Cholesterol

[coccinelle]

When someone says their cholesterol is say 5 what does this mean? Their total cholesterol, their ratio HDL, their LDL, what? When I go for a blood test I get back the results of all these and also my HDL.

[Sqad]

That will be the total cholesterol........they should also give you the figures for HDL and LDL.....High Density Lipoprotein (good stuff) and Low Density Lipoprotein (bad stuff)

[DEN53]

5 is good, coccinelle.

[coccinelle]

Thank you to you both. Actually, sqad says it's the total cholesterol but that's not my total reading. My total is 7.43; however, my HDL is very high so this doesn't concern the doctors. I am eating differently to get the LDL down.