[Diabetes-talk] [SPAM] Re: cholesterol levels

[Mike Freeman]

HDL should be above 50 for women.

Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eileen Scrivani" <etscrivani at verizon.net>
To: "Tamera" <fidano at verizon.net>; "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" 
<diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 12:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] [SPAM] Re: cholesterol levels


Tam:

If you read the original message, Amy states: "I know that it's 
important
not to have a
deficiency in your LDL, but is it possible to be too low when it comes 
to
the HDL?"

LDL is bad cholesterol and yes you do want it to be "deficient."  That 
is
the lower the LDL the better you are.  The HDL which is good cholesterol 
you
want to have at a much higher level what the max, if any on HDL is I am 
not
certain.  You do not want HDL to be low.

So there was some confusion in the original post in understanding the
differences of LDL verses HDL.  And, yes, you are correct that exercise 
can
reduce the LDL and help raise the HDL which is what we want. Diet to is 
a
factor.  I refuse to go onto the statens as well as cholesterol has 
benefits
to the body andthe drugs prescribed deminish the body's levels of 
essential
Co-Q10 which is needed for good heart/brain function.  The drugs als
deminish the levels of vitamin D in the body which I think studies are 
now
showing how important it is for a range of bodily functions.

Eileen

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