I am going to be blunt here. I have been studying Omega-3s, heart disease, cholesterol and statins for 2 years now. I am not a doctor, not a scientist, and I got a 'C' in high school chemistry. I am more than likely just like you - a laymen in this field. And I am going to throw down the gauntlet: Don't believe a word I say.

I want you to start asking questions.

Did you know there were "other" theories of heart disease besides (lipid) cholesterol theory? If you were to ask anyone in our society, what is the main cause of heart disease? Invariably cholesterol would be one of the main answers you would hear. This shows what $60,000,000 a year can do from just one company's budget to promote one statin drug on television.

Questions! First Question: Is cholesterol a good thing or bad thing? How many of you reading this article think cholesterol is a bad thing? How many of you think cholesterol is a good thing?

It's a trick question. If you are breathing right now, I can guarantee you that you have cholesterol in every cell of your body. IF you can think a thought, your brain is operating in a reasonable fashion then you have a good amount of cholesterol in your brain.

Ladies, do you feel depressed or overwhelmed by your moods? Men, do you frequently have low energy or can't focus? Did you know that this could be from a lack of serotonin in women and dopamine in men? These are brain chemicals and when they're at normal levels they create a sense of well being and contentment.

Many experts, including among others, John Gray, PhD.

There have been thousands of studies that reveal the importance of having essential fats in our diets. A lot of people think "FAT" oh no! Please let me explain.

I personally had the extreme anguish of watching my daughter go through 4 years of an eating disorder where at 70 lbs and 14 years of age, she was tormented by the thought of fats.

Edit Your Life. Don't accept a rough draft for publication. You are the Editor-in-Chief for your life. Life is freely given to all of us, but you can edit, modify or delete entire "scripts" out of your life. You can create, write and replace the old scripts with entirely new ones.

Here is a lifestyle tip that has helped me to be a lot happier, and healthier.

Pull up a chair and let me tell you a story. In October of 2006 I met Joe Theismann who was the Notre Dame Quarterback who threw for 526 yards in the pouring rain in 1970. He jokes that his name was pronounced THEEZMAN his whole life, but the president of Notre Dame thought he had a better chance to win the Heisman if his name rhymed. So he forever will be known as "Theismann rhymes with Heisman.

I am a drug pusher of sorts. I sell supplements. I believe in supplementation in today's modern world where nutrients are lost while the shelf life of the food has become more important than the nutritional value. Appearances can fool you.

I spent more than half of my adult life in third world countries shopping at open markets and not able to enjoy the luxury of an air conditioned supermarket in which to shop.

Walking, shopping, or other movement not meant as exercise - matters more than most people realize.

A recent study marked the difference in weight gain between women who ate a 1,000 calories a day over and above the maintenance caloric diet. Some women did not gain weight and some did. The difference was the amount of non-exercise movement.

Your immune system attacks other parts of your body, resulting to redness, pain, swelling or a hot feeling in the lining of a joint, the place where two or more bones come together. This redness, pain, swelling and heat surrounding the joint is called inflammation, which may also affect other internal organs such as the eyes, lungs or heart, and most commonly the hands or feet.