Misconceptions about HDL and LDL.. Dean Ornish

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The Garbage Trucks in Your Blood

By Dean Ornish, M.D.

Newsweek

Updated: 12:54 p.m. ET Dec 18, 2006

The recent failure of a potential blockbuster drug designed to

increase so-called 'good cholesterol' raises important issues about

diet and heart health. What is HDL, anyway?

" The most important lesson may be this: not everything that raises HDL

is good for you, and not everything that lowers HDL is bad for you.

There are a lot of misconceptions about HDL and LDL. Most people,

including many physicians, believe that HDL is " good cholesterol, " and

the higher it is, the better. LDL is often called " bad cholesterol. "

HDL goooooooooooood, LDL baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad.

Like many things in life, the truth is not so simple.... "

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16268284/site/newsweek/