Stress Raises Bad Cholesterol Level - British Study
A study by researchers at University College London involving 199 healthy middle-aged men and women demonstrated that increase in bad cholesterol levels can be correlated with people who experience higher stress.
The biggest increases in stress study were seen in the individuals who had experienced the most initial stress during computer task experiments.
According to the researchers the people in the top third of “stress responders” were three times more likely to have high levels of the “bad” cholesterol known as low density lipoprotein than those in the bottom third.
The study is published in the journal Health Psychology.
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