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Health News | Avatar Posted by yamaniac 89 days ago (http://nutrihealth.in) | Health Tags: cholestrol good cholestrol levels
HDL or High Density lipoprotiens help to protect against cardiovascular diseases and low HDL cholesterol levels (less than 40 mg/dL) increase the risk for heart disease. Levels above 60 mg/dL are considered good and should be ideally maintained.
HDL cholesterol, or “good” cholesterol, appears to clear the walls of blood vessels, cleaning out excess cholesterol. It then carries that excess cholesterol which otherwise might have been used to make the “plaques” that cause coronary artery disease(CAD) back to the liver for processing. So while measuring a person’s HDL cholesterol level, we seem to be measuring how vigorously his or her blood vessels are being “scrubbed” free of cholesterol.
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