Five Things You Probably Don't Know About Cholesterol

(0 out of 1) Incorrect! Sorry! The correct answer is 'e', small LDL particles.

Small LDL particles have emerged as the number one most common cause of heart disease and heart attack in the U.S. today, eclipsing standard risk factors like high cholesterol.

Though partly genetically-determined, small LDL is worsened by excess weight, particularly weight gained in the abdomen. The obesity epidemic in the U.S. has therefore fueled an enormous increase in this pattern. Small LDL is also magnified by over-dependence on processed carbohydrates like breads, cookies, breakfast cereals, soft drinks, pretzels, and crackers, along with a diet low in healthy fats. Studies dating back over 10 years have uncovered the small LDL pattern in 60% of people with heart disease. Though there are no recent formal estimates on its prevalence in 2007, I would estimate that as much as 80-90% of people with heart disease now have it, probably 40% or more of the general public, given recent trends in diet and weight.

Small LDL particles are much more likely to cause coronary heart disease because they are more potent triggers of inflammatory responses than large LDL particles, are better able to penetrate into artery walls and fuel atherosclerotic plaque growth, and are more adherent. Hundreds of studies have documented the adverse health influences of small LDL particles, including the recent 3000 participant, European EPIC-Norfolk Prospective Population Study.    Continue Quiz >

(0 out of 1) Incorrect! Sorry! The correct answer is 'e', small LDL particles.

Small LDL particles have emerged as the number one most common cause of heart disease and heart attack in the U.S. today, eclipsing standard risk factors like high cholesterol.

Though partly genetically-determined, small LDL is worsened by excess weight, particularly weight gained in the abdomen. The obesity epidemic in the U.S. has therefore fueled an enormous increase in this pattern. Small LDL is also magnified by over-dependence on processed carbohydrates like breads, cookies, breakfast cereals, soft drinks, pretzels, and crackers, along with a diet low in healthy fats. Studies dating back over 10 years have uncovered the small LDL pattern in 60% of people with heart disease. Though there are no recent formal estimates on its prevalence in 2007, I would estimate that as much as 80-90% of people with heart disease now have it, probably 40% or more of the general public, given recent trends in diet and weight.

Small LDL particles are much more likely to cause coronary heart disease because they are more potent triggers of inflammatory responses than large LDL particles, are better able to penetrate into artery walls and fuel atherosclerotic plaque growth, and are more adherent. Hundreds of studies have documented the adverse health influences of small LDL particles, including the recent 3000 participant, European EPIC-Norfolk Prospective Population Study.   Continue Quiz >

(0 out of 1) Incorrect! Sorry! The correct answer is 'e', small LDL particles.

Small LDL particles have emerged as the number one most common cause of heart disease and heart attack in the U.S. today, eclipsing standard risk factors like high cholesterol.

Though partly genetically-determined, small LDL is worsened by excess weight, particularly weight gained in the abdomen. The obesity epidemic in the U.S. has therefore fueled an enormous increase in this pattern. Small LDL is also magnified by over-dependence on processed carbohydrates like breads, cookies, breakfast cereals, soft drinks, pretzels, and crackers, along with a diet low in healthy fats. Studies dating back over 10 years have uncovered the small LDL pattern in 60% of people with heart disease. Though there are no recent formal estimates on its prevalence in 2007, I would estimate that as much as 80-90% of people with heart disease now have it, probably 40% or more of the general public, given recent trends in diet and weight.

Small LDL particles are much more likely to cause coronary heart disease because they are more potent triggers of inflammatory responses than large LDL particles, are better able to penetrate into artery walls and fuel atherosclerotic plaque growth, and are more adherent. Hundreds of studies have documented the adverse health influences of small LDL particles, including the recent 3000 participant, European EPIC-Norfolk Prospective Population Study.   Continue Quiz >

(0 out of 1) Incorrect! Sorry! The correct answer is 'e', small LDL particles.

Small LDL particles have emerged as the number one most common cause of heart disease and heart attack in the U.S. today, eclipsing standard risk factors like high cholesterol.

Though partly genetically-determined, small LDL is worsened by excess weight, particularly weight gained in the abdomen. The obesity epidemic in the U.S. has therefore fueled an enormous increase in this pattern. Small LDL is also magnified by over-dependence on processed carbohydrates like breads, cookies, breakfast cereals, soft drinks, pretzels, and crackers, along with a diet low in healthy fats. Studies dating back over 10 years have uncovered the small LDL pattern in 60% of people with heart disease. Though there are no recent formal estimates on its prevalence in 2007, I would estimate that as much as 80-90% of people with heart disease now have it, probably 40% or more of the general public, given recent trends in diet and weight.

Small LDL particles are much more likely to cause coronary heart disease because they are more potent triggers of inflammatory responses than large LDL particles, are better able to penetrate into artery walls and fuel atherosclerotic plaque growth, and are more adherent. Hundreds of studies have documented the adverse health influences of small LDL particles, including the recent 3000 participant, European EPIC-Norfolk Prospective Population Study.   Continue Quiz >

(1 out of 1) Correct! Good Job! The correct answer is 'e', small LDL particles.

Small LDL particles have emerged as the number one most common cause of heart disease and heart attack in the U.S. today, eclipsing standard risk factors like high cholesterol.

Though partly genetically-determined, small LDL is worsened by excess weight, particularly weight gained in the abdomen. The obesity epidemic in the U.S. has therefore fueled an enormous increase in this pattern. Small LDL is also magnified by over-dependence on processed carbohydrates like breads, cookies, breakfast cereals, soft drinks, pretzels, and crackers, along with a diet low in healthy fats. Studies dating back over 10 years have uncovered the small LDL pattern in 60% of people with heart disease. Though there are no recent formal estimates on its prevalence in 2007, I would estimate that as much as 80-90% of people with heart disease now have it, probably 40% or more of the general public, given recent trends in diet and weight.

Small LDL particles are much more likely to cause coronary heart disease because they are more potent triggers of inflammatory responses than large LDL particles, are better able to penetrate into artery walls and fuel atherosclerotic plaque growth, and are more adherent. Hundreds of studies have documented the adverse health influences of small LDL particles, including the recent 3000 participant, European EPIC-Norfolk Prospective Population Study.   Continue Quiz >