my dr checked my blood last week and its really high. as in, i cant believe that i havent keeled over from a heart attack. :umno:
it runs in my family along with high blood pressure and heart disease so we did the blood work to see where i stand and to take some preventative action. in addition to the high cholesterol, the dr put me on bp meds as well (shes never gotten a reading below 130/90 on me) but a very low dose.
anyway, i realize what a huge deal this is, especially with me being as young as i am. i have 6 months to get it down and i need help! any reccommendations for info would be greatly appreciated!
i still use it to keep in at a resonalble level though. just don't tell my doctors. it's no where near as low as it used to be. :umno:
I went to a nutritionist last year and he recommended flax seed supplements as well for fat processing. Not specifically for cholesteral. Luckily my cholesteral is very good; but, for endurance and fat metabalism.
Flax seed. :wiggle:where is this usually found in the grocery store. i looked for it breifly the other day, but couldnt find it...
Particle size without consideration of particle quantity is useless information when trying to account for cardiovascular risk because it actually shows a reduction in ApoB particles. Once accounted for quantity this number shows a positive change (meaning higher risk).
The arterial wall can be penetrated by ~60 nm objects and the particle sizes in reference we want over 21.2 nm. All of these particles can make it through arterial walls - once the numbers increase so does the chance of plaques developing from said arterial wall penetration.
Having said that, HDL and LDL particle size INCREASING alone is a positive direction.
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Total Cholesterol: 238 mg/dL.
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Triglycerides - 131 mg/dL is high. Ideally this is less than 70 mg/dL. Reducing carb intake will reduce this number over time. It may take at least 6 months to a year to get there but every body is different!
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HDL - 85 mg/dL. Over 70 mg/dL is optimal so this is a plus.
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VLDL - 26 mg/dL. Ideal range is 11-14 mg/dL. Expect this to also decrease once ketosis is in effect.
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LDL - 127 mg/dL. Correct given your triglyceride count. This number is meaningless for risk without knowing your LDL-P count, which you can get from an NMR profile from Liposcience.
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CHOL/HDL Ratio - 2.8. Less than 5 is good, lower the better.
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Trig/HDL Ratio - Less than 3 is good, under 1 optimal. 1.54. The ratio itself is good but is offset by HDL. We want trigs lower to decrease this ratio even further. :)
but, for something that has so much fiber, its pretty tastey. i also grabed smart start, heart healthy. its only got 5g fiber, but thats still more that other cereals out there and its really good to.