HDL improves heart health and doctors want to see high HDL numbers.

VOA: standard.2010.04.25

"One of the things that this study was really helpful to show is that the amount of added sugar,as it increases, the triglycerides go up and the HDL goes down."

VOA: standard.2010.04.25

They found that high sugar consumption negatively affected HDL.

VOA: standard.2010.04.25

"So for example, dietary fats also actually, in many cases, improve HDL cholesterol, the good cholesterol, compared to carbohydrates, and they actually lower triglycerides, a type of blood lipid which is associated with harm."

VOA: standard.2010.03.25

Like declining HDL or "good" cholesterol.

VOA: standard.2010.04.25