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bad cholesterol

British  

noun

  1. a nontechnical name for low-density lipoprotein

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The fruit can lower your levels of bad cholesterol and improve overall diet quality, say researchers at Penn State.

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The treatment also reduced levels of bad cholesterol.

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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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