Total Cholesterol Normal Values

Previously, we published a long article about cholesterol on our blog – “Cardinal Comments” When we realized just how long it was we compressed the information and created multiple columns. Total Cholesterol, Normal Values is one of these.

Can you answer the question: “What is the difference between Total Cholesterol, High Density and Low Density?”

Health and medical officials and literature talk individually about HDL – high density, and LDL – low density but do they talk about Total Cholesterol? Usually, your Doctor tells you whether your scores are “normal” or not. Hearing that you conform to the Total Cholesterol Normal Value scales brings you a brief sense of relief. Normal is open to such a varying interpretation. If you want to manage your health, then you need to know and understand your total cholesterol.

Your Total Cholesterol consists of these two scores, HDL and LDL. Although there are two different scales used in the world, the majority of articles refer to the popular one from the United States and Europe. Before you can understand anything, you first need a cholesterol check.

Sometimes your Doctor orders a fasting blood test. This produces accurate results for all three, TOTAL, LDL and HDL. But the fasting is not necessary for total cholesterol and HDL cholesterol testing. What you eat affects the amount of LDL (bad) cholesterol level and triglycerides in your body. For this reason, a LDL test MUST be done on an empty stomach.

No, you cannot subtract the HDL from the total cholesterol!

For detailed information about HDL-bound cholesterol, I recommend the article on “HDL Cholesterol.”

Total Cholesterol Normal Values change with many of our lifestyle habits. For example -- how old are you? What is your family history? Do you smoke or do you have high blood pressure? What are your eating habits? Are you under stress?

If your Total Cholesterol, Blood (or Serum) Level, is less than 200 mg/dL, then this is the Desirable rating for your total cholesterol normal value. In another article, I will talk more about Cholesterol and what you can do about it. If you cannot wait, then check out one of our many websites: http://www.folkherbwisdom.com or http://nutronix.com/helpingyou