While the shrimp diet did increase people's so-called bad cholesterol or LDL slightly, it also boosted their so-called good cholesterol or HDL enough to offset the increase in bad cholesterol.

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Clinton's LDL, or so-called "bad cholesterol" level, was 177 and jumped 40 points in the last year of his presidency.

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