Group: Specific Diets & Nutrition

Specific Diets & Nutrition
Created: 2012/01/01, Members: 104, Messages: 22775

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cholesterol

jacksprat
jacksprat
Posts: 72
Joined: 2002/10/19
United States
2005/02/26, 12:54 PM
Is there a ratio good (LDL) to bad (HDL)? I've read it is one to two or good should be half of the bad?
madbrenda
madbrenda
Posts: 65
Joined: 2005/01/24
United States
2005/02/27, 12:20 PM
The optimum ratio is 3.5:1

total cholesterol:HDL

(recommended ratio by the American Heart Association)

~b

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jacksprat
jacksprat
Posts: 72
Joined: 2002/10/19
United States
2005/03/01, 06:04 PM


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Thank you for the reference to the AHA. I found what I was looking for and I'm in trouble. The HDL ratio to LDL doesn't seem to be important and I don't know my total cholesterol.