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‘Good’ cholesterol: How much is too much?

August 27, 2018

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Physicians typically advise that people maintain high levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol on the basis of the assumption that it prevents heart disease and stroke.

This protective effect is thought to be due to the HDL molecules, which “flush” cholesterol from the blood into the liver and out of the body.

However, little is known about people with very high levels of this type of cholesterol.

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