On tv an commercial about cholesterol claims that by using their pill at least one indivdual lowered his choleterol by 18%---- a drop of thirty points. What was his original cholesterol level?
2007-12-18 01:56:03 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Heart Diseases
Lighten up, folks, it's a math question.
If 30 points represents 18% of the original, then you divide 30 by 0.18, with a result of 166.67 as the original cholesterol level.
30 = 0.18x
30/0.18 = x
166.667 = x
Rule of thumb check: 18% is approximately one fifth. 30 is one fifth of 150, so this roughly agrees with our answer.
2007-12-18 02:57:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
the point being that the medication effected a drop, what the levels are or were, are no one's business but his.
Still, if you are interested in cardiac health, a good book to read is " NO More Heart Disease" by Dr. Louis Ignarro, he was awarded a Nobel Prize in Medicine for his work in this area, and you or anyone can benefit greatly from what this man has learned and shared with us...I know I did.
2007-12-18 10:02:27 · answer #2 · answered by essentiallysolo 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
The Cholesterol Theory is a SHAM with no scientific validity started by one misguided fanatic named ANCEL KEYS
Read here
http://www.ravnskov.nu/cholesterol.htm
http://www.THINCS.org
http://www.fitnesstransform.blogspot.com
2007-12-18 10:22:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋