You have extremely high cholesterol. About 432,000 men die of heart disease every year - nearly one and a half times the tally killed by cancer. "But if you have and HDL (high-density lipoprotein - the good stuff) count of 90 mg/dl or more, you have very little worry of developing heart disease or arteriosclerosis. You have an ample supply of HDL to keep your arteries clean, so you should never develop significant blockages. A study that followed 8,586 men for 21 years found that those with the highest HDL cholesterol levels were least likely to die of strokes.
To increase you HDL cholesterol levels, you need to exercise at a moderate intensity for about 20 minutes at least four times a week, and drop at least 5 pounds from your gut. A normal HDL score is about 40 mg/dl; your goal is to at least double that.
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