What is and HDL level that is TOO high?

There is never a level of HDL that is too high!! The HDL (high-density lipoprotein) helps remove (clean) the fatty plaques in arteries body wide caused by the LDL (low-density lipoprotein). For an HDL level of 60 mg/dL or greater in men is a negative risk factor (decreased risk of cardiovascular complications). The HDL level in women at 65 mg/dL or greater is a negative risk factor. Total cholesterol above 200 doesn't matter at all if the HDL is very high, and LDL is in goal for your age, and risk factor. The only 2 lipids on the panel that really matter are the LDL levels, and Triglyceride levels.

Too High Hdl

HDL= high density lipoproteins. HDL is the good stuff so there is no

level that is too high. the more the merrier. doctors like total cholesterol

to be less than 200 but the ratio of HDL to total cholesterol is what is

important. if your total cholesterol is 250 but your HDL is 90, your

risk for heart disease is below normal. low HDL would increase your

risk for heart disease.

Cholesterol has very little to do with heart disease. Also there is no such thing as good and bad cholesterol. Neither HDL , nor LDL is cholesterol. They are lipoproteins which carry cholesterol . Neither is good or bad, they both are essential to keeping you alive.

There are plenty of people who have herat attacks with HDL levels 60 and above too. It is NOT necessarily protective.

Other factors which DO predict heart disease risk are:

blood pressure

smoking (don't)

fasting insulin

fasting blood sugar

stress levels

homocysteine

activity level

nutrient intake

Start monitoring those, and forget the cholesterol distraction.

Any sort of aerobic exercise boosts HDL levels, as will cutting trans-fatty acids out of the diet, though I'm assuming you're not running into many with a good diet. Most studies agree that you want your dietary fat to make up about 30% of your caloric intake per day, give or take about five percent. Triglycerides are the lipids used for the body's metabolism. Decreasing dietary fat intake reduces these as well. You can alter your diet to get more of your daily calories from carbohydrates and protein. Edit: The hell are you talking about? Triglycerides are by definition a glycerol with three fatty acids attached - that's a lipid. They can certainly be made from dietary carbohydrates through fatty acid synthesis, but usually only if you're taking in a raw excess of simple sugar, rather than complex carbohydrates. But, my goodness, this is 8th grade biology here.

If total cholesterol is < 120 mg/dL and LDL < 50 mg/dL, then it will be considered as hypolipidemia. Secondary causes are far more common than primary causes and include all of the following:

* Hyperthyroidism

* Chronic infections and other inflammatory states

* Hematologic and other cancers

* Undernutrition (including that accompanying chronic alcohol use)

* Malabsorption

HDL cholesterol, or "good" cholesterol, appears to scour the walls of blood vessels, cleaning out excess cholesterol.

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