A family physician’s guide for high cholesterol and triglycerides
What actually lowers your cholesterol, and what doesn’t.
Your Cholesterol by the Numbers
Book 3 · Coming soon
Diet patterns, fiber, exercise and supplements for high cholesterol, graded and ranked the same way.
*And no, I don’t sell supplements. — Dr. Ryan Kasky, DO
Book 3 of the By the Numbers series. The series launches as three books: A1c first, then blood pressure and cholesterol. Check back here for release news.
About the book
Does it work, how much, and is it safe?
Nobody has ever felt their LDL. High cholesterol has no symptoms, and it keeps score in two places that don’t always move together: your lab report and your arteries. This book checks every food, habit and supplement against the published research and asks three questions: does it work, how much, and is it safe? Each one gets a grade for what it does to your cholesterol numbers, a real number, heart attack and stroke results shown separately, and a priority: Start here, Add next, Optional extras or Skip. It’s written for adults with high cholesterol or high triglycerides, or numbers that are starting to creep up, to use with their doctor. It adds to your treatment; it never replaces it.
Free printables
The pages from the book’s appendix
The same pages the book prints, ready for your fridge or your next visit.
Your Daily 8
Eight habits, one box a day: swapping out saturated fat, moving on purpose, oats or barley plus beans, nuts, a Mediterranean plate, sleep and more. Letter size, 1 page.
Lipid lab log and risk worksheet
A log for every lipid panel, a worksheet for the PREVENT risk calculator, the risk factors it doesn’t count, and a units table. Letter size, 4 pages.
No email, no signup. Print a fresh Daily 8 each week.
Updates and corrections
Research changes. So will this page.
When a new study changes a number or a grade in the book, or a reader finds a mistake, it will be listed here with the date.
No updates or corrections yet.