Good cholesterol, bad cholesterol

"WHEN it comes to preventing heart disease, it’s not just about reducing cholesterol. We’ve known for some time that there is “good” and “bad” cholesterol – that is, high density (HDL) and low density (LDL) lipoproteins respectively. So, for a while, it was all about lowering bad cholesterol (LDL), which is associated with arterial plaque formation at elevated levels."

Good cholesterol, bad cholesterol