From: Dr. Neal Pinckney (ip64-75-190-159.dial.aloha.net)
Subject: Re: Olive Oil?
Date: January 16, 2002 at 11:50 am PST

In Reply to: Olive Oil? posted by Sam Gapriel on January 16, 2002 at 9:05 am:

For people reversing heart disease we recommend that no oil of any kind be added to the diet. Almost all foods have some fat. That is all the oil most people need.

HDL is typically produced in the body to eliminate excess cholesterol. When total cholesterol is low, HDL production will also fall. That is not necessarily a bad thing; there is very little known about the predictive value of HDL levels in people with low total cholesterol.