Is it possible for your bad cholesterol to be too low?

[eilute]

Can ones bad cholesterol be too low?

 

[SacrosanctFiend]

Yea, it's called hypobetalipoproteinemia.

 

[tami]

when i was a kid, i had a "bad" cholesterol level of under 100 so they couldn't even give me an exact number.

 

[DingDingDao]

Originally posted by: SacrosanctFiend
Yea, it's called hypobetalipoproteinemia.

If I wasn't a physiologist I'd think you made that word up

 

[SacrosanctFiend]

Originally posted by: DingDingDao

Originally posted by: SacrosanctFiend
Yea, it's called hypobetalipoproteinemia.

If I wasn't a physiologist I'd think you made that word up

I would have come up with something better than that. Like...hypobetazoidalfattylipoprotobeefandcheeseinemia.

 

[DingDingDao]

Originally posted by: SacrosanctFiend

Originally posted by: DingDingDao

Originally posted by: SacrosanctFiend
Yea, it's called hypobetalipoproteinemia.

If I wasn't a physiologist I'd think you made that word up

I would have come up with something better than that. Like...hypobetazoidalfattylipoprotobeefandcheeseinemia.

:laugh:

 

[eilute]

I was wondering if he made that up.

 

[FrontlineWarrior]

yes it can be too low. if you don't have enough fat in your system a lot of things can go bad. lipids form part of your membranes, myelin for your nerves, etc. having too low of a cholesterol can be very bad... but it would have to be very very low.

 

[jadinolf]

Originally posted by: eilute
I was wondering if he made that up.

Nah.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: SacrosanctFiend

Originally posted by: DingDingDao

Originally posted by: SacrosanctFiend
Yea, it's called hypobetalipoproteinemia.

If I wasn't a physiologist I'd think you made that word up

I would have come up with something better than that. Like...hypobetazoidalfattylipoprotobeefandcheeseinemia.

bwhahahahaha...