High cholesterol

[Squaredot]

Most people with high cholesterol is genetic. Its not the diet.

agree but having a bad diet will push it further
So do the needful.

 

[Squaredot]

have you tried aspirin too?

don't self medicate, see a doctor for prescription.

 

[LoaGong12]

lifestyle in particular food plays a big part. i take test every year and when i started eating out more esp fried food it suddenly went up!
just normal diet stuff - less meat , more veg, use olive oil over foods, no deep fried

 

[Squaredot]

Anyone got normal systolic but high diastolic?

Your BP is high at rest..r u very stressed?
How is your heart rate?

 

[Mecisteus]

have you tried aspirin too?

Nowadays not recommended for long term cholesterol treatment.

Statin has a lot of side effects and my main concern is it might causes dementia [not proven] i dont want to try. Anything with dementia is very bad.

If you have the bad genes and at extreme cholesterol levels, risks of stroke is way higher than dementia.

 

[grevq80o]

eat pysllium husk before meal and fish oil after meal useful or not?

Psyllium husk you took b4? Its a torture man... Might as well eat an apple and drink lots of water before meals.

 

[Checkyrmed]

Focusing solely on LDL cholesterol LDL C may provide a false sense of security, as cardiovascular disease remains prevalent even in patients who meet guideline-recommended targets.

 

[Checkyrmed]

Is Your LDL Pattern A or Pattern B?​

Do you have high LDL or high total cholesterol? If you read my previous article about cheese, you may recall that these LDL or total cholesterol numbers alone are not reliable predictors of mortality from heart disease.
An NBC News piece went further to cite American science writer Gary Taubes who reported that the LDL and total cholesterol numbers have been such poor predictors of disease risk that early screening tests should have likely just tested for HDL and triglycerides and nothing else.

A 1977 NIH study — an early set of papers from the now legendary Framingham Heart Study — confirmed that high HDL is associated with a reduced risk of heart disease. It also confirmed that LDL and “total cholesterol” tells us little about the risk of having a heart attack, language that heart-disease authorities would downplay years later. Given this finding, as Gary Taubes writes in “Good Calories, Bad Calories,” we would have been better off to start testing for HDL — or even triglycerides — and nothing else.

A more nuanced view associates the risk of atherosclerosis and heart disease with the type of LDL particles. There are two patterns (also referred to as “phenotypes”) of LDL particles.

• Pattern A: large, fluffy LDL particles which are largely benign
• Pattern B: small, dense LDL particles which are more likely to oxidize and lodge themselves to arterial walls

Studies have long shown the impact of LDL particle size on disease risk. A 1988 study in the Journal of the American Medical Association documented the association between Pattern B (small, dense) particles and disease risk:

The LDL subclass pattern characterized by a preponderance of small, dense LDL particles was significantly associated with a threefold increased risk of myocardial infarction, independent of age, sex, and relative weight.

 

[TLCTLC88]

I never taken any supplements.
I'm fat but cholesterol have always been good, doc always surprised at my results. This year test result Triglyceride 0.8.
Still I have a heart attack genetics?

I'm consider slightly under weight and Triglyceride 0.4

Doc was surprised I have high cholesterol lor.

 

[Elfblade]

Recently did body checkup, despite taking fish oil for few years still high cholesterol. Thinking of go JB buy some med. Can someone advice which med the best. Many thanks.

Fish oil supplement increase both LDL and HDL, I stopped taking after it worsened my Cholesterol problem.

 

[ceestudent]

If you have high cholesterol and beer belly. Better do some light cardio lah.
Beer belly can easily kena fatty liver. Only diet change won't cut it.

 

[vbhelper]

Psyllium husk you took b4? Its a torture man... Might as well eat an apple and drink lots of water before meals.

why is it a torture?

 

[grevq80o]

why is it a torture?

U try and find out yourself lo. I tell u also not convincing

 

[rarenick]

Psyllium husk you took b4? Its a torture man... Might as well eat an apple and drink lots of water before meals.

The tastier one is Fybogel as it has orange flavour, but I lazy to wash the cup. Very sticky, and also expensive unless buy standalone psyllium husk. My main consumption is now soaked oats and occasionally olive oil.

 

[vbhelper]

U try and find out yourself lo. I tell u also not convincing

just buy capsule and swallow mah

 

[rarenick]

just buy capsule and swallow mah

That's how many capsules per day? Expensive or not? Maybe I should try

 

[rarenick]

Fish oil supplement increase both LDL and HDL, I stopped taking after it worsened my Cholesterol problem.

Wow didn't know fish oil will increase LDL.

 

[qhong61]

Psyllium husk you took b4? Its a torture man... Might as well eat an apple and drink lots of water before meals.

So starchy

 

[qhong61]

why is it a torture?

Like drinking starch

 

[Computeron]

all problems can be solved by removing some ppl, some food and some habits