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Making Sense of Cholesterol Ratios, Lipid Profiles and Your Heart Disease Risk Scores
It's very possible your MD orders lab work and you have no idea what or why you're having blood drawn. Well, let's clear up the confusion when it comes to your cholesterol labs.
The terms "lipid panel", "lipid profile", and "lipoprotein profile" are used interchangeably to order the same set of labs. To make reading this easier, I'm going to use "lipid profile" from here on out.
"Lipid" is simply a medical term for "fat". A lipid profile measures fatty substances in your blood. Chole...
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Expert & Community Posts
HDL: Harder to Control Than Thought
By Craig Stoltz , Health Expert...to compensate for high LDL, and one about LDL/HDL ratios, a figure once used to help determine... Read more »
Can My HDL Be Too High?
By Lisa Nelson , Health Expert...my opinion is far more important than your LDL/HDL ratio. The new science helps clarify why this... Read more »
5 Simple Ways to Increase Your Good Cholesterol Levels
By Melanie Thomassian , Health Expert...Interestingly, a 2007 review suggested that it was the duration of exercise, rather than the... Read more »
Why “Average” Cholesterol Values Can Be So Bad
By Dr. William Davis , Health Expert...testing companies. Related Information: HDL and LDL Ratios: What Should They Be? High... Read more »
Dietary cholesterol: Does an egg a day bring the doctor today?
By Dr. Kang , Health Expert...accumulation in arteries and subsequent heart disease. High density lipoproteins (HDL) are the... Read more »
Health Guide
Cholesterol and Lipids
...triglycerides.Cholesterol-Carrying Lipoproteins. These are the lipoproteins commonly referred to as cholesterol.Low density lipoproteins (LDL). (Often called the "bad" cholesterol.)High-density... Read more »Coronary Artery Disease: Risk Factors
...test for a "total cholesterol" profile that includes measurements for LDL, HDL, and triglycerides. The ratio of these lipids can affect heart disease risk.For example, according to one study, men... Read more »Heart Attack Risk Factors
...due to hypertension.Very unhealthy cholesterol and lipid balances (high triglyceride levels and lower high density lipoprotein)Blood clotting problemsImpaired nerve function (neuropathy), which... Read more »Information on Keeping a Heart healthy Diet: unsaturated fats, low fat diets
...balance of all these fats may be important and that our current Western diet contains an unhealthy ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 fatty acids (10 to 1). Omega-9 fatty acids may also contain chemicals... Read more »Cholesterol, Heart Disease
...andallow blood to flow freely.Lowering LDL is the primary goal of cholesterol drug and lifestyle therapy.High Density Lipoproteins (HDL), the "Good" CholesterolHigh Density Lipoproteins (HDL)... Read more »Images
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