Word: ldl
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Most worrisome, my LDL level (the so-called bad cholesterol, but actually low-density lipoprotein, which helps maintain cholesterol in the blood) is high at 148 compared with my "good" HDL (high-density lipoprotein, which helps clear cholesterol), which is 54. Moore assures me I can lower my cholesterol without medication and asks about my diet. While I generally stay away from red meat and eat mostly fish, chicken, vegetables and salads, I confess a weakness for cheese, potato chips and butter on all sorts of things. Moore wonders if I am ready to "commit"--as she says--to eliminating...
...asking their doctors about lovastatin are those who resemble the 6,605 people in the study. The men ranged in age from 45 to 73; the women, 55 to 78 and postmenopausal. Those suffering from obesity, diabetes and high blood pressure were excluded. Beyond that, only a few had LDL, or "bad" cholesterol, levels above 190, until now considered the trigger point for prescribing anticholesterol drugs...
SALUBRIOUS SAWDUST Food and supplements containing psyllium, a soluble fiber made of psyllium-seed husks, can lower total cholesterol as well as LDL (bad) cholesterol--so much so that the FDA will allow labels...
...good cholesterol" you hope will turn up in your blood test has that name for a reason. More properly known as high-density lipoprotein (HDL), it can prevent the damage done by its evil twin, low-density lipoprotein (LDL). The latter clogs blood vessels by combining with oxygen to form a substance that sets off alarms in the immune system. White blood cells rush to attack it, and the whole mess forms into sticky globs called plaques that cling to vessel walls like mineral deposits in a water pipe. When these deposits break off and blood clots around them...
...good because it keeps LDL from combining with oxygen in the first place. But doctors at UCLA studying HDL in mice have found that when the immune system is under stress--after surgery, for example, or during a major infection--HDL stops producing an enzyme called paraoxynase and thus loses its antioxidant properties. When good cholesterol goes bad, moreover, it goes really bad. Not only does it stop protecting the body against LDL, but it also seems to goad the immune system into forming plaques even more quickly...