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Article: The funny thing about cholesterol.(risks for heart disease and how cholesterol is affected)
- Article from:
- Esquire
- Article date:
- June 1, 2001
- Author:
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... is that most people with serious heart disease don't have high levels of it and never did.
And it may be something else entirely that's going to make your heart explode. Good one, huh?
"YOUR CHOLESTEROL IS UP," the nurse said over the phone, her voice brittle and vaguely accusatory. As she rattled off the details--LDL, HDL, triglycerides, et cetera--I could feel my pulse quicken and my chest tighten. Be something, wouldn't it, if the Big One came at the hands of undue anxiety over your cholesterol-test results? [paragraph] The way things are going, I wouldn't be surprised. I don't mean to whine, but I work hard at my cholesterol numbers: eat right; ...