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That matters, because high cholesterol causes no symptoms, so waiting for high cholesterol symptoms tells you nothing about your level.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">1<\/a><\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/en\/heart-self-test\/\">The BioProfile heart and blood vessel scan<\/a> gives you an indication of where you stand today in this area, as one of the 11 health areas the full scan assesses. The scan is not a diagnosis. It is insight, to see where you stand today and to help you make better choices in your diet and lifestyle. The scan does not measure your cholesterol. For that you need a blood test result.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">1<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-verify bp-blog-verify--top is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"290\" height=\"362\" src=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/rt-portret-carlos-mendoza-montano.webp\" alt=\"Portrait of Carlos Mendoza Montano\" class=\"wp-image-5959\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/rt-portret-carlos-mendoza-montano.webp 290w, https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/rt-portret-carlos-mendoza-montano-240x300.webp 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"bp-blog-verify-name wp-block-paragraph\">Verified by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/carlos-mendoza-montano-37615639\/\">Carlos Mendoza Montano<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"bp-blog-verify-cred wp-block-paragraph\">Doctorate in nutritional biochemistry from the University of Arizona<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"bp-blog-verify-date wp-block-paragraph\">Checked on 18 October 2026<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-takeaways is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In short<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\n<li>High cholesterol causes no symptoms. You feel nothing, so only a blood value shows where you stand.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">1<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n\n\n<li>Yellow bumps around the eyes, thickening on a tendon or a whitish-yellow ring around the iris before you are 45 can point to inherited high cholesterol. According to a pooled estimate, about 1 in 313 people have this form, and these signs are a reason to see your GP.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">2<\/a>,<a href=\"#bronnen\">3<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n\n\n<li>The heart and vascular scan gives you insight into yourself and a starting value. The scan does not measure cholesterol. The scan is not a diagnosis.<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-toc is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p class=\"bp-blog-toclabel wp-block-paragraph\">Contents<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\n<li><a href=\"#hoog-cholesterol-symptomen-wat-je-voelt\">High cholesterol symptoms: what you feel<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#wanneer-is-cholesterol-te-hoog\">When is cholesterol too high<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#tekenen-die-zichtbaar-kunnen-zijn-erfelijk-hoog-cholesterol\">Signs that can be visible: inherited high cholesterol<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#hoog-cholesterol-bij-vrouwen\">High cholesterol in women<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#waarom-een-waarde-zonder-klachten-toch-telt\">Why a value without symptoms still counts<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#wat-je-met-je-voeding-kan-doen\">What you can do with your diet<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#wanneer-naar-de-huisarts\">When to see your GP<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#samengevat\">In summary<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#veelgestelde-vragen\">Frequently asked questions<\/a><\/li>\n\n<\/ol>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"hoog-cholesterol-symptomen-wat-je-voelt\">High cholesterol symptoms: what you feel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Usually nothing. The Hartstichting writes that you generally notice nothing from raised cholesterol and have no symptoms.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">4<\/a><\/sup> Thuisarts, the website of the Dutch GPs, puts it clearly: high cholesterol is not a disease, and it causes no symptoms.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">1<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So symptoms of high cholesterol, in the sense of something you feel, do not exist. Tiredness and headaches are not named in these sources as symptoms of high cholesterol. Your heart rate is something you can measure yourself, and <a href=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/en\/normal-heart-rate\/\">what a normal heart rate is<\/a> has its own page. Cholesterol only shows up in a blood value.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">1<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"wanneer-is-cholesterol-te-hoog\">When is cholesterol too high<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Hartstichting says cholesterol is too high when the total is above 5 mmol\/l, LDL is above 3 or non-HDL is above 3.8. For the total, 5 to 6.5 is slightly raised, 6.5 to 8 is raised and 8 or higher is very high.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">4<\/a><\/sup> Thuisarts adds that an LDL below 3 is usually good, with a lower limit of 2.6 or 1.8 for people at higher risk. An HDL above 1 is good, and so are triglycerides below 2.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">1<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For healthy people who take no cholesterol medicines, a total below 5 is usually good, and your own target value depends on your risk of heart and vascular disease. A total of 8 or more sits at the top of both scales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The value is also higher at an older age. The Lifelines study measured 133,540 Dutch adults who had no heart or vascular disease and took no cholesterol-lowering medicines. Across the men&#8217;s age groups, the median LDL value at 49 was 64 per cent higher than at 20.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">5<\/a><\/sup> The study did not follow people over the years. It compared age groups at a single moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"tekenen-die-zichtbaar-kunnen-zijn-erfelijk-hoog-cholesterol\">Signs that can be visible: inherited high cholesterol<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One form of high cholesterol can be visible on the outside: familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH), an inherited high cholesterol. Thuisarts names three visible signs: thickening of the tendons, such as the Achilles tendon; yellow bumps around the eyes; and a whitish-yellow ring around the coloured part of the eye in someone younger than 45.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">2<\/a><\/sup> Very high values at a young age also point to FH, for example an LDL above 6 or a total above 8.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">4<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A pooled analysis of 104 studies covering about 11 million people estimated that about 1 in 313 people have FH, with large differences between the studies. Among people with early ischaemic heart disease, the share was 6.7 per cent.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">3<\/a><\/sup> Put simply: on average about 1 in 300 people have FH, and among people with early ischaemic heart disease it is about 1 in 15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Copenhagen study followed 12,745 adults for up to 33 years. The 563 people with yellow deposits on their eyelids, called xanthelasmata, clearly had a heart attack more often than the others, even after their cholesterol was taken into account. The ring around the iris added little on its own.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">6<\/a><\/sup> For you, that means: a yellow spot on your eyelid deserves attention. It is a reason to go to your GP.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">2<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"hoog-cholesterol-bij-vrouwen\">High cholesterol in women<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Women have the same symptoms of high cholesterol as men: none that you can feel.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">4<\/a><\/sup> The difference lies in the timing. In the Lifelines data, the median LDL value in women was roughly the same across the age groups up to 35, and 42 per cent higher across the groups from 35 to 59.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">5<\/a><\/sup> The study did not follow women over the years. It compared age groups. The heart symptoms women do feel are covered in <a href=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/en\/heart-complaints-women-symptoms\/\">our article on heart symptoms in women<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"waarom-een-waarde-zonder-klachten-toch-telt\">Why a level without symptoms still counts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A European panel of experts weighed more than 200 studies with over 2 million participants. The higher the LDL, the greater the risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, the heart and vascular disease caused by narrowed arteries. The longer the exposure lasts, the greater the effect appears to be. The panel concludes that LDL causes this disease.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">7<\/a><\/sup> In plain words: LDL works silently and over years, which is why a number tells you more than a feeling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"wat-je-met-je-voeding-kan-doen\">What you can do with your diet<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the Voedingscentrum, saturated fat raises LDL. The most important step to lower it is to replace foods high in saturated fat with foods high in unsaturated fat. Fibre from fruit (pectin) and from oat products (beta-glucan) also lowers LDL. Plant sterols, 1.5 to 3 grams a day, can lower LDL by 7 to 11 per cent, and the European Union sets 3 grams a day as the safe maximum.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">8<\/a><\/sup> In plain words: swapping fats is the biggest step, and sterols add a modest step on top. The sources do not say how quickly this works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"wanneer-naar-de-huisarts\">When to see your GP<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thuisarts names these reasons to contact your GP: thickening on a tendon, yellow bumps around the eyes, or a whitish-yellow ring around the iris before the age of 45. Two other reasons are a heart or blood vessel disease before you are 60, and a parent, child, brother or sister with inherited high cholesterol.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">2<\/a><\/sup> If many people in your family have very high cholesterol, that is a sign too, and your GP can work out how high your personal risk is.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">1<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"samengevat\">In summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">High cholesterol causes no symptoms, so the symptoms people search for are nothing you can feel. A total above 5 counts as too high, and 8 or more sits at the top of the scale. Yellow bumps around the eyes, thickening on a tendon, a ring around the iris before you are 45, early heart disease or FH in the family can point to an inherited form. These signs are reasons to see your GP. LDL matters because it works over years without giving any signal. Swapping saturated fat for unsaturated fat is the most important step with food. The heart and vascular scan gives you insight into yourself and a starting value.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-sec bp-blog-cta is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">See where you stand<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Answer the questions in the heart and vascular scan and your score appears in your dashboard. What the scan measures and what it is based on is on the scan page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/en\/heart-self-test\/\">Start the heart and vascular scan<\/a><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"bp-blog-ctamicro wp-block-paragraph\">Free, about 3 minutes. An analysis of your answers, never a diagnosis. <a href=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/en\/free-health-check-tests\/\">All health scans<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-sec bp-blog-sec--wash is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"veelgestelde-vragen\">Frequently asked questions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-faq-item is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Symptoms of cholesterol that is too high: what do you feel?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In most cases, nothing. Thuisarts and the Hartstichting both say that high cholesterol causes no symptoms.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">1<\/a>,<a href=\"#bronnen\">4<\/a><\/sup> Only visible signs, such as yellow bumps around the eyes, can point to an inherited form.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">2<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-faq-item is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Can high cholesterol make you tired?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tiredness is not named as a sign of it: high cholesterol causes no symptoms at all.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">1<\/a><\/sup> The source does not say what is causing your tiredness.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-faq-item is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What should you eat less of if your cholesterol is too high?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Foods high in saturated fat, because saturated fat raises LDL cholesterol. The most important step with your diet is to replace those foods with foods high in unsaturated fat.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">8<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-faq-item is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How do you lower your cholesterol quickly?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sources say how big a step is. The sources do not say how quickly that step works. Replace saturated fat with unsaturated fat. Plant sterols, 1.5 to 3 grams a day, can lower LDL by 7 to 11 per cent.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">8<\/a><\/sup> Your GP can work out how big your personal risk is, and so how far your value needs to come down.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">1<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-faq-item is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Are there symptoms of high cholesterol in women that are different?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No, they are no different. Women feel nothing either.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">4<\/a><\/sup> In women, the median LDL value is roughly the same across the age groups up to 35 and higher in the groups up to 59.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">5<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-sec bp-blog-sec--beige bp-blog-sec--tight is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"bronnen\">Sources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"bp-blog-srclead wp-block-paragraph\">Every source below was checked on the day this article was published. The numbering follows the text.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list bp-blog-refs\">\n\n<li>NHG. Ik heb een hoog cholesterol. Thuisarts.nl. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thuisarts.nl\/cholesterol\/ik-heb-hoog-cholesterol\">thuisarts.nl<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li>NHG. Ik heb misschien erfelijk hoog cholesterol (FH). Thuisarts.nl. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thuisarts.nl\/cholesterol\/ik-heb-misschien-erfelijk-hoog-cholesterol-fh\">thuisarts.nl<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li>Beheshti SO, Madsen CM, Varbo A, Nordestgaard BG. Worldwide Prevalence of Familial Hypercholesterolemia: Meta-Analyses of 11 Million Subjects. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2020. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jacc.2020.03.057\">doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jacc.2020.03.057<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li>Hartstichting. Hoog cholesterol: wanneer is het te hoog? hartstichting.nl. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hartstichting.nl\/oorzaken\/cholesterol\/hoog-cholesterol\">hartstichting.nl<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li>Balder JW, de Vries JK, Nolte IM, Lansberg PJ, Kuivenhoven JA, Kamphuisen PW. Lipid and lipoprotein reference values from 133,450 Dutch Lifelines participants: Age- and gender-specific baseline lipid values and percentiles. Journal of Clinical Lipidology, 2017. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jacl.2017.05.007\">doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jacl.2017.05.007<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li>Christoffersen M, Frikke-Schmidt R, Schnohr P, Jensen GB, Nordestgaard BG, Tybjaerg-Hansen A. Xanthelasmata, arcus corneae, and ischaemic vascular disease and death in general population: prospective cohort study. BMJ, 2011. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1136\/bmj.d5497\">doi.org\/10.1136\/bmj.d5497<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li>Ference BA, Ginsberg HN, Graham I, Ray KK, Packard CJ, Bruckert E, et al. Low-density lipoproteins cause atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. 1. Evidence from genetic, epidemiologic, and clinical studies. A consensus statement from the European Atherosclerosis Society Consensus Panel. European Heart Journal, 2017. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/eurheartj\/ehx144\">doi.org\/10.1093\/eurheartj\/ehx144<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li>Voedingscentrum. Cholesterol. voedingscentrum.nl. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voedingscentrum.nl\/encyclopedie\/cholesterol.aspx\">voedingscentrum.nl<\/a><\/li>\n\n<\/ol>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-sec bp-blog-sec--tight is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Also read<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-related is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/en\/heart-rate-and-fitness-talking-therapy-heart-rhythm\/\">Heart rate and fitness: can talking therapy change your heart rhythm?<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/en\/healthy-blood-pressure-american-heart-association-advisory\/\">Healthy blood pressure: why so few people reach it, and the new chart from the American Heart Association<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/en\/low-heart-rate-symptoms\/\">Low heart rate symptoms: when a slow heartbeat is normal, what it can point to and when to see a doctor<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/en\/palpitations-after-eating\/\">Heart palpitations after eating: what a meal asks of your heart in the first half hour<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/en\/effects-of-too-little-movement-what-it-does-to-your-body\/\">The effects of moving too little: what it does in your body, what the large studies show and what a heart and blood vessel scan measures<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/en\/heart-complaints-women-symptoms\/\">Heart complaints in women: which symptoms the studies count, and when to contact a doctor<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/en\/normal-heart-rate\/\">Normal heart rate: the guidelines, and where the figures come from<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-sec bp-blog-sec--tight is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Written by<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-author is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/author-jesse-round-320.jpg\" alt=\"Jesse van der Velde\" class=\"wp-image-4815\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/author-jesse-round-320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/author-jesse-round-320-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/author-jesse-round-320-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-authorid is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p class=\"bp-blog-authorrole wp-block-paragraph\">Founder of BioProfile<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"bp-blog-authorname wp-block-paragraph\">Jesse van der Velde<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-authorbody is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p class=\"bp-blog-authorbio wp-block-paragraph\">Jesse van der Velde has been guiding people to a new body and optimal health since 2006, and has written or co-written fifteen books on nutrition and health. Forever Young (2012) and Superfood Recipes (2013) both reached number 1 in the Netherlands.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-authormeta is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p class=\"bp-blog-authorbio wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nl.linkedin.com\/in\/jessevdv\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"bp-blog-dates wp-block-paragraph\">Published on 19 October 2026 \u00b7 Last updated on 19 October 2026<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-sec bp-blog-sec--foot is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p class=\"bp-blog-legal wp-block-paragraph\">BioProfile analyses your health status to guide you and your coach. It does not make a diagnosis, only a doctor can do that. Built on validated health questionnaires; the combined BioProfile score is not itself a validated clinical instrument yet. 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