: Episode 607- Nicole Recine joins Vinnie Tortorich on this Wednesday edition of the Celebrity Fitness Trainer Podcast to talk about false info regarding cholesterol levels and the effect of NSNG. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR Pure Vitamin Club NICOLE RECINE RN Working to become a Nurse Practitioner Certified Diabetes Educator Both Type 1 and Type 2 Helps people adopt lifestyle that allows people to better control their diabetes That lifestyle is mostly NSNG CHOLESTEROL LEVELS Cholesterol is a fatty acid Your body will make it if you do not consume it It is that important If you start NSNG, certain numbers may rise (LDLs) but others will drop, and that's a good thing! Driving down cholesterol for no reason is not a good thing Some people find  Nicole recommends these tests for people: lipoprotein test (MNR) [cardioIQ at Quest] tells you particle size and particle number pattern A vs pattern B pattern B = small dense You want pattern A = large and fluffy HSCRP test and LPPLA test tells you if there is inflammation present in your vascular system cholesterol is only bad if it is in the wrong place to get in the wrong place, there needs to be inflammation  Fasting insulin if this is elevated, then you are insulin resistant (doesn't have to do with cholesterol, but is important) Often, doctors cannot correctly read particle panels so make sure your Doc knows what (s)he is talking about Nicole can interpret them! Nicole takes phone calls Westman is a good doctor