Hey bros,
I know I hate it when anyone tries to use a forum to schill a product but I wanted to make an exception since I believe the biggest danger gear has to your health is its affects on your HDL/LDL levels.
It's a $30 test kit you can use at home to check your total cholesterol, HDL/LDL, and trigycerides. It requires going 12 hours without eating, overnight is fine, pricking your finger with the provided tool and squeezing a drop of blood onto three spots on a sheet they provide. You then mail it back and you get your results in a week or so. The product is the BioSafe Cholesterol Panel. You can buy one at
http://www.testsymptomsathome.com/bio06.asp
(I'm not in any way associated with these people other than I've ordered it a couple times there.)
Check it out. You may even be able to pick one up at your local drugstore!