Cholesterol Gurus: Help school me on my numbers

Well that didn’t really help me understand anything

You fit right in line with good bloodwork. Like you mentioned, HDL is high at 60 and trigs are low at 85. If your trig/HDL is lower than 2 you are golden, and 99% of that time the LDL is pattern A, which it is. You want a small number of the smaller LDL. If that ratio is over 4, then your risk becomes substantially greater.

The reason LDL is high is that LDL transports fat (trigs and cholesterol) from the liver to the cells in your body. This is perfectly normal.

This is a pretty good overall cholesterol panel. The crazy thing is you can fast for a few days, draw, and then eat ravenously for a few days....and those number will change, even on the same diet. All these numbers are showing is an energy transport system.

Question, do you drink alcohol or coffee? I hear both increase trigs....just curious.

Not disputing anything you said.

However I am mindful of the Framingham study as cited by Dr Caldwell Esselstyn in his book Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease. He says that only one person had a heart attack in the generations long study with total cholesterol less than 150 and that 25% of those having heart attacks had a total number between 150 and 200.

My goal is to stay below 150.

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He says that only one person had a heart attack in the generations long study with total cholesterol less than 150 and that 25% of those having heart attacks had a total number between 150 and 200.

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He would be incorrec these dayst. Unless he qualified it somehow which he may. Framingham . Even with women over 50, the higher TC of 200+ was found to be protective. The keeping TC low is only ~20 years behind the times though. So do whatever makes you happy.

How do you increase the good cholesterol? My bad is low, but so is my good. I have cut out almost all fats and oils with a plant based diet. I recently started an exercise regimen with trainer hoping that along with weight loss will improve the good/bad ratio.

No. Just that it’s under 25

Which seems is a good sign

Peter Attia - Straight Dope on Cholesterol Series....long read
Dave Feldman

I'd suggest reading/listening to all of Peter's info, as he is incredibly bright and anytime I listen to him on a podcast I instantly feel like an idiot. Dave has a good entry-level explanation and basic function.

Ornish - you mean the guy who lacks controls on his studies? Then claims that is the only diet that works? That Ornish?

Kahn - The man he has out and out lied to defame individuals on Twitter. He’s a walking ad hominem - I’m definitely hooking up with him. /s

Look, I’m not going to get into the diet bullshite. Frankly it isn’t fun, gets people interested in cholesterol confused, and the conversation usually developes into a shitshow as we argue round and round. This is why I provided information to learn more, and not promote some damned diet bullshite. Do the individuals I linked to have a certain group they revolve around? Sure, however, their information is solid. I’m so fricking sick of the disagreements and two-bid utter nonsense spewed by all sides. Even the low carb subs on reddit are becoming a shitshow.

I need to watch this and his TG video just released. I also need to compare this to the disagreement he and Attia had over LDL. If only there were 8 days in the week...