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University of Chicago (U-C) researchers challenged popular notion that simply having high levels of good cholesterol (HDL) and low levels of bad cholesterol (LDL) is necessary for good heath.
WASHINGTON: Is 'good cholesterol' really good for you; not so, suggests a new study. University of Chicago (U-C) researchers challenged popular notion that simply having high levels of good cholesterol (HDL) and low levels of bad cholesterol (LDL) is necessary for good heath.
Washington, Dec 2 : Is 'good cholesterol' really good for you; not so, suggests a new study.
Dec. 1, 2008 – Most senior citizens have learned that a cholesterol reading with high HDL is “good,” while high LDL is “bad.” HDL is the good one; LDL is the bad one. A new study from the University of Chicago is now challenging what we have learned.
If you think your levels of "good cholesterol" are good enough, a new study suggests that you may want to think again. Researchers show that good cholesterol (HDL) has varying degrees of quality and that poor quality HDL is actually bad for you.
If you think your levels of "good cholesterol" are good enough, a new study published in the December 2008 issue of The FASEB Journal suggests that you may want to think again. In the report, researchers from the University of Chicago challenge the conventional wisdom that simply having high levels of good cholesterol (HDL) and low levels of bad cholesterol (LDL) is necessary for good heath.
( Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology ) If you think your levels of "good cholesterol" are good enough, a new study published in the Dec. 2008 issue of the FASEB Journal suggests that you may want to think again. In the report, researchers from the University of Chicago show that good cholesterol (HDL) has varying degrees of quality and that poor quality HDL is actually bad ...
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