Cholesterol level - is this right?!

Too high; you want it around or just below 5!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

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What you need to understand is that all cholesterol is not bad!. Its split into two categories, HDL and LDL!. LDL is the one that might be a problem because it has been shown to increase the risk of cardiovascular disease and strokes!. However high levels of HDLs are good because they essentially mop up the LDLs!. Therefore if you are measuring cholesterol, it is important to not only measure the LDL but also the HDL!. People who exercise can have high levels of cholesterol but this will generally be because they have high levels of HDL (because its production is promoted by exercise)!.

What you need to do is get the LDL:HDL ratio, this will be a better indication as to the levels of cholesterol which require management!.

If it is the case where you need to reduce your LDL, low cholesterol diets is the way to go!. However cholesterol is essential for your body (even LDLs just not so many of them!) and therefore the liver is able to synthesise cholesterol even if your intake is nill!. Therefore dieting alone, it has been shown, on average will only reduce your cholesterol by about 15%!. after that one might consider a class of drugs called statins, which block the production of cholesterol by your body!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

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What Kanishk has to understand is, to not believe everything the authority tells him!

LOW CHOLESTEROL INCREASES CANCER AND DEATH RISK

By Byron J!. Richards, CCN
August 28, 2008
NewsWithViews!.com
In a major shot fired across the bow of the statin marketing machine, the levels of LDL cholesterol that are the artificial targets of

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