Do you take any supplements for cholesterol?

do you?

yes. lettuce, tomatoes and mustard.

No, but look for suggestions from the board. I eat healthy, work out, run, lean etc but it keeps going up each year.

I take a daily run.

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Baby aspirin doesn't lower cholesterol.

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I know, I just take that for heart health (and colon cancer prevention).

I take eggs every morning.

Cholestoff Plus. They have it a wally world and Costco.

A supplement called Foresterol plus a good diet and regular exercise got me off my statins I had been taking for the past ten years or so. My levels are still higher than traditional medicine would list as acceptable but as others have said high overall numbers aren't the red flags they once here. Focus on Triglycerides and LDL numbers.

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No, but look for suggestions from the board. I eat healthy, work out, run, lean etc but it keeps going up each year.

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LDL particle size also matters more than total cholesterol (your total LDL cholesterol is probably what is rising). Particle size is measured using an NMR study. Most cholesterol studies only measure total LDL which does not tell the complete story (see example below)

HDL and triglycerides are also very important in deciphering the story

Example:

I would be much more worried about the guy with a normal LDL on standard panel (who may have a predominance of small particles), and low HDL , high triglycerides

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The guy with higher LDL of larger, fluffy size with high HDL and low triglycerides (this can be typical of healthy people on low carb, high fat diets. See last image, pink bars listed as Westman low CHO and note the slight rise in LDL, but improvement across the board in all other metabolic parameters)

Context is needed when looking at these markers. I worry for people who look at 1 item and focus on it. This can be a very short sighted approach. Make sure you have your eye on the correct ball(s)...