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....

[Red Rock]

Thank you for all who are helping me with this.

How good are those egg replacments? I have never used them as I would like to eat real and natural food products as much as possible. That is why I have cut down on my egg consumption.

Thankyou for the info alpinerabbit. Perhaps I just have to get my butt moving. My tris are good along wioth most everything else. I have gone with whole wheat everything for a long time. I would really like to get rid of my white bleached flour.

Ellen