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Home runs, Hail Mary passes and hall of famers—if you’re a sports fanatic, chances are you know your team’s stats like the back of your hand. Can you say the same about your own health stats?

For instance, you may know that Chipper Jones is one of only six Major League Baseball players to have a .300 batting average, but do you know that 140 mg/dL is the average level of blood glucose you should have after a meal? Or maybe you know that Babe Ruth made 714 home runs, but do you know that having a low-density lipoprotein (LDL) reading of 100 mg/dL or below is considered optimal?