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bad cholesterol

British  

noun

  1. a nontechnical name for low-density lipoprotein

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This led to noticeable shifts in age-related metabolism, including higher levels of good cholesterol and lower levels of bad cholesterol in male mice, along with reduced insulin levels in female mice.

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Bad cholesterol causes cardiovascular disease.

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Reducing bad cholesterol prevents cardiovascular disease.

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It’s arguably the strongest nutritional finding that I know of as an epidemiologist who enjoys looking into these things: Eating saturated fat increases bad cholesterol.

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Statins are commonly prescribed to lower LDL cholesterol, what many people know as bad cholesterol.

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