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Traditional Lipid Testing Does Not Tell the Whole Story:
They need to start thinking outside the box! Inflammation/High ratios of EPA/AA.

Information from traditional cholesterol screening tests provides basic screening information, but research indicates that lipid panel testing alone does not predict your risk of a cardiovascular disease event:

Clinical trials have shown that lowering LDL cholesterol reduces the risk for a cardiovascular event by only 25% on average, meaning that standard drug therapy fails to address 75% of a patient’s remaining or residual risk for cardiovascular events.

Additionally, hospital admission data indicates that at least half the people who’ve had a heart attack had “normal” cholesterol levels.