[kellynla]

okay I've read this piece twice and I still don't know if the study found the cholesterol levels were the same whether the twins exercised or not? which would mean that there are those whose cholesterol is high genetically and no matter what they do it will remain high???

[beavus]

There is a wide variation in how people's cholesterol level responds to exercise and diet changes. However, your identical twin will show the same responses that you do.

[codyjacksmom]

This study doesn't surprise me at all. I hardly have any fat in my diet at all, some days I don't take in any, yet I have very high cholesterol. Without meds, I would bounce between 325 and 350. I take two meds for it now, and that keeps it just under the 200 mark (199). My dad had the same problem.