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Is Cholesterol Good For Us? Health & Nutrition News

June 1, 2008 · 0 comments

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The truth is coming out, slowly but surely. I’ve had this article on cholesterol benefits tucked away and thought this was a good time to use it for my Health & Nutrition news post, since it ties in perfectly to today’s Rookie Tip on healthy fats.

Read an excerpt from this Newsmax article on cholesterol benefits:

Researchers at Texas A&M University have discovered that lower cholesterol levels can actually reduce muscle gain with exercising. Lead investigator Steven Riechman, assistant professor of health and kinesiology, and Simon Sheather, head of the Department of Statistics, along with colleagues from The Johns Hopkins Weight Management Center and the Northern Ontario School of Medicine, have recently had their findings published in the Journal of Gerontology. Bottom line: Before you have that second helping of oatmeal, it’s very possible that cholesterol may not be the mean Mr. Evil thing we tend to believe it is. “We were not expecting to get these kind of results,” Riechman explains. “We need further research in this area, but what we found could really make us look differently at cholesterol, especially as it relates to a vigorous workout.

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