High cholesterol

[qhong61]

Will use the same method I use to reduce my cholesterol level few year ago.

English breakfast tea, with or without sugar plus a slice of lemon. Drink this hot lemon tea 2-3 times a week for aro 2-3 months.

My weight use to be aro 72kg. After drinking that for aro 2 months plus my weight drop to 62kg. Of course during those 2-3 months I also avoid eating certain foods like roast duck, chicken, salmon and processed food.

Salmon and chicken bad?

 

[16/8IF]

I am ALWAYS skeptical about doctors/specialists. If a long term med or any surgery is required, I will always seek a second or even third opinion before making a decision. It's hard some time coz of many self research and reading need to be done and critical thinking / cross checking be applied with all the info that can be gathered (stimes I do feel tired / confused).

Cholesterol and statin use has been a highly debatable topic. If doctors are debating among themselves, and it will be even a more difficult decision to make as a layman individual from the 'risks vs benefits' point (esp if one has no other underlying conditions other than a high LDL).

*The recent research on Lean Mass Hyper Responders pique my interest.

**My direct/indirect experiences with most if not all GPs = once they see LDL high = statin. They don't really look at a patient's overall health picture = I don't trust GPs' when it comes to statin prescriptions.

I shared what is your experience, and I have been on statins too for 19 years but I have decided to stop it due to the side effects. ( eg muscle pain etc etc).

Unfortunately, in Spore you cannot find any medical professionals that can discuss in details, various options, they all only depends on the "treatment algorithm" to manage patient, yes that means once they see LDL even slightly high they will put you on statins.



I am a T2D for 20 years, since 2019 I have decided to implement "Food As A Medicine" Route and have managed to drop all my diabetic medications, My high blood pressure medication, and I have also drop statin.
Just a bit more work to get my LDL down to 100mg area. ( quite near last lab work).

I have also same approach ie risk/benefit on a "global basis" or over all health and quality of life rather than just focus on a particular biomarkers which most doctors are doing.

Most medication have side effects, and doctors will prescribe another medication for the side effects so going round in circles.
Of course I tried to keep myself abreast and learn more, and make an informed decision with the understanding it is my health and my risk and responsibility and only I can be responsible.

Here is a youtube video, I think can be useful to you. This interview is by Dr Thomas Dayspring, a Lipidologist,
He is a well known pro statins(together with Peter Attia) but you can pick a lot of information from it. Listen carefully what he says about Plant Sterol.



Ps. I dont advice what people should do or not do, everyone needs to do their research and decides for themselves what is best for them.

 

[16/8IF]

@16/8IF you are so hardcore until username checks out.

I am not really "hard core" but I do treat my health as top priority.

 

[antonpoh]

Salmon and chicken bad?

Chicken usually need aro 18 weeks to get fully grown, but it can reach our table in less than 6 weeks with growth hormone injection.

As for salmon (farmed) it can cause obesity and diabetes. I share this few years ago.

Forward and watch the video from 21mins 50sec.

 

[PAP4ever]

sigh... eat smlj also got daiji.

eat only jiak air and filtered plain water

 

[Terraces]

Heng just had my blood test two weeks ago, everything looks normal..

 

[qhong61]

Chicken usually need aro 18 weeks to get fully grown, but it can reach our table in less than 6 weeks with growth hormone injection.

As for salmon (farmed) it can cause obesity and diabetes. I share this few years ago.

Forward and watch the video from 21mins 50sec.

Everything cannot eat, eat what?

 

[standarture]

Everything cannot eat, eat what?

lol veggies also same mah. Chemicals gao gao. People just think veggie = healthy. Pls lo.

 

[kundalini]

Not related to cholesterol.

My nephew 's has some ligament torn issue (think is ligament or maybe something else. Basically, he suffering ankle pain and frequently spraining his ankle. His ankle was never the same after the big fall.). Under public hospital care + physio + therapy for about 1+ year.

Recently then the doc finally said 'cannot heal. must surgery'.

I looked at his admission form. There was a surgeon name on it.

Googled the doc and found the doc is about mid 30s.

I have 'no confidence' in this young doc and so again, took him out to book a pte ortho for the surgery (he has insurance cover but now has to copay vs if he does it in public hospital will be free coz under NS).

No need for surgery if for daily use
If going olympic then need to do surgery for optimum performance

 

[kundalini]

Everything cannot eat, eat what?

Jiak da bian
Actually just find anything healthy less oily less sweet all is good

 

[antonpoh]

Everything cannot eat, eat what?

Pork, beef, lamb, fish, fruits, veggies.. still can eat those.

 

[mp4005 help]

sigh... eat smlj also got daiji.

eat only jiak air and filtered plain water

100% of people who breathe air and drink water dies .. get cancer.. get diseases.

i am positive that there is a strong co-relation.

 

[randomph]

Wonder if possible to do PCSK9 inhibitor here - just inject and then no need jiak statins.

 

[bakuten]

sigh... eat smlj also got daiji.

eat only jiak air and filtered plain water

Even filtered plain water can cause electrolyte depletion if consumed excessively without replenishing.

 

[bakuten]

Sounds BS.

You can't reverse dementia. You can only slow it down.

I think you may be getting the cause and effect wrong.

The dementia is most likely caused by the bad diet and lifestyle. May not be due to the cholesterol meds.

That's nolonger true.

There are new findings that found dementia/alzheimers is actually type 3 diabetes. A more advanced stage of T2D.

And fixing the patient's diabetes also improved the dementia/alzheimers.

These are all cutting edge findings. Doubt our doctors who are swamped with work everyday will have the time or energy to keep up with all the latest information.

 

[mummynew]

I shared what is your experience, and I have been on statins too for 19 years but I have decided to stop it due to the side effects. ( eg muscle pain etc etc).

Unfortunately, in Spore you cannot find any medical professionals that can discuss in details, various options, they all only depends on the "treatment algorithm" to manage patient, yes that means once they see LDL even slightly high they will put you on statins.



I am a T2D for 20 years, since 2019 I have decided to implement "Food As A Medicine" Route and have managed to drop all my diabetic medications, My high blood pressure medication, and I have also drop statin.
Just a bit more work to get my LDL down to 100mg area. ( quite near last lab work).

I have also same approach ie risk/benefit on a "global basis" or over all health and quality of life rather than just focus on a particular biomarkers which most doctors are doing.

Most medication have side effects, and doctors will prescribe another medication for the side effects so going round in circles.
Of course I tried to keep myself abreast and learn more, and make an informed decision with the understanding it is my health and my risk and responsibility and only I can be responsible.

Here is a youtube video, I think can be useful to you. This interview is by Dr Thomas Dayspring, a Lipidologist,
He is a well known pro statins(together with Peter Attia) but you can pick a lot of information from it. Listen carefully what he says about Plant Sterol.



Ps. I dont advice what people should do or not do, everyone needs to do their research and decides for themselves what is best for them.

Many thanks for the link!

Watched it and a few of his others and found them informational.

Have the thought of sending nephew for a Lp(a) test. If his test result is exceptional high, then may decide to start him on statin; else will 'think think' again. (now trying to comb for a reasonably priced Lp(a) test).

*any idea where to get gene testing for defective gene (according to the vid, there are 3 genes that regulate cholesterol synthesis/absorption etc and I wonder my nephew's gene is really 'defective' and to what extent).

 

[bakuten]

I shared what is your experience, and I have been on statins too for 19 years but I have decided to stop it due to the side effects. ( eg muscle pain etc etc).

Unfortunately, in Spore you cannot find any medical professionals that can discuss in details, various options, they all only depends on the "treatment algorithm" to manage patient, yes that means once they see LDL even slightly high they will put you on statins.



I am a T2D for 20 years, since 2019 I have decided to implement "Food As A Medicine" Route and have managed to drop all my diabetic medications, My high blood pressure medication, and I have also drop statin.
Just a bit more work to get my LDL down to 100mg area. ( quite near last lab work).

I have also same approach ie risk/benefit on a "global basis" or over all health and quality of life rather than just focus on a particular biomarkers which most doctors are doing.

Most medication have side effects, and doctors will prescribe another medication for the side effects so going round in circles.
Of course I tried to keep myself abreast and learn more, and make an informed decision with the understanding it is my health and my risk and responsibility and only I can be responsible.

Here is a youtube video, I think can be useful to you. This interview is by Dr Thomas Dayspring, a Lipidologist,
He is a well known pro statins(together with Peter Attia) but you can pick a lot of information from it. Listen carefully what he says about Plant Sterol.



Ps. I dont advice what people should do or not do, everyone needs to do their research and decides for themselves what is best for them.

I would suggest you search for this former NUS professor Benjamin bikman's research on insulin and glucagon and appetite regulation.

Very good listen if u struggling with T2D.
Or even better, understand the mechanism what you did that improved your T2D

 

[qhong61]

Pork, beef, lamb, fish, fruits, veggies.. still can eat those.

High cholesterol how to eat?

 

[mummynew]

No need for surgery if for daily use
If going olympic then need to do surgery for optimum performance

His ankle is 'loose' and so easily sprained (like maybe once every 2-3 months). He is so young and so maybe fix it better for the long run (public hospital doctors will not offer surgery if they can siam and so once they offer, likely a necessity to fix it once and for all). He is hoping to play basketball again.

 

[Mecisteus]

That's nolonger true.

There are new findings that found dementia/alzheimers is actually type 3 diabetes. A more advanced stage of T2D.

And fixing the patient's diabetes also improved the dementia/alzheimers.

These are all cutting edge findings. Doubt our doctors who are swamped with work everyday will have the time or energy to keep up with all the latest information.

1) The guy didn't mention anything about diabetes. Plus it's a new finding you said.

2) The guy said stopping cholesterol meds only can improve dementia

3) Even if can improve, how easy is it to quantify ?

So that's why I call it BS.

Look cholesterol meds have been around for decades and prescribed in billions.

There are bound to be small % of side effects. And there are some studies of nocebo effects of statins.

Plus the anti pharma agendas.

So it's not surprising that there are many negative attention.

There are many different classes of cholesterol lowering drugs to choose from.

When you have the familial hypercholesterolemia, you still need to resort to treatment. Just like T1D.