MSG, or monosodium glutamate, is a sodium salt of glutamic acid. As a food additive, itâs used to enhance flavor. Itâs found in many seasonings, sauces, salad dressings and prepared foods; itâs also often used in fast food preparation.
The percentage of abnormally small LDL particles required to be labeled âLDL pattern Bâ differs. Some laboratories say 30% or more small LDL should be called âLDL pattern B,â while others use a cutoff of 50% or more. So what is labeled âLDL pattern Bâ differs from one laboratory to the next. For example, in one lipoprotein technique called Vertical Auto-Profile, or VAP, offered by the Atherotech laboratory, if you have 60% small LDL particles and your total LDL is 150 mg/dl, then you have 90 mg/dl small LDL (60% of 150). You donât even have to worry about what the labâs cutoff is for small LDL.
Low-density lipoprotein (LDL cholesterol, LDL-C) is one type of lipoprotein that carries cholesterol in the blood. LDL-C consists mostly of cholesterol and similar substances with a small amount of protein. Most often, this test involves using a formula to calculate the amount of LDL-C in blood based on results of a lipid profile.