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Meal Plans For Lowering Triglycerides
How do High Triglyceride Levels Affect Health?
How can a high level of triglycerides affect my health if my cholesterol is normal and my LDL and HDL are both low?
I presume that you meant that LDL and HDL were both normal. This is more important than the actual triglyceride number (I will actually get to your answer after I get the rest of this off my chest). LDL cholesterol is what we call the "bad" portion of cholesterol that gets modified to become a major constituent of atherosclerosis leading to heart attacks, peripheral vascular disea...
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