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This episode is brought to you by Thrive Market and Athletic Greens.\nFor years well-meaning doctors, echoed by the media, have emphasized what they have long believed is the intimate link between cholesterol and death by heart disease. If only it were so simple! You may hope that if you monitor your cholesterol levels and avoid the foods that are purported to raise cholesterol, you\u2019ll be safe from America\u2019s number-one killer. The truth is much more complex. Cholesterol is only one factor among many\u2014and it\u2019s not even the most important one\u2014that contribute to your risk of getting heart disease.\nIn today\u2019s episode of my series I\u2019m calling Health Bites, I talk about why standard cholesterol testing is outdated and why cholesterol may not be the cause of heart disease.\xa0\xa0\nThis episode is brought to you by Thrive Market and Athletic Greens.\nThrive Market is an online membership-based grocery store that makes eating well convenient and more affordable. Join today at thrivemarket.com/hyman to receive a FREE gift worth $60.\nAG1 contains 75 high-quality vitamins, minerals, whole-food sourced superfoods, probiotics, and adaptogens to support your entire body. Right now when you purchase AG1 from Athletic Greens, you will receive 10 FREE travel packs with your first purchase by visiting athleticgreens.com/hyman.\nHere are more details from the episode (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):\n\nWhat is cholesterol? (4:36 / 1:48)\xa0\n\nThe myth around cholesterol and dietary fat (5:06 / 2:25)\xa0\n\nThe biggest source of abnormal cholesterol is not fat\u2014it\u2019s sugar (7:43 / 4:58)\xa0\n\nHow lifestyle, environmental influences, and genetics influence cholesterol (8:28 / 5:44)\n\nKey contributors to heart disease (11:05 / 8:19)\xa0\n\nTests to determine your risk for cardiovascular disease (13:13 / 10:24)\xa0\n\nHow to lower your risk of heart disease and fix your cholesterol (16:58 / 14:10)\xa0\xa0\n\nThe benefits, side effects, and risks of taking statin drugs (18:30 / 15:53)\xa0\n\n\nMentioned in this episode\nCleerly\xa0\nSleep-hygiene blogs\n\n \nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices