nutrition program in Canada over 30 years ago.

I'm not even going to say how many more than 30 at this point.

So I guess you could call me a very seasoned dietitian.

Actually, I prefer people think of me as having a lot of life experience and a genuine

understanding that changing your eating habits really doesn't come easy to the majority of people.

Throughout the years, I've seen many diets recommended for weight loss and for heart health.

And those are no longer considered safe today.

So one of those diets that is now considered unsafe for most people is that low

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