Inflammation! We use the word all day in the clinic. We blame it for half the problems in medicine. Yet when you strip it down to its core, inflammation is one of the most misunderstood forces in cardiometabolic medicine. <...

Most heart attacks don’t start with a clogged artery! They start with a microscopic storm — a small, invisible wound inside the artery wall.That storm begins decades before symptoms, sometimes before high school. By the time someone hits...

LDL may get all the blame — but there’s a darker twin hiding in the shadows.Same cholesterol core. Same ApoB backbone.But with one sinister twist: a sticky tail called apolipoprotein(a).That extra piece transforms an ordinary LDL pa...

LDL-C is the number we’ve all been trained to chase. But what if the real culprit isn’t the cholesterol itself… but the number of particles carrying it? Meet ApoB — the quiet truth-teller of lipidology.It doesn’t care how perfec...

For decades, HDL — the so-called “good cholesterol” — has been celebrated as the body’s knight in shining armor. Patients brag about their high HDL levels like it’s a shield against heart disease. But is HDL truly the hero we once thought? ...

Picture an atherosclerotic artery as a crime scene. Cholesterol piles up on the walls — thick deposits blocking what should be a free-flowing highway of blood. For decades, cholesterol was blamed as the culprit. But here’s the twist: cholestero...

Cholesterol is one of the most talked-about molecules in medicine — and one of the most misunderstood.  It’s essential for life, but when carried in the wrong lipoproteins, it becomes the driving force behind atherosclerosis. &...

We tell patients to “eat more healthy fats” — but what does that actually mean?Why is coconut oil villainized while olive oil gets the heart-healthy halo — even though both come from plants?Why does cheese get a pass on the charcuterie ...

When you see elevated triglycerides on a lab report, what’s your first move? Diet talk? Lifestyle handout?It’s time to pause — because triglycerides aren’t just about carbs and alcohol. They can be a clue to deeper issues: insulin resist...

Welcome to Season 1 Episode 1 of LipidCurious — the podcast dedicated to demystifying lipids for medical boards and real-world clinical practice.  If you’ve ever looked at a lipid panel and felt unsure what it really means, t...

Ever looked at a lipid panel and thought, “Okay… now what?” LDL-C may be at goal, but your patient still ends up in the cath lab. Triglycerides are high — is it diet, insulin resistance, or something deeper? Welcome to LipidCurio...