Sharing w/others – lessons learned

So-called “bad cholesterol” — low-density lipoprotein, also known as LDL — may not be so bad after all. Researchers examined 52 adults from ages to 60 to 69 who were in generally good health but not physically active. The study showed that after fairly vigorous workouts, those who gained the most muscle mass also had the highest levels of LDL cholesterol.

Cholesterol is a type of fat. LDL is almost always referred to as the “bad” cholesterol because it tends to build up in the walls of arteries. But LDL serves a very useful purpose — in fact, if you got rid of all your LDL cholesterol, you would die. Your tissues need cholesterol, and LDL delivers it.

Science Daily reports:

“… [T]he more LDL you have in your blood, the better you are able to build muscle during resistance training … [This] could be helpful in looking at a condition called sarcopenia, which is muscle loss due to aging.”