PULL IN THE CROWDS FOR THIS
FOURTH OF JULY.
>> Janine: ABSOLUTELY.
THANK YOU.
>>> STATIN MEDICATIONS
CONSIDERED YOUR BEST BET WHEN IT
COMES TO REDUCING CHOLESTEROL
BUT NOT EVERYONE CAN TOLERATE
THEM.
IN TODAY'S HEALTH CAST LOCAL10
KRISTI KRUEGER LOOKS AT TENCH
THAT MAY HELP LOWER THEY ARE
CHOLESTEROL WITHOUT SIDE
EFFECTS.
>> Kristi: THE BIGGEST RISK IS
MUSCLE PAIN OR DAMAGE WHICH CAN
AFFECT 20% OF THE PEOPLE WHO
TAKE THESE COLOR LOWERING DRUGS,
SO WHAT ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO DO?
CARDIOLOGISTS ADAM SLAVER SAID
PLANT STEROLS THAT COME IN TO A
BUT ARE LIKE EDIBLE FORM CAN
IMPROVE OUR CHOLESTEROL LEVEL.
THERE ARE ALSO NEWER MEDICATIONS
ON MARKET NOW WHICH, ALONG WITH
YOUR DIET WHICH IS IMPORTANT
WEEK CAN HELP PREVENT THE REAP
SORPTION OF LDL.
THAT IS THE BAD CHOLESTEROL.
>> USING A COMBINATION OF THESE
THINGS ABBASOME, GREAT IDEA TO
LOWER CHOLESTEROL AND EVEN
SOMETHING POSITIVE LONG-TERM
HOPEFULLY TO REDUCE CARL
VASCULAR MORTALITY.
>> Kristi: HE SAID THERE'S A SUP
EMPTY WILL CALLED BEREBEREINE
WHICH CAN HELP WHEN EVERYBODY
ELSE DUBS SEEM TO.
>>> AND WE ALSO WANT TO TALK
ABOUT IN TODAY'S HEALTH CAST A
NEW STUDY REVEALING CHILDREN
BORN TO MAES USING CANNABIS
DURING PREGNANCY ARE MORE LIKELY
TO HAVE ABNORMAL BRAIN
STRUCTURE.
RESEARCHERS FOUND BABIES HAD A
THICKER CORTEX ON THEIR BRAIN,
THE REGION OF THE BRAIN THAT
PLACED A ROLE IN COMPLEX
COGNITIVE BEHAVIOR.
THE STUDY SHOWED THAT CANNABIS
USE DURING PREGNANCY COULD HAVE