Is Your Happy (HDL) Cholesterol Too Low? It Could Cause Memory Loss...

While visiting one of my favorite blogs I came across a great article titled "Did I Eat My Good Cholesterol Today? I Forget..." Of course just the title caught my attention and made me try to remember what I ate yesterday. OK, sorry to ramble, I forgot what I was doing...

What's this about? Well Sue has learned that low levels of "good cholesterol" have been linked to memory loss. Hmm, I have gotten forgetful over the years and thought it was age, maybe not. I always enjoy how Sue makes it so easy to remember and understand what she says. Read on and see what I mean.

Sue writes, "There's a lot of confusing information out there about cholesterol these days. We hear that it's better for our health to lower our cholesterol, but what does that really mean?

There are two kinds of cholesterol that are measured whenever we get tested. One is what they call "bad" cholesterol, the LDL (remember "Lousy" cholesterol) and "good" cholesterol, the HDL (remember "Happy" cholesterol).

LDL is blamed for such problems as atherosclerosis and heart disease.
HDL helps our body to eliminate LDL which is a good thing.

Typically, we want to lower our "lousy" levels (but just how low is debatable) and raise our "happy" levels.

In fact, new research study released stated that low HDL levels are linked to greater memory loss and dementia. Scientists aren't ready to make the leap to saying that raising HDL will help prevent dementia such as from Alzheimer's, but it's definitely worth studying further. Read more about that here.

So what can we do to raise our HDL levels? Experts say that losing weight, being active, and not smoking all contribute to healthier HDL levels. It's great if you can make some changes there. For folks who are already OK in those areas, adding certain foods may help.

Read the rest from Health Nut Wannabe. Learn good and bad foods to make the Happy or Lousy Cholesterol.

Thanks Sue for finding easy ways to keep us healthy!

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