Originally Posted by badsac
Nah, I only use that thing to see how much of a poof I've been after a ride. I swear rides got harder after I got it. And you should see my diet! I hate to see the insides of my arteries.
[edit] Actually I've been freaking out about blood pumpers recently. I was reading up on
Aortic_dissection today. And I found out the other day that a chick I just met who's 30 has a cholestorol level of 7 and is on medication to control it (that has some side effects). Her dad died at 39. The human body sucks when you read up on it. Makes me want to never get out of bed.
My aggregate cholestrol level has been >7.5mmol/l since I was a teenager. So has my dad's, and he's nearly 80. We're just very efficient at both absorbing and making the stuff. The thing is that the balance of LDL to HDL is decent. When my doctor asks if I've had a lipid count recently I can only laugh and ask him to get over it.