Is Too Much Good Cholesterol, Bad?

More turmoil. Stick with what works. Fitness.

"...a team doing research on high-density lipoprotein, said having high levels of it in the bloodstream might increase the risk of cardiovascular disease."

High-density lipoprotein is also known as HDL, which is the "good cholesterol." Well, until now that is.

Maybe they need more nitrites.

"That seems to fly in the face of more than 20 years of medical wisdom, which has held generally that HDL helps protect us from heart problems.

Reams of medical advice have been written, diets have been devised, and drugs have been developed around the proposition that high levels of 'good' HDL are desirable, and that levels of "bad" LDL, or low density lipoprotein, should be kept low."

In general, the only ream you can count on from the sick care and diet industries is the one that makes you hurt when you sit.

Perhaps it will do the Prince thing and become the Lipoprotein Formerly Known As Good Cholesterol.

"The University of Kentucky research, reported recently in the American Journal of Physiology, suggests that scientists have more work to do on HDL."

That is an understatement.

And by the way, they have way more work to do on lots of things before they proffer advice.