Fat chance: Why your cholesterol level is a matter of life and death

Cholesterol comes in different forms but it’s important to keep a close eye on your levels and to maintain a healthy lifestyle, says Dr Phil Kieran.

LAST week I was chatting with a man in my surgery about his weight, his smoking and his cholesterol. I found that we spent the majority of the consultation on his diet as some of the information he was working with was right, some was wrong and some of it was just bizarre.