Cholesterol can be separated into two categories: "good" cholesterol and "bad" cholesterol. Transfats are unhealthy because they increase levels of the bad kind and decrease levels of the good kind.
hmmm I wonder if there is "ugly" cholesterol too. harry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Taylor J. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, December 2, 2008 9:52 am Subject: [Vo]:'Heavy' drinkers live longer > > Nick Palmer wrote: > > Also there is quite a lot of evidence that eating > cholesterol laden substances does not necessarily translate > to a high blood cholesterol level which would support your > theory about healthy animal fats but would not suggest > that vegetable oils were unhealthy... > > Hi All, > > My cholesterol is normally in the 160's. A few years > ago I experimented with a pure fat diet (e.g. butter on > the pork rinds) and brought my cholesterol down to 150. > Of course I couldn't keep that up since I'm a carb junkie. > > Personally, I think a cholesterol of 200 is about right, > since apparently people with low cholesterol don't live > any longer than people with high cholesterol -- they just > die more frequently from accidents, homocides and suicides. > > Jack Smith > > >
