Letters April 7 2012

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7th April, 2012
HEART DISEASE In “Take heart” (March 31), Professor Rod Jackson is reported as saying that high cholesterol – which clogs and narrows the coronary arteries – is the underlying cause of heart disease. But as Jackson knows, not all cholesterol is bad. On a person’s results for lipid tests conducted in Auckland by Labtests, an optimal level of less than 5.0 mmol/L is cited for total cholesterol, while an optimal level of more than 1.0 mmol/L is cited for HDL cholesterol, which ...

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