cholesteral?

nak

according to this site here at about.com your good cholesterol (hdl) is OK, but your bad cholesterol (ldl) puts you in the borderline high risk category. you also should figure out what your triglycerides are as well as your cardiac risk factors.

this page has more links to information on cholesterol and how to raise the good and lower the bad.

don't forget, heart disease is the number 1 killer of women in the us! not saying you should panic, but it's a good idea to do what you can now through diet and exercise to prevent problems later on.

hth!

I just read the book "The Cholesterol Myth" and it said that cholesterol testing with fasting is very inaccurate because everyone's cholesterol rises after a meal and then goes back down.

It also said that high cholesterol has NEVER been proven to be linked to heart disease in women, only in men.

My mother has always tested very high even though she has always been very diet concious. I asked my doctor if I should have mine tested in light of my mother's levels. She said if there is no history of heart disease in my family (and there isn't) not to worry about it.