The Atma Approach

High Cholesterol

The number on your lab report isn't the problem.

Why lowering cholesterol with a statin doesn't address why your body started overproducing it in the first place.

By the Atma Care Team

Mainstream Medicine's Approach Is a Lab Number and a Statin

LDL too high? Start a pill. Still high? Raise the dose. Muscle pain, brain fog, fatigue? Maybe switch statins. For how long? Usually for life.

Sound like your last doctor's appointment?

What Mainstream Medicine Misses

High cholesterol has a root cause. Cholesterol on a lab report matters, but the number doesn't tell you why the system went off track. If you only push the number down, the upstream problem is still there.

Cholesterol is a building block the body uses on purpose. Production goes up when something in the body isn't working right and needs repair.

The Atma Approach looks at you as a unique person. Why is your cholesterol going up?

Has your doctor ever talked to you about these commonly missed root causes?

•Insulin resistance pushing the liver to overproduce lipoproteins
•Chronic inflammation changing how cholesterol is carried, not just how much you "eat"
•Low thyroid function slowing clearance of circulating lipids
•Poor bile flow, so cholesterol doesn't leave the system the way it should
•High sympathetic tone and poor sleep raising liver output overnight
•Low testosterone or estrogen increasing demand for building blocks
•Nervous system damage demanding more building blocks for repair

How Atma Clinic Can Help

We've helped hundreds of patients minimize — or entirely eliminate — their cholesterol medication, and solve the underlying root problem.

At Atma, our Medical Doctors (MDs) and Nurse Practitioners (NPs) go through intensive training to become certified in Advanced Functional and Integrative Medicine. They're certified and ready to get to the root of your issue.

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