Your
Total Cholesterol Number
A number representating the combined total of HDL
and LDL cholesterol in your blood. |
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Total
Cholesterol
Desirable Less than 200
Borderline - 200-239
High - 240 or greater |
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Your
HDL Cholesterol Number
The higher your HDL cholesterol level is, the more
lipoproteins you have to remove stuck cholesterol
from your blood vessels. |
|
HDL
Cholesterol
Low - less than 40
High - 60 or greater
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Your
LDL Cholesterol Number
The higher the number of bad lipoproteins, or LDLs,
in your blood, the more likely cholesterol is beginning
to stick to your blood vessels.
|
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LDL
Cholesterol
Desirable - less than 100
Moderate risk - 100-159
|
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Your
Triglyceride Number
Fat present in the blood and stored in the fat tissue.
Elevated levels are associated with increased comsumption
of sugar, refined calories, excess calories, and
alcohol. |
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Triglyceride
Normal - less than 200
Borderline high - 200-400
High - greater than 400
|
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VLDL
Cholesterol (Very Low Density Lipoproteins)
Known as "the very bad guys"' they transport
triglycerides to the fatty tissue where it is stored.
After they have "unloaded" the triglycerides
they become LDL's. |
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Your
Glucose Numbers
Measures the sugar level in the blood, which can
be an indicator of diabetes. |
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Glucose
Normal fasting -
less than 110
Non fasting -
less than 160 |
