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Medical ReferenceRelated to Cholesterol Management

21. Understanding Cholesterol Problems: The Basics
    
    Basic information about cholesterol and problems it can cause.
    
22. Understanding Cholesterol Problems: Symptoms
    
    Read about possible symptoms of cholesterol problems and related heart disease.
    
23. Understanding Cholesterol Problems: Prevention
    
    Learn how to prevent cholesterol problems -- which could lead to heart disease -- through diet, exercise, and screening.
    
24. Cholesterol Testing and the Lipid Panel
    
    WebMD explains the tests used to diagnose high cholesterol, including a total cholesterol test, lipoprotein analysis, lipid panel, and LDL test.
    
25. Keeping a Cholesterol Diary
    
    If you have high cholesterol, keep a diary to track your progress toward healthy cholesterol levels.
    
26. Cholesterol and Alcohol
    
    Learn how alcohol affects cholesterol and whether people with high cholesterol should avoid certain or all types of alcohol.
    
27. When High Triglycerides Run in Your Family
    
    WebMD provides information on familial hypertriglyceridemia, in which people inherit genes that put them at risk for high triglycerides.
    
28. What Women Should Know About High Triglycerides
    
    WebMD explains factors that raise triglyceride (blood fat) levels and how to control them.
    
29. What High Triglycerides Can Do to You
    
    WebMD describes the health hazards of having high triglyceride levels.
    
30. High Triglycerides - Topic Overview
    
    What is beta - sitosterol plant extract?Beta - sitosterol is one of many sterols (phytosterols) that come from plants and have a structure like the cholesterol produced in the body. You can find phytosterols in most plants and thus in foods such as rice bran, wheat germ, corn oils, soybeans, and peanuts. Beta - sitosterol is also available as a dietary supplement.What is beta - sitosterol used ...