Hi Duane, > You explained the first part, however, you, just like the doctors, > haven't explained the next part - of how, like my mother, who was on a > restricted diet had a count between 300-400 and my grandparent's were > normal and still eating fried bacon & eggs and green beans with bacon > grease & butter. Different systems, different metabolism. If you mother had cholesterol levels that high and didn't eat that much cholesterol, she would have probably manufactured it herself. If your grandparents had healthier levels (were they tested?), it's surely because they didn't manufacture as much of it and probably eliminated a great deal of it via HDL and bile salts. Not all pianos are the same; not all people are the same. Doctors and scientists do realize this! If you think for a second that diet isn't the most important factor determining cholesterol levels... I'd probably agree... but very cautiously. ;-) A large body of physicians and scientists would also nod their heads in agreement. Peace, Sarah PS Thump, "preventative" and "preventive" are synonymous, and I'm uncertain whether there's a preferred form. I don't find "odiferous" in my dictionary, but "odoriferous" is listed. Do you mean "odorous?" (In all honesty, I, too, thought there was an "odiferous." I'm not a perfect speller, which is why I frequently look words up.)
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