file.newsgroup.med.58049 Maven / Gradle / Ivy
From: [email protected] (Doug Bank)
Subject: Re: Blood Cholesterol - Gabe Mirkin's advice
In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] (George B. Clark) writes:
|> Forget about total cholesterol when assessing health risk factors.
|> Instead, use a relationship between LDL and HDL cholesterol:
|>
|> If your LDL is You need an HDL of at least
|>
|> 90 35
|> 100 45
|> 110 50
|> 120 55
|> 130 60
|> 140 70
Gee, what do I do? My LDL is only 50-60. (and my HDL is only 23-25)
I must be risking something, but Is it the same risk as those with
very high LDL?
|> If your triglycerides are above 300, and your HDL is below 30, the
|> drug of choice is gemfibrozil (Lopid) taken as a 600mg tablet
|> thirty minutes before your morning and evening meals.
What about exercise and a low-fat diet? What are the long-term
effects of this drug?
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