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Re:People with low BMI aren't more active, they are just les... by dilap on Friday July 15, 2022 @08:13PM (#32114100)
Super interesting stuff!

(FWIW, Dave Feldman (cholesterolcode.com) has me pretty convinced that high LDL is not bad in all contexts. High HDL does always seem to be good, though.)

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Re:People with low BMI aren't more active, they are just les... by FollowingTheDao on Friday July 15, 2022 @09:09PM (#32114414)
Yes I agree! HDL Carrie’s with it a lot of antioxidant capacity that protects the LDL from being oxidized. I have not worried about my high LDL ever since I understood this.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4607861/

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