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xchrom

(108,903 posts) Mon Jan 27, 2014, 10:22 AM Jan 2014

Good cholesterol 'can turn nasty and clog arteries'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-25882875

Good cholesterol also has a nasty side that can increase the risk of heart attacks, according to US doctors.

"Good", or HDL, cholesterol normally helps to keep arteries clear and is good for heart health.

But the team at the Cleveland Clinic showed it can become abnormal and lead to blocked blood vessels.

They say people should still eat healthily, but that the good cholesterol story is a more complex tale than previously thought.

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Good cholesterol 'can turn nasty and clog arteries' (Original Post) xchrom Jan 2014 OP

Inflammation, not cholesterol, causes narrowed/hardened arteries. tridim Jan 2014 #1

It's all horseshit. Simple, satisfying, profitable, and wrong. bemildred Jan 2014 #2

tridim

(45,358 posts)

1. Inflammation, not cholesterol, causes narrowed/hardened arteries.

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Mon Jan 27, 2014, 10:51 AM

Jan 2014

Cholesterol is necessary for good health and proper body function.

This crap research is dangerous.

bemildred

(90,061 posts)

2. It's all horseshit. Simple, satisfying, profitable, and wrong.

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Mon Jan 27, 2014, 10:57 AM

Jan 2014

Biology, whatever it may prove to be, will not prove to be simple.

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