Went to doc today, high bad cholesterol, low good cholesterol

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55. I googled your source. He appears to be a chef and motivational speaker.

Unless he is a different Wendell Fowler that doesn't show up in the search.

Here is yet another good article on the subject.

from CNN:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/conditions/10/16/healthmag.cholesterol.inflammation/index.html?iref=24hours

Cholesterol has long been seen as the key culprit in cardiovascular disease. But nearly half of all heart attacks occur in people with normal cholesterol levels, which suggests that another factor is at work.

Researchers have identified cholesterol's partner in crime as inflammation -- the flood of white blood cells and chemicals that our immune system unleashes to ward off damage or infection.

Cholesterol wouldn't be nearly as dangerous without this process, which is thought to play an essential role in atherosclerosis, the hardening that occurs when low-density lipoprotein (LDL), also known as bad cholesterol, builds up in the arteries.

When high levels of cholesterol occur in the bloodstream, excess LDL begins to seep into the inner wall of the artery. This triggers an inflammatory response, which actually speeds up the accumulation of cholesterol in the artery wall. This in turn produces more inflammation -- and on and on. Eventually the deposited cholesterol hardens into a plaque, which can rupture and lead to the blood clots that cause heart attacks and strokes -- an event that inflammation also appears to help along.