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Old 12-14-05, 01:28   #7 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Spilchy
Bingo! On a side note to Dave N's question, the break down of the HDL / LDL ratio is what's important, not just the number. When I had my cholesterol taken, my number was low, triglycerides were right in line, however, the ratio was "vanilla" as my doctor put it - meaning he said, get my a$$ in gear and get some excercise, not just a good diet.

Unfortunately, heart disease runs in my family and we've been long time watchers of cholesterol, long before it became popular to do so (as I am munching now on a meatball sandwich drowning in melted mozerella!!)
Darn Seth,
I had just edit my post to include Family Hx. Very, very important.
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