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Weight Loss Forum / Low Carb / January 2004cholesterol....
That other thread discussing this was too advanced and complicated for me. All I know is that a couple of yrs. ago, mine was great. Over the last yr. or so, it's up to 310. I was shocked. Dr. said a lot of it is age. I bet it's hereditary too. My good cholesterol was 93, which he said was my "saving grace". I don't understand why he said that. Anyway, are there success stories of LC people lowing their cholesterol. I've heard that there were; but anyone here? (sorry if this posts twice; I think I messed up.) > That other thread discussing this was too advanced and complicated for > me. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > (sorry if this posts twice; I think I messed up.) Did your doctor say why your cholesterol is so high? What are you eating? How are you exercising? Any relatives with high cholesterol? i >Over the last >yr. or so, it's up to 310. I was shocked. Dr. said a lot of it is age. >I bet it's hereditary too. My good cholesterol was 93, which he said >was my "saving grace". >I don't understand why he said that. With gorgeous ratios like that, you'll probably have to find something other than heart disease to die of. How are your triglycerides? Are you still losing weight? I've read that lipids usually worsen on very high fat/low carb once weight isn't being lost. Susan Tried to e-mail you so as not to bore others. Tri's are @ 238 and HDL (whatever that is but apparently is good) is 93. I'm not losing weight cause I just got the report yesterday and was I ever shocked! It's gone up almost 50 pts since last fall. I'm planning to return to Atkins because I had read that many had had their cholesterol levels drop as a result of this WOL. But I'm wondering if Atkins is what is needed to do this. I don't want to go on Lyscol or Lipator; terrible side effects. Losing weight will usually improve your lipid profile -- however, those an Atkin's typically experience a drastic reduction in trigylcerides (due to low carb eating), and an increase in good cholesterol (HDL -- this comes as a result of eating more mono and poly unsaturated fats than normal). My cholesterol has come down quite a bit since starting atkins. by being on the low-carb diet my trigylcerides went down and my hdl went up and my ldl went down ... resulting in a 67% improvement in cholesterol ratios ... the VA nutritionist said the readings would skyrocket out of control if I tried a low-carb diet... she also said cholesterol ratios have no value ... yea right! Placid > Losing weight will usually improve your lipid profile -- however, > those an Atkin's typically experience a drastic reduction in [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > My cholesterol has come down quite a bit since starting atkins. Well, that's encouraging. Mirek..the Dr. has put me on Flax, Fish & Borage oil capsules. I saw it mentioned in that "complicated" thread. Is it designed to help your heart or actually lower cholesterol? Well, that's encouraging. Mirek..the Dr. has put me on Flax, Fish & Borage oil capsules. I saw it mentioned in that "complicated" thread. Is it designed to help your heart or actually lower cholesterol? ------------------------ Well, as far as I know (and I definitely do not know enough :), it should improve both.... Mirek All I know is that a couple of yrs. ago, mine was great. Over the last yr. or so, it's up to 310. I was shocked. Dr. said a lot of it is age. I bet it's hereditary too. My good cholesterol was 93, which he said was my "saving grace". I don't understand why he said that. ------------------- I have just found a page that can explain what he meant: http://www.lipidsonline.org/commentaries/al_abstract.cfm?abs_id=Abs020 See graphs. Your high HDL reduces your CHD risk more than 5 times. Your elevated LDL increases it 2.5 times. So, as a very oversimplified result as I understand it, your total risk is about 0.5... BTW, I do not know how old you are, but I have read there is corelation between *high* total cholesterol and longevity for older women. So maybe you should be glad to have these numbers :) Mirek |
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