Added: Jul 06, 2009
Dietary intake can affect your cholesterol. The LDL, low density lipoprotein is the bad cholesterol. This can be lowered with a low fat, low cholesterol diet, avoiding saturated fat in your diet, and sometimes with medicines, such as the statins. THe ratio of good cholesterol to good cholesterol can be a good guide to your risk of developing atherosclerosis.
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