Just had annual physical and my cholesterol was high

I dunno honestly. Maybe throw a Niacin supplement into your daily regime.

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Who told you this was high?

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Agree. HDL could be higher, but overall it seems like a normal set of numbers.

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on the report he wrote LDL was high

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Get a new doctor

What you have learned is that your current doctor looks at a paper for 30 seconds before meeting with you and isn't giving you personal and whole health attention. I have had test results flag outside the boundaries they set, but my doctor always explains why he isn't worried based on my lifestyle or other numbers or whatever.

I have a very good Vo2 and a 40-44 resting heart rate.


my cardiologist said my heart is in great shape.

This is my GP

I think you're good. I would love to have those numbers.

How do they compare to previous years? Are you trending higher?

As a snapshot, they seem fine. You can take a red rice yeast supplement which can help. Otherwise, I wouldn't worry about it.

thx for the feedback. I promise im not bragging. My bloodwork has never come back with anything other than normal so I haven't paid attention to the levels and whats normal or not.

On the PDF they emailed me it says normal baseline for LDL is under 100, which is why they marked it for high

I googled it last night and it said new research is saying optimal is under 100.

I currently have similar lipid profile as yours and a similar physique, lean (“skinny”). I’m the 1 out 10 trying to gain a bit of weight/muscle vs needing to drop pounds.

For several years my total cholesterol (TC) was about 240, LDL, 150, but triglycerides and HDL were normal/good. In a discussion with my PCP, I wanted to avoid satins if possible and lower my LDL and TC levels via dietary changes and exercise if possible.

These were the dietary changes I made - switched from whole milk to 1%, I use to drink milkshakes nightly, but pretty much gave up whole fat ice cream altogether. I rarely ate breakfast in years, so I started eating high fiber cereal for breakfast daily and generally increased my fiber intake all together via avocados, and more beans in my diet (I always ate those, I just just increased my intake of them). Those were the only significant dietary changes I made.

In 1 year I decreased Total Cholesterol below 200, LDL was reduced a good bit from 150 but sits at around 120 and I’m working to lower that below 100 if possible, and though triglycerides and HDL were normal before, they improved. I was surprised with degree of change and my PCP was impressed how much I improved my cholesterol numbers in 1 year with dietary changes alone which in my opinion were minor and not all difficult for me, and my PCP was no longer concerned with my LDL being lightly above 100 given that my remaining lipid profile numbers were good and improved.

Although I’m generally active, I failed to include a good exercise regime to accompany the dietary changes to help in improving cholesterol numbers (that doesn’t appear to be an issue with you) so beginning this past Feb, I started a consistent regime of cardio 3 days a week and strength training 2 days per week in hopes this, combined with the dietary changes, will lower my total cholesterol and LDL even further, of course with the other health benefits cardio and strength training incurs. I won’t know until my next physical in October the benefit adding the cardio and strength training to improving my lipid profile but I’m optimistic.

This is a reason I started following the Heath and Fitness Board (HFB) on a daily basis the past couple months to learn from you all - and I am learning a lot.

This isn't high.

Even if it were "high", that probably doesn't mean much.

Your tri:HDL ratio is 1.1 - very good. (anything above 2 might be concerning).

If you are really eating how you say you are, then you'll know something major is wrong with you WITHOUT having to look at bloodwork.

Fire you doctor.

Keep living the good life.

You're welcome.