lowering cholesterol

[alpinerabbit]

Ok here is a follow-up woth another question...

How does exercise lower cholesterol?

LDL goes down and HDL goes up (that's the "good" cholesterol)
I did a pubmed search and understand the following:
Exercise stimulates synthesis, in the liver, of the carrier protein that is called LDL or HDL when it actually carries lipids. So basically you are mopping up the lipids?

the effect is

independent of diet and baseline or change in body fat

Quote from another paper:

Moderate-intensity but not vigorous-intensity exercise resulted in sustained VLDL-triglyceride lowering. Thirty minutes per day of vigorous exercise, like jogging, has sustained beneficial effects on HDL metabolism.

So both long/slow and vigorous training has its benefits.

So go for it....