Todd Moody wrote:
>That's an interesting theory.  I have had to recant my statement
>to S.B. Feldman that stress is only modestly linked with
>cholesterol.  There are some older studies that show a stronger,
>and even immediate, connection.  Students' cholesterol can be as
>much as 50% higher the night before an important exam, for
>example.   Pilots' cholesterol rises just before landing.  If
>acute stress of this nature can have this effect, then it is
>conceivable that chronic stress could burn out the mechanism.

Fascinating stuff; I hadn't expected anything like a sudden 50% increase in
cholesterol.  Incidentally, I use a broad definition of stress that includes
dietary stress.

Cheers,
-- Aaron Wieland