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Does niacin alone have the potential to help raise HDL?
Niacin is very effective. But not everybody can take it. It has a lot of side effects like flushing and itching of the skin.
Are there other, non-pharmacological ways to increase good cholesterol?
You can raise HDL a little bit by modest alcohol intake and also by exercising frequently. But it's tough to move it up significantly. If we see a five or six percent increase that's about as much as we can expect.
So this news was really crushing.
It's terrible. I feel very bad about this on behalf of my patients. Despite statin drugs, a lot of people continue to have heart attacks and strokes. It's the number one cause of death among men and women.
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