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jopar said:But with LDL's dismissing them as completely harmless, on the pretext that it's not the number of them, it's there physical size is a dangerous thing, when you don't know what physical size they are only a number, and it needs to be remembered that there's going to be a point it doesn't matter if the blighter's are small or not, there will be enough to block an artery or two!
That's an excellent point Jo. The problem being that the NHS won't fund the type of tests that tell you about the size and quality of lipo-protein particles.
Judging the amount of lipids in your blood using the LDL-C (and HDL-C) tests we get access to through the NHS, is a bit like trying to determine the number of people transported along a certain amount of motorway by only knowing the average number of passengers per car. To do it properly, you need to know the number of cars too, and LDL-C and HDL-C don't give you that.
Ask your Doc about an LDL-P test, and watch the blank expression on his or her face.