These helpful tips and recipes will take your rack of ribs from being just a good one to a finger-licking great one. Oh, and, donât forget the wet naps. 1. The Silver Skin Erin Coopey. When you take your ribs out of the package, youâll notice a light, white skin across the bones.
HDL (good) cholesterol protects against heart disease, so for HDL, higher numbers are better. A level less than 40 mg/dL is low and is considered a major risk factor because it increases your risk for developing heart disease. HDL levels of 60 mg/dL or more help to lower your risk for heart disease.
More HDL is better, but the benefits may depend on how you get there. In the simplest telling of the cholesterol story, HDL (the so-called good cholesterol) fights LDL (bad cholesterol). Like knights in shining armor, HDL particles patrol the blood vessels, snatching cholesterol from circulating LDL particles and from the dangerous, gooey plaque that lines artery walls.