European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 18, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse To your health overcoming cholesterol by Kevin Thomas. Baltimore evening Sun i hate nutritional extremists vegetarian hard liners and Low Salt worshippers the people who have raised Iho red Flag Over everything from fast food hamburgers to the Wax used to make apples Shine. They have happily sworn off sodium reduced their Caione intake and eschewed red meat. They also eat a lot of race cakes and they insist that they taste Good. On the other hand can t lie that convincingly. I Haven t mastered the Art of smiling Over Brand meals each one As undistinguished As the last,.i won t drink Spring water and the cakes i love Aren i made of Rice. Is ill. To one of the latest concerns to grip he hearts of Iha. Food conscious i have become a prisoner cholesterol and sri i ild have seen it coming. The fact that i be latched on to this latest fear seems to me an Extension of. My Birthright n Mark of my hapless and paranoid generation we have passed from i m of you re of idealism to new age Crystal desperation and along the Way we be begun to consume ourselves Over whal tie consume. For years i have not been Able to enjoy one slice of pizza one scoop of ice Cream or a Candy bar it s gotten so i m eur Tod by the sight of Ted meat and now know 30ways to Jin fish and 130 ways to prepare Chicken. You can t have Loo Many Chicken recipes. And i excise. Boy do i exercise with seasonal v. Variations irom jogging to swimming to Racquet ban to and Back again. On a Good Day i can Bench press 190 pounds and run five Miles without collapsing. And i should be Happy. A recent Fieck showed i have a Chole Siero level ou55. Well below Iha 200 thai should get the average person a about Long term prospects. But. And Here is the rub. I Lili have Somraj cause for mild alarm my Hal level that s High density Lipo proteus or Good cholesterol for those who Are not yet caught up in this mad craze is 43. And that s not Good. As to 50 is Normal for Rosl Mon. ". On hand scientists Aren t convinced about the value of Good cholesterol on to other hand no one is lolling me to ignore it -. Using my Ca curator calculators being the right Arm of. Child Sterol a meters my figures give Rno a ratio of bad to. Good cholesterol of about 3.6, Only two tenths of a. Percentage Point off the ratio some experts give the. Average Marathon runner. However in the recent Best. Seller. Cont ii Nguc Meserol by or Kennelh a Cooper. Charts show someone with my ratio hanging by a tenth of a ,ig6 Point Over the abyss reserved for those moderately at developing heart disease let s lace it it s like my Mother always said. I m not living up to my potential to be truly and extremely healthy the american heart association recommends having a Bod cholesterol level of 130 or Ess and a Good cholesterol level approaching 120. That May seem Tike pie in the sky to most of us Tell in s Iho closest thing resembling the Bounlam of youth that i be heard of. Sure there was a Lime when achoo Osterby level of.300 was still considered in the healthy As scientists have earned More la e threshold Lor healthy cholesterol has been creeping Down these Days in your level is Over 260,.mosl doctors will Al diets and maybe even drugs that s Why i m not taking any chances it s 13qorbuslf-.still, an extremist. I can t walk into a grocery store Sil Down in a restaurant or pop a bag of Popcorn
