Welcome to Dishing Up Nutrition. We're a company specializing in life-changing nutrition education and counseling.

With so much nutrition noise out there in the media, we are passionate about bringing you a science-based research platform on nutrition information as well as health information.

And there's a lot of misinformation around today's topic.

So you'll want to listen pretty closely. And if you're at home, maybe get out a pen and a paper

because we're going to be throwing a lot of information at you. And you might want to take some notes.

My name is Melanie Beasley and I'm a licensed and registered dietitian.

I've been in the field for over 30 years and I'm still surprised at all the nutrition misinformation that is out there surrounding cholesterol.

I'd have to agree, Mel, like totally.

The clients that I meet with who want to talk about their cholesterol numbers, they come in, their cholesterol is high, and their impression is that their cholesterol is above 200, that automatically means that they're at risk for heart disease.

They're kind of panicked.

They are panicked.

They're freaking out.

And, you know, that's a major reason people come in to talk with us

because they want to get these numbers under control. And the LDL cholesterol is another number

that they're really concerned about. So if that number is high, they're really scared. So that's

what we're going to talk about today. And maybe you've recently had your physical done

and you've had your cholesterol levels tested. And maybe your doctor came back and said,

your cholesterol is high. Your LDL cholesterol is high. We need to tackle this. So in this show,

we will give you all the answers you need to understand your cholesterol

a little bit better. Yes. And so everyone can just take a deep breath. Yes. And understand

what's going on. Yes. And my name is Brandy Burrow. I'm a licensed and registered dietitian.

And I'm really excited to be here with you today, Mel. It's been a while. I know. This is so fun to be here

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