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Quixote1818

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16. From what I hear the cholesterol needs something to attach to

Reply to ladywnch (Reply #6)

Sat May 19, 2012, 02:15 PM

May 2012

so where there is inflammation in the arteries the cholesterol does have something to attach to. If there is no inflammation the cholesterol just moves right along.

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‘Good Cholesterol’ May Be an Overstatement, Study Finds [View all] alp227 May 2012 OP

Eat less, Eat better, Exercise more. nt onehandle May 2012 #1

Eat food. Mostly plants. Not too much. Geoff R. Casavant May 2012 #3

So can we stop obsessing over cholesterol yet? nt GliderGuider May 2012 #2

not really..if you read the whole article....low HDL means something is wrong Laura PourMeADrink May 2012 #4

Other factors, inflammatory markers may be more important than 2on2u May 2012 #5

thanks for this. ladywnch May 2012 #6

Good for you for refusing those horrible drugs. GoCubsGo May 2012 #7

Thanks for that information. I have high Auntie Bush May 2012 #8

I don't know if that is a side effect of all of the different cholesterol drugs. GoCubsGo May 2012 #9

Thanks GoCubsgGo Auntie Bush May 2012 #15

Lower cholesterol naturally womanofthehills May 2012 #12

C reactive protein, Homocysteine and Lipoprotein A, and others, there are 2on2u May 2012 #10

275 and 185, what a wimp, try 800 happyslug May 2012 #11

I had a bad reaction to statins Mz Pip May 2012 #14

From what I hear the cholesterol needs something to attach to Quixote1818 May 2012 #16

This article hints at the fact HDL may be a product of exercise the reduces LDL. happyslug May 2012 #13