re: Who here has high cholesterol?

Mine runs in the 300's. Tried every statin there is and rejected all of them.

First heart attack the only abnormal was a chol of 220. No indicators other than that were positive, none. Fit, 195 lbs, etc. almost died in parking lot.

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First heart attack the only abnormal was a chol of 220. No indicators other than that were positive, none. Fit, 195 lbs, etc. almost died in parking lot.

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I'm in heart failure. Going on 6 years and beating it. Was very healthy before hand. I'm still healthy other then a broken heart all from a virus infection.

So you are in good condition except for your condition?

Sorry about that man, whats the prognosis? Heart transplant?

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red yeast rice 600mg. and cancer survivor buddy of mine became a nutrition freak and swears by this for lowering trig numbers

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Red Yeast Rice has lowered my numbers too.

What's your calcium score?

I've heard the type of fish oil you take makes a difference? Anyone know if there is truth to this? I was at 220 total, then I lost 20 lbs, got it checked again and it was up to 240 total so just started on meds.

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My LDL is 170

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Too high. Talk to your doc about a plan to lower it. This is an increased risk of stroke and coronary artery disease (especially if you have a family history of those). You might need to get on a low dose statin drug, combined with exercise and low carb diet.
How's your blood pressure?

My numbers 1.5 months ago

trigs 1100
Chol 260
Sugar 540

got my bloodwork back today and with diet and supplements Red Yeast Rice, Milkthistle and Krill Oil my numbers today were so good my doc put smiley faces by them


trigs 198
chol 207, HDL went up to from 30 to 40, still got to work on the LDL

sugar 140, just gave up anything fried (seriously dying for a french fry), white bread, pasta, sweets and cokes


for breakfast I found this Dave's Killer Bread, about 10 different nutrient profiles, its nutrient dense but has very little fat, good carbs and a ton of fiber with lite butter and chia seeds with blueberries and a half avocado or a couple of eggs and some bacon or sausage for protein

I eat fresh kale, edamame, red and white onion, sweet potatoes, green beans, spinach, collard greens, mustard greens, squash, zuccinni, lean chicken, salmon, and chipotle soy/black bean burgers as my main meals, using very light oils to cook them with

salad for lunch

with kiwi, raw carrots, blueberries, yogurt and almonds, walnuts, unsalted peanuts for snacks

usually drink about 100 oz of water a day with either lime or lemon

and a high protein snack a few hours before bed.

seems to be working and it wasnt really that hard to change. plus that is without working out...I wanted to see if my diet alone would help so now since Im pretty physical at work I ll also add some cardio and see what they are in 3 months when I go back.

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Awesome news! Congrats! I may try to work in some of what you do to get my number down.

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Thanks I was dreading the news that I had no change so now Im really pumped about my progress and the way the numbers came back, at least I not killing myself any longer by eating like an idiot.

One more thing I will add...salt, I tried to really keep that low and out of my diet by avoiding processed foods and snacks...I try to keep it below 1500 mg a day.

back in January I weighed the fattest I ever been, 6' 284 lbs, Ive lost 44 lbs in 8 months by just changing the diet and Ive lost almost 6 inches in my waist line

shooting for 6' 210, so have a ways to go