Thursday, September 7, 2017

HDL vs LDL - My Mental Trick

Maybe I’m the only one who has to stop and think each time I hear or see HDL and LDL when referring to cholesterol tests. Still, I needed to figure out some sort of quick way to remember them. 

Today I had an “aha!” moment.

I used the first letter of their acronyms as a memory trick:

Happy for HDL - the “good” cholesterol
Lousy for LDL - the “bad” cholesterol

Hey, at least I will never ever mistake one for the other again!

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