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...whom were obese, was a modest 13 lbs. in the first NEJM study and 15 lbs. in the second. Forty percent of the subjects dropped out of the experiments before completing them. Both studies also showed that the Atkins-style diet boosted the levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL), the so-called good cholesterol, in the blood and lowered the amount of potentially dangerous fats called triglycerides...
What should you do? The first step is to get tested, early and often. Beginning at age 20 and every five years thereafter, all adults--even if they don't show signs of disease--should have their blood screened to get a lipoprotein profile (HDL, LDL, total cholesterol and triglycerides...
...Total cholesterol - Total cholesterol values should be the average of at least two measurements obtained from lipoprotein analysis...
...cholesterol - HDL cholesterol values should be the average of at least two measurements obtained from lipoprotein analysis...
...rapier-tongued contrarian then at Duke University, challenged the beta-amyloid orthodoxy. He announced that he and his colleagues had found a major Alzheimer's-susceptibility gene that affected the late-onset forms of the disease. It was the gene for APOE4, a common variant of the APOE lipoprotein, which is one of the many workhorses of the body's cholesterol-transport system. What, everyone wondered, could this lipoprotein, a known risk factor for heart disease, possibly have to do with Alzheimer's? Very quickly, many concluded that Roses could not be right...