The good (HDL). The bad (LDL). What’s too high? Can it be too low? When should we worry? What does it all mean?? AHHH!! There is a ton of information out there about this topic so where to even begin?  Well let’s start with why I am writing this post in the first place.  I never thought too much about this particular topic until I got my lab results back from my physical at the end of last year to be honest.  My doctor called and said all looked good…except for my cholesterol levels which came back at 200. Apparently, that’s borderline high.  I was a bit surprised because I had been making such a huge effort to eat better and exercise consistently for many months at that point, but it wasn’t a total shock.

A little back history on me, I had high cholesterol when I was a young…