HDL
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- noun
- Specialized
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lipoproteína de alta densidad
- High levels of HDL cholesterol are associated with a lower risk of heart disease.
- HDL cholesterol
- HDL levels
- high-density lipoprotein
The other type is HDL, and this we call your good cholesterol.
- The other type is HDL, and this we call your good cholesterol.
- Their blood glucose regulation gets better, their HDL gets better.
- If you get LDL low enough, HDL ceases to be a meaningful predictor at all.
- So LDL and HDL have a role in the immune system.
- People who have high HDL will have good biomarkers of metabolic health.
- What is the actual role of these things and why would you want healthy levels of HDL and not too much LDL?
- So the assumption was, well, the cholesterol goes in, it's picked up by HDL and goes back out again and that isn't the case.
- Now, if you have a really high LDL, right, but you've got an even higher HDL in the ratio of two to one, that's still OK.
- And so if we have high levels of LDL cholesterol and have high levels of HDL cholesterol, we shouldn't be complacent thinking, oh, it's fine because my HDL is high.
- All of the functions that I described can be function can be done by the HDL.
- So the, the, the, the butter when the fat in butter, when you eat it, it's going to raise your HDL, which is a very good thing.
- OK, it's your HDL cholesterol, the good cholesterol being less than one milli mole, it's being pre diabetic.
Examples
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The other type is HDL, and this we call your good cholesterol.
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Regular exercise can help increase your HDL levels, which is beneficial for your heart health.
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Their blood glucose regulation gets better, their HDL gets better.
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So you want a high HDL, you want a low LDL.
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Will that raise your HDL and lower your triglycerides?
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People who have high HDL will have good biomarkers of metabolic health.
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In contrast to cholesterol levels, high levels of HDL are beneficial while low levels are associated with adverse health effects.
Academic text (2015) -
The HDL mean for athletes was 52.6 mg/dL, whereas the HDL mean for nonathletes was 51 mg/dL.
Academic text (2014) -
And so if we have high levels of LDL cholesterol and have high levels of HDL cholesterol, we shouldn't be complacent thinking, oh, it's fine because my HDL is high.
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Doctors often recommend maintaining a healthy level of HDL to promote overall cardiovascular wellness.
Synonyms
A part of the blood that carries cholesterol and helps lower heart disease risk
A particle in the blood that carries cholesterol and helps protect the heart
Compounds
How Atherogenic
Surface Forms
Morphology
HDL = high-density lipoprotein (opaque) = H + D + L
The initialism represents a technical multiword term rather than a morphological derivative from a single familiar English base, so learners cannot reliably infer the meaning from the component letters.
Etymology
HDL stands for high-density lipoprotein, where lipo comes from a word for 'fat' and protein is the part that helps carry things in the blood. So think of HDL as a tightly packed 'fat-carrying' vehicle that takes cholesterol away from blood vessels, which is why higher HDL is often 'good' for the heart.