Ask the doctor: Is my LDL cholesterol too low?
There really isn't evidence of harm from driving your LDL too low. In the past, some scientists worried that extremely low LDL levels could result in blood vessel ruptures and perhaps increase the risk of getting certain types of cancer. Those concerns have faded after neither occurred in large clinical trials that involved reducing people's LDL to very low levels.
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