These are the magic numbers:
 

From the Framingham Heart Study, we've learned:


Total cholesterol below 150

LDL below 80

If so, you cannot deposit fat and cholesterol into your coronary arteries. In other words, you are bullet proof against heart disease! Since the study began (1948), not a single person with the above numbers has exhibited any heart disease.


Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease, pg 33