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Old 04-16-2008, 05:29 PM
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I don't understand the US readings as ours is different in OZ, i am always between 4.4 to 4.6, which my doc says is good, i eat a small handfull of nuts everyday which suppose to help and mostly only eat porridge for breakfast, no fried foods, only use margarine that suppose to lower cholestrol absorbtion, i am no expert on this but i think the HDL is the good fat and LDL the bad, in ratio you need higher HDL than the LDL, someone correct me if i am wrong.

The triglycerides is what i am concerned about more so, i have read that most heart attack victims come in to hospital with what is considered as normal cholesterol readings, so it's confusing really

Brian
Exactly! It's very confusing! Yep, HDL is the good stuff. I don't know what my exact HDL and LDL figures are. I need to know the LDL number as well as the tryglyceride level.
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