Cardiovascular disease is the biggest killer of Australians and elevated cholesterol is a key risk factor. Host Amelia Phillips and Prof. Karam Kostner discuss the latest strategies to lower cholesterol, including diet protocols, exercise and key supplements. They discuss medications and why it's important that some people get and stay on medications whereas others can manage through lifestyle. They touch on many other elements such as familial hypercholesterolemia, longevity hacks such as lipoprotein(a) test, Omega index and the CAC score.  If you are interested in longevity, already healthy but want to optimise consider these novel tests: Lipoprotein A, omega-3 index, coronary calcium scan. Reach out to Amelia if you would like to organise any of these tests.  Dutch Lipid Score Calculator (to estimate FH risk): https://www.athero.org.au/fh/calculator/  About the guest: Dr Karam Kostner is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Queensland and Director of Cardiology at Mater public and private Hospitals in Brisbane. He is a cardiologist and one of the most experienced lipidologists in Australia. He is in charge of both a large public and private lipid clinic.  Dr Kostner is an associate editor of Atherosclerosis and the Journal of Preventive Cardiology and associate editor and cardiovascular section editor of the European Journal Clinical Investigation and a regular reviewer for many journals, as well as being a NHMRC Grant Reviewer https://cholesterolcare.com.au/our-team/professor-dr-karam-kostner/  About the host: Amelia Phillips is a registered exercise scientist and nutritionist with a career spanning 26 years in health. She's a registered exercise scientist, nutritionist and researcher (with a Masters of Human Nutrition). She was the co-founder of health tech company 12WBT which grew from start-up and more recently Inner Vitality, an 8 week online program using biomarkers and personalised health that she runs with an Integrative GP.  Amelia also consults to health companies, presents and appears in the media, most recently on the Ch9 show Do You Want to Live Forever. Amelia had four kids in five years and is dedicated to empowering women to build a life after kids on the foundation of health (mental and physical), connection and purpose.  If you have a question for Amelia, reach out via Insta @_amelia_phillips, email [email protected]  Find out more at www.ameliaphillips.com.au Find out more about Inner Vitality, a new approach to your health: https://innervitality.ameliaphillips.com.au/pages/  CREDITSHost: Amelia Phillips                                                                                                        Guest: Dr Karam Kostner                                                                                                      Audio Producer: Darren RothMusic: Matt Nicholich                                                                                                      Production Partner: Nova Entertainment Pty Ltd Healthy Her acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.