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From: "Tammie Wright" <[log in to unmask]>

> my mother just got her cholesterol checked and it was high. Now she is
> very
> worried, what can I tell her?
> Tammie

Tell her it's not the total cholesterol that matters.  It's the ratios that
matter.  What was her HDL, LDL, and triglycerides?  Oliva