8 Cholesterol Myths that May Surprise You.
― Life insurance companies know a surprising secret about cholesterol that most doctors never tell patients: When it comes to rating your risk for a fatal heart attack, the least important cholesterol number is your level of LDL (bad) cholesterol. In fact, life insurance actuaries don’t even look at LDL levels, because large studies show it’s the worst predictor of heart attack risk. ∙ Instead, life insurance companies use a simple math formula to rate your heart attack risk: They divide [...].
