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Default What can I do to lower my cholesterol? - 05-26-2009, 10:22 PM

Just got back from the doctor's and my cholesterol is high, it's around 225. My LDL is 160 and my HDL is 53 and triglycerides are 61. What are some things I can do to help with my cholesterol?
   
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Default 05-30-2009, 10:22 PM

Avoid Seafood and eat more whole grain products. grab a bowl of Honey Nut Chereeo's
   
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Default 06-03-2009, 10:22 PM

exercise and no fatty food. if you eat meat try to avoid pork, beef, shrimps. my mother has it and my father in law passed away because of it. http://www.healthcastle.com/high-cholesterol-diet.shtml good luck
   
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Default 06-05-2009, 10:22 PM

Don't worry about your diet so much, but increase your water and salt intake.

Cholesterol is a vital substance in the body - it makes up portions of the brain and cells and is manufactured as needed. This goes for cholesterol in the blood as well - including the so-called "bad" cholesterol.

Doctors don't like to look at things in a simplistic light. They have to use terminology straight out of their medical textbooks to make things complicated - this is how they can justify prescribing medications that only address the symptoms but not the cause.

Cholesterol is produced by the body to protect the interior of the artery walls. When you don't drink enough water the body sometimes borrows water from the blood. This can cause the blood to thicken and become acidic. Acidic blood flowing through the arteries creates tiny tears and abrasions that could peel off and cause an embolism in the brain or other major organ. Cholesterol acts like a patch until the immune system can make the needed repairs.

But because doctors don't recognize dehydration as the cause of most disease, the problem usually goes unnoticed until it builds up into a serious situation.

You can lower your cholesterol and prevent this and other health problems by increasing your water and salt intake according to the protocol found through the link below.
   
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Default 06-06-2009, 10:22 PM

You might start with getting a new doctor.

A real doctor would have told you the following:

1) A total cholesterol number is essentially meaningless for the purposes of determining heart disease. Half the people having heart attacks have normal cholesterol levels.

2) Your LDL number is not directly measured, but actually calculated using the Friedewald Equation. Directly measuring LDL is expensive, so the lab uses a calculation. The problem with the Friedewald Equation is that at triglyceride levels above 400 or below 100, it does not accurately measure LDL. Using the more appropriate Iranian equation, your LDL is actually 135. That's 25 points lower than your incorrectly calculated lab results.

3) One of the best indicators of heart health is the triglycerides/HDL ratio. A ratio of 4 or above is bad. Your ratio is 1.1 is an incredibly good ratio.

Your doctor told you none of the above and is probably on the verge of prescribing you stat ins (another extremely bad idea). Does he/she even know what the Friedewald Equation is or that your LDL is miscalculated?

As this point, my assessment is that your doctor is a parrot. Someone who only knows how to regurgitate and treat a number (like your total cholesterol) instead of having the background to accurately assess your heart health. Simply put, your doctor does not deserve your patronage.

Just keep on doing what you are doing. Your heart health is excellent.
   
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Default 06-07-2009, 10:22 PM

Cinnamon, garlic and red yeast rice are natural ways to lower it. I use Cholesamine, It has all of these and plant strolls to lower cholesterol. http://www.beeroyalproducts.com/store/product.php?productid=497&cat=1&page=1
   
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Take 20o00mg of malice acid it will clean your arteries right out in about 3-4 Bootes. Swanson vitamin sells the best quality for the price.l
   
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Walk 15 minutes at least three times a week, more if you can. This will help speed up your metabolism and burn calories faster.

Change your eating habits and stick to a low-fat meal plan that works for you. Cook healthy food at home more frequently than eating out.

Select lean cuts of meat, fish and poultry. Substitute side items such as pasta and rice with a healthy salad. Use a nutrition book to learn facts about different foods.

Take flaxseed oil vitamins or garlic tablets daily to lower cholesterol. Grocery stores and health food markets carry these vitamins.

Drink six 8 oz. glasses of water per day to cleanse and hydrate the body.

Avoid saturated and trans fats. These are the worst things for you to eat and they build up the bad (LDL) cholesterol. Processed foods are loaded with trans fats. If you see "hydrogenated" anywhere in the ingredients, don't eat it.
   
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Default lowering cholesterol diet - 05-15-2013, 11:17 AM

Lifestyle changes are the first and often the best way to tackle high cholesterol.

Exercise and lowering cholesterol diet changes are particularly effective.
Even losing as little as a stone in weight � or stopping smoking � can slash bad cholesterol by as much as 10%.
   
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Default 07-11-2013, 09:33 AM

Make your diet healthy,green veggies, fruit, juice, are good to lower down your cholesterol level, Apple can cut down your cholesterol by 25 %..
   
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