1 Other than a mother dog or cat who eats the feces of her litter as a protection mechanism, poop eating is considered an abnormal (not to mention repulsive) behavior. 2  Dogs eat stool for a variety of reasons that can have either a medical or behavioral cause.
Conversely, low total cholesterol and high HDL cholesterol lowers the ratio and is good news. The goal is to keep the ratio below 5.0; the optimum ratio is 3.5. But even though this ratio can be a powerful predictor of heart disease risk, it is not used as a sole indicator for therapy.
Divide the LDL level by the HDL level to get the LDL/HDL ratio. This value should be below 3.5, and ideally should be below 2.5. This ratio is sometimes used to predict the probability of developing heart disease, although this is currently controversial. Ad.