Скачать или смотреть 🍳If you have been told to go on statins or that you need to cut out eggs and red meat because of

🍳If you have been told to go on statins or that you need to cut out eggs and red meat because of rising cholesterol in menopause, its time to find another Dr 🍳
When estrogen declines during menopause, your liver naturally produces more cholesterol. Why? Because one of its key roles—making hormones—is winding down.

And LDL? It’s not “bad cholesterol”—it’s part of your immune defence, helping calm inflammation. So when it rises, it often reflects immune activity, not danger.

🫀 Here’s the kicker: 50% + of people who have heart attacks have normal cholesterol levels.
So the real question is: what’s your lipid quality, not just your numbers?

👉 Ask your practitioner for a fractionated lipid panel—it looks at:✔ Particle size✔ Oxidized LDL✔ Inflammation markers (like hs-CRP)✔ Remnant cholesterol✔ Lipoprotein(a)

I would then go on to look at
HDL: triglyceride ratio - a huge clue in your risk of CV disease
Thyroid markers - another reason cholesterol rises is poor thyroid function (And NO the solution is not just going onto thyroid meds but that is a reel for another day!)

💡 It’s time we got smarter about heart health after 40—because menopause changes everything, and the old rules don’t apply.

If you are wanting to delve deeper into Optimising your health in your 40s and ensure you reduce your risk of more serious health complications , functional nutrition is where it is at. We get to the root cause of issues and align the systems of the body to ensure you can thrive at any age

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