Raising HDL
Brian, Ways to raise HDL: (1) Excercise (2) Get weight down (3) Increase intake of monounsaturated fats: many nuts, natural peanut butter (NOT Jiff or Peter Pan, see #4), olive oil & canola oil. (4) Eliminate trans-fats (hydrogenated vegetable oils) from your diet. These LOWER HDL & RAISE LDL at the same time and may have other bad effects. Transfats are in most margarines, shortening, and a lot of store-bought foods. If it says "hydrogenated vegetable oil" or "partially hydrogenated vegetable oil" on the label, don't eat it. That's what I try to do: I'm 47 and my cholestrol was LDL 45, HDL 48, total 103 last time it was checked. Good luck, Hugh 3XCABG May, 2001