https://blogs.mercola.com:443/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2004/07/13/New-Cholesterol-Guidelines---Even-More-Money-For-Drug-Companies.aspxToday the National Cholesterol Education Program advised lowering the optimal levels of LDL (bad cholesterol)for high risk patients even lower. Only 5% of U.S. women and 2% of men have an LDL below 70, the program says; the U.S. average is 130. In 2001enCommunityServer 2008.5 SP1 (Debug Build: 31106.3070)