{"id":8197,"date":"2023-10-17T16:32:34","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T09:32:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=8197"},"modified":"2023-10-17T16:32:34","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T09:32:34","slug":"good-cholesterol-may-increase-dementia-risk-study-suggests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=8197","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Good&#8221; Cholesterol May Increase Dementia Risk, Study Suggests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindbodygreen-res.cloudinary.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_0,w_3000,h_2000\/c_fill,w_700,h_400,g_auto,q_85,fl_lossy,f_jpg\/org\/regpgi3m9kfij7zz6.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<div end=\"false\">\n<p>First off, let\u2019s discuss why HDL is considered \u201cgood\u201d cholesterol when compared to LDL.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201dHDL is typically referred to as good cholesterol because HDL is typically the format that ushers cholesterol <em>out <\/em>of the body,\u201d explains preventative cardiologist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pccmn.com\/elizabeth-klodas\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"mbg-track-event\" data-track-event-types=\"click\" data-track-type=\"article-link\" data-track-prop-element-id=\"in-body-link\" data-track-prop-label=\"page_type | element_id\" data-track-prop-category=\"Link\" data-track-prop-link=\"https:\/\/www.pccmn.com\/elizabeth-klodas\" rel=\"noopener\">Elizabeth Klodas, M.D.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>LDL, on the other hand, settles in the arteries, contributing to clogging and disease risks. \u201cWe want most of our cholesterol to be leaving our circulatory system rather than finding a place to park,&#8221; explains Klodas.<\/p>\n<p>Up until recently, the general consensus was that the higher the better for HDL. Studies like this suggest that it&#8217;s possible to have too much of a good thing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLow HDL is a well-established risk factor for heart disease, but high HDL is turning out not to be infinitely protective, and this study falls in line with this evolving understanding,\u201d Klodas elaborates.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Having] very high HDL may mean that your elimination pathways are actually not working all that well,\u201d she adds.\u00a0She adds that after 80 mg\/dL, there appears to be no benefit to having a high HDL.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1675549\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First off, let\u2019s discuss why HDL is considered \u201cgood\u201d cholesterol when compared to LDL.\u00a0 \u201dHDL is typically referred to as good cholesterol because HDL is typically the format that ushers cholesterol out of the body,\u201d explains preventative cardiologist Elizabeth Klodas, M.D. LDL, on the other hand, settles in the arteries, contributing to clogging and disease &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[80,160,79],"class_list":["post-8197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-brain","tag-heart","tag-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8197\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}