High cholesterol is common, silent, and too often diagnosed only after a heart attack or stroke. Written in the voice of a family doctor, this book explains cholesterol accurately and plainly — for the people making the daily choices that affect it.
Secrets of a Healthy Society — Volume 39
High Blood Lipids: The Silent Threat to Your Heart
Raised cholesterol affects millions of people and announces itself in the worst possible way — often the first sign is a heart attack or a stroke. Written in the voice of a family doctor rather than a specialist journal, this book explains what cholesterol is and what to do about it, for the people actually making the daily decisions.
Authors
Dr. Seyede Hoda Alavian, Prof. Seyed-Moayed Alavian
Publisher
Publication date
October 3, 2025
Print length
165 pages
Language
English
Format
Kindle edition
Series
Secrets of a Healthy Society, Volume 39
Audience
Families, primary care patients, and general readers
Get the book
Published by Brieflands and available worldwide as a Kindle edition on Amazon. For institutional orders, bulk copies, or translation rights, contact the publisher directly.
About this book
Health is not merely the absence of disease; it is the capacity to live with quality, calm, and awareness. As chronic illness spreads more quietly and more widely, prevention matters more than ever — and high blood cholesterol is among the most common and most silent of those threats.
The book's aim is deliberately modest and deliberately practical: to give accurate, scientific information about cholesterol in language anyone can use. It is written not for doctors but for the people who make the daily choices — at home, at work, in the kitchen, on a short walk — that shape cardiovascular risk over decades.
The perspective is that of primary care: the family doctor who listens, guides, and bridges medical science and everyday decisions. That voice is combined here with the scientific depth of Prof. Seyed-Moayed Alavian's decades in education, treatment, and public health communication.
Because a single small change, if made at the right time, can save a life.Dr. Seyede Hoda Alavian — from the introduction
Who it is for
Parents
Raising children with habits that protect the heart from the start.
Young adults
Correcting course early, well before risk becomes diagnosis.
Older readers
Living with quality rather than simply managing decline.
Understanding your numbers
What a lipid panel actually reports, and what the figures mean for you.
Diet and activity
The everyday choices with the clearest effect on blood lipids.
When treatment is needed
How lifestyle measures and medication fit together, and when to escalate.
Note. This book is health education, not individual medical advice. Cholesterol targets depend on your overall cardiovascular risk, not on the number alone, and decisions about starting or stopping lipid-lowering medication belong with your doctor. Sudden chest pain, breathlessness, or stroke symptoms are emergencies — seek urgent medical help rather than consulting a book.