HDL is good for you. In general, the higher the number the less chance you have of developing heart disease. When Jerry's total cholesterol dropped, so did both the LDL and HDL components. Lowering the LDL decreases the chances of developing heart disease but lowering the HDL increases the chances. Fish oil is (hopefully) a way to increase HDL without increasing LDL. So is exercise but he's much more likely to take the fish oil than to increase his exercise.

Bev and Jerry