Lipid Panel results - HDL Cholestrol low

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Medications? 2 different BP meds, Flonase, Statin

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Man, I would clean up the diet big time! Low carb high fat That should get rid of most of your needs for those meds specifically the statin.


What were your triglyceride numbers?

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will never understand the H&F boards disdain for statins.

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It’s a simple benefit to risk ratio

High intensity workouts, max HR, raise HDL. I also believe eating almonds daily has help me raise mine too.

The $100 Billion Dollar Ingredient making your Food Toxic

Avoiding the vegetable/seed oil tom foolery apparently helps everything. There's even an eight year study showing how it's those dirty oils wrecking everything. It helps show why you can pretty well eat anything as long as it doesn't have those oils and your health will be astronomically better.

As someone who has never gotten their HDL above 30, I can tell you everything that supposedly raises your HDL, but nothing has worked for me.

I exercise 2 hours a day 5 days a week in two 1 hour sessions. My job is also physically active.
I consume 5 grams of fish oil daily along with a bunch of other vitamins.
I eat fish whether salmon, sardines, mahi-mahi, and tuna at least 3 times a week.
My diet is low carb, less than 50 grams a day.
I eat one meal a day 5 days a week, and lunch and supper on the weekends.
I avoid seed oils like the plague.
My BMI is below 25
My triglycerides are below 100
I’m not on any medication

I’m at the point where I just think for whatever reason my HDL will never be in the normal/good range. However, I’m no quitter, I’ve recently added consuming a 1/4 cup olive oil to my regiment and I’ve been told HDL takes time to move, so be patient and stick with changes for awhile before deciding if they are moving the needle.

Statins destroy my liver, make sure that they are checking your levels

statins stabilize plaques