We have done articles before about LDLs and HDLs. By and large, HDLs are protective and function as your body’s garbage trucks. They scour your arteries for left-over cholesterol and take it back to your liver for reprocessing. You want a high HDL...
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The entire approach of lowering cholesterol is faulty. The Framingham Project, which followed a Massachusetts study group over time, found a significant correlation between total cholesterol and h ...
I’m a 59-year-old woman whose total cholesterol had been around 250 mg/ dL for several years. Last year, it was 254 mg/dL. My triglycericides were high, as was my LDL [the ‘bad’ low-density lipoprotein type of cholesterol].
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During a general check-up, most doctors recommend that you undergo a cholesterol test to determine whether you are at risk of heart disease. The test measures the amount of cholesterol and triglycerides in the serum
Insist that total blood fats (total cholesterol, HDL, LDL and triglycerides) be checked and compared, as now recommended by the US National Cholesterol Education Program Expert Panel. Also, as one Canadian study advises, insist on having two tests...
Exercise is a better bet than drugs to reduce cholesterol, according to the results of two separate US studies.
Fats, or lipids, are the third main class of the macronutrients needed in human nutrition. The lipids are found primarily in meats and dairy foods, at least, these are the most visible sources, but most foods contain some fat.
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