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- LETTERS, Page 7GOOD" CHOLESTEROL
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- I enjoyed reading your story on the "good" type of
- cholesterol (MEDICINE, Dec. 12). I used to be able to take these
- articles with a grain of salt, but since becoming an avid reader
- of the Medicine section, I've cut down on salt. I've also given
- up sitting around chewing the fat, and I no longer risk skin
- cancer by walking in the sun with my head held high.
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- Dan Goldbeck Long Beach, N.Y.
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- Those of us who are involved in alternative medicine are
- amused that practices we have known about for years have
- achieved legitimacy. Oat bran is not a new product, and it is
- only one of many natural remedies that we have used for a long
- time.
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- Jan Pettit Saluda, N.C.
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- I'm 52 and have a cholesterol count that is borderline
- acceptable. By eating nothing but oat-bran breakfasts over the
- next six months, I am hopeful that I can reduce it to below
- 200. Thereafter, of course, I will continue to eat oat bran for
- the rest of my life.
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- Harry G. Vredenbregt Watertown, Wis.
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- Your presentation of the relationship between lipid (fat)
- metabolism and heart disease and of ways to obtain optimum
- cholesterol levels was great. Certain foods should not be
- packed in children's lunch boxes because of their high content
- of saturated fat.
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- Albert E. Pels III East Greenwich, R.I.
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