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Demystifying Cholesterol

Factual: Health & Wellbeing

15/02/2016

BBC Radio Scotland - Personal Best, Demystifying Cholesterol

Demystifying cholesterol - what it is and what the implications are of high cholesterol.

Demystifying cholesterol: Gillian Russell learns what it is and what the implications are of high cholesterol. Plus she hears how a 'bucket list' made a woman healthier.

Are you confused about cholesterol? We hear a lot about it in the media but how many of us really know what cholesterol actually is, what the implications of high cholesterol are and how to go about reducing it? Linda Main from Heart UK gives a step-by-step guide to help dispel the myths and understand how to get heart healthy.

Life coach Pete Cohen returns to explain why he has committed to giving a daily, 7am virtual life-coaching session. How will he sustain it for 365 days and how important are the global, interactive elements of it? Is there a danger that people become reliant on him instead of trusting their own judgment?

Laura Lawson talks about how being overweight, unhappy and bored prompted her to create a "bucket list" of fun things to do which has resulted in her becoming more active, losing 3 stone in weight, running a 5k race and taking part in a confidence-boosting play.

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