Higher levels of HDL protects Heart

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While it may not make sense to boost HDL levels to try to prevent Alzheimer’s disease just yet, Launer and other experts note that higher levels of HDL have clearly been shown to protect the heart, so for that reason alone, they think it’s smart to keep good cholesterol in mind at every checkup.

“I tell everybody, let’s face it, you can lower your risk of heart disease,” says Peter Davies, PhD, director of the Litwin Zucker Research Center for the Study of Alzheimer’s Disease at the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research in Manhasset, N.Y. “If you get your cholesterol under control, with lifestyle modifications and maybe medication, you can reduce your risk of heart disease and I think probably, if you do that, you’ll reduce your risk of Alzheimer’s, too.”

Guidelines recommend that men raise HDL levels that are under 40 mg/dL and that women increase HDL numbers under 50 mg/dL. An HDL of 60 mg/dL or higher is optimal.

Ref and Read more: http://www.cbs47.tv/webmd/cholestrol/story/Good-Cholesterol-May-Lower-Risk-of-Alzheimer-s/YIVjqzOZH0Gigid7Ll_5ZA.cspx

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