High Cholesterol. Need advice.

[sacrificium]

Just did a health check and cholesterol numbers are:
- Total Cholesterol: 252 mg/dL
- HDL Cholesterol: 51 mg/dL
- LDL Cholesterol: 182 mg/dL
- TC/HDL Ratio: 4.95
- Triglycerides: 95 mg/dL

Need to start taking meds? Any other advice?

Actually everyone knows the answer, diet and exercise. But it is whether you have the discipline to do the right thing. Exercise can be just jogging for 30 minutes each day. I am sure you can find 30 minutes if you reduce time wasted nuaing or watching drama/ social media. And diet, there are many options, you can even prepare your own diets. Not all clean food are expensive.

 

[hctawsgs]

You asking edmwers whether you should take medication instead of consulting a dr?

 

[エステ好きな野郎]

eat better, cleaner and exercise.
it's a simple formula but difficult to follow.

 

[asymmetric]

My reading is better than yours yet I am taking 20mg.

Total - 227mg/dl
HDL - 87mg/dl
LDL - 133mg/dl
Ratio - 2.6
Triglycerides - 30mg/dl

I am on low carb diet, practice IF, eat 2 meals a day. Reduced fried food and fatty meat, hardly eat chips, only nuts. Occasionally will eat overnight oats. Also exercise everyday, sometimes even twice a day. Will have cheat meals sometimes like desserts, breads, oat or plain crackers.

No other issues like HBP or high sugar.

Think my body just refuse to produce good cholesterol no matter what I eat or do.

ya i think its a DNA thing. i hardly eat actually.

stop eating fried food.

stop eating highly toxic chips like Doritos which has medium chain triglycerides.

cut meals to 1-2. do a 16h fast. eat early dinner, skip lunch if possible, usually i skip lunch in the weekends or WFH days.

for me i walk 10-12km once a week. other days also need to walk till 10k steps.

 

[Lchlch]

Just did a health check and cholesterol numbers are:
- Total Cholesterol: 252 mg/dL
- HDL Cholesterol: 51 mg/dL
- LDL Cholesterol: 182 mg/dL
- TC/HDL Ratio: 4.95
- Triglycerides: 95 mg/dL

Need to start taking meds? Any other advice?

Best is seek your gp doc for advise what you should do next.

 

[Lchlch]

The advise here is to stay healthy by:
1. Eat less fried stuff.
2. Eat less snacks.
3. Exercises.
4. Sleep early.
5. Stop sugary drink or limit it.
6. Stop alcohol.
7. Stop night life.

 

[randyap]

Just did a health check and cholesterol numbers are:
- Total Cholesterol: 252 mg/dL
- HDL Cholesterol: 51 mg/dL
- LDL Cholesterol: 182 mg/dL
- TC/HDL Ratio: 4.95
- Triglycerides: 95 mg/dL

Need to start taking meds? Any other advice?

Cut ultra processed food especially refined oil, which is the top of the list for body inflammation. Eating cholesterol itself is not the issue.

 

[asymmetric]

seed oils are the main culprit....

dont eat this.

 

[rarenick]

How hard did u all try?

I did exercises and tried to cut unhealthy foods significantly (but not totally), but was not successful in reducing LDL. I think is hereditary so I gave up and recently started on 5mg simvastatin.

 

[RSKeisuke]

reading through the replies here and find it quite shocking that most do not think that increasing soluble fibre intake can help lower LDL

try the resource here
https://www.reddit.com/r/Cholesterol/

 

[rarenick]

reading through the replies here and find it quite shocking that most do not think that increasing soluble fibre intake can help lower LDL
try the resource here
https://www.reddit.com/r/Cholesterol/

Got try eat oats. Not much help.

 

[ytp2000]

TS pls don't leave it un-check.
My Cholesterol level has been borderline high for the past 8-10 years.

I have regularly exercise (at least once a week), regularly monitor my condition and I believe I should be fine.

Last year, my blood pressure suddenly shoot up to 160/100. Decided to go for more details check. The finding, two of my heart blood vessels were 100% blocked.

 

[V-FORTY]

go see doctor now
and downpes

 

[BigMonkey]

edmw become doctor consulation forum

 

[qhong61]

Actually, most of us already knew what should be done but when you tell a person who rarely exercises and always eat those good food, its like asking them to do the impossible.

U mean junk food?

 

[qhong61]

reading through the replies here and find it quite shocking that most do not think that increasing soluble fibre intake can help lower LDL

try the resource here
https://www.reddit.com/r/Cholesterol/

Example of soluble fibre?

 

[PaboJames]

TS pls don't leave it un-check.
My Cholesterol level has been borderline high for the past 8-10 years.

I have regularly exercise (at least once a week), regularly monitor my condition and I believe I should be fine.

Last year, my blood pressure suddenly shoot up to 160/100. Decided to go for more details check. The finding, two of my heart blood vessels were 100% blocked.

Need to do stent?

 

[Ironside]

seed oils are the main culprit....

dont eat this.

The oil they reuse for frying is suicidal.

 

[asymmetric]

The oil they reuse for frying is suicidal.

Lol.....

 

[asymmetric]

Please limit