Raising awareness of the health risks around cholesterol
Made in the liver, and found in the blood and in all cells of the body, Cholesterol is a substance needed for making cell walls, tissues, hormones, vitamin D, and bile acid.
We need cholesterol in our blood to stay healthy, the problem comes when the cholesterol gets too high. High cholesterol can lead to health problems in the future, and the only way to know you have it is to get a cholesterol test.
What is High Cholesterol?
Dr Rodney Foale, Consultant Cardiologist at The Harley Street Clinic, talks us through what cholesterol is and what we can do to prevent our cholesterol levels from rising too high.
Dr Foale has been a full-time consultant cardiologist for more than 30 years and now with HCA UK, he consults at The Harley Street Clinic. His clinical interests lie in cardiovascular disease, general adult cardiology including, arrhythmia, hypertension and percutaneous interventional treatment of coronary artery disease.
