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Dear Dr.Stoll, I recently had a blood tgest & the C reactive test show 2.62-My total cholesterol 162-LDL 108-Trig 82-HDL 38. I was sent to a heart specalist who checked me out on his machines and he personally. He said forget about the reactive protein test it is not proven and my problem was low HDL. He put me one 1 81mg aspirin & 500 mg of Niaspan nightly and 20mg of Zocor In the morning. After 3 months my total Cholesterol is 126-LDL 69-trig 84-Hdl 40 All this medication cut my total cholesterol but the HDL is the same. Please advise.
In Reply to: Cholesterol Problems posted by Bill Chamberlain on March 14, 2003 at 11:13:24:
What is your diet like?
Your total cholesterol is now too low. You need to get it up between 180-200. Cholesterol isn't a reliable indicator of heart disease anyway. However, LOW cholesterol IS an indicator of overall health. The lower the cholesterol number, the more chances you have of developing a chronic illness. What are you eating? Are you exercising?
-HY
In Reply to: Cholesterol Problems posted by Bill Chamberlain on March 14, 2003 at 11:13:24:
I use virgin coconut oil almost exclusively and I eat all kinds of saturated fats : meats, poultry, eggs, butter, and my cholesterol is 180 and my HDL is 60.
Coconut oil they say will balance blood lipids more favorably and it seems to be true for me.
JD
In Reply to: Re: Cholesterol Problems posted by JD on March 14, 2003 at 15:49:31:
This approach DOES work. My cholesterol is 204, and my HDL is 68 and my triglycerides are less than 50. I eat an enormous amount of saturated fat. Some day, it will common knowledge that saturated fats are GOOD for the heart and for health in general.
-HY
In Reply to: Re: Cholesterol Problems posted by Helping You on March 14, 2003 at 22:54:20:
And I will be able to walk through walls, some day.
In Reply to: Cholesterol Problems posted by Bill Chamberlain on March 14, 2003 at 11:13:24:
Hi, Bill.
In my opinon, you have an incompetent cardiologist. He might have been considered competent 20 years ago. Cholesterol is one of the least important predictors of cardiac disease anyhow. Listen to HY, R. & JD.
Your cardiologist is being lost in the dust and you are still paying HIM?
Walt
In Reply to: Re: Cholesterol Problems posted by Walt Stoll on March 15, 2003 at 07:51:29:
Hi Walt,
I was just reading yesterday that half of the people that have heart attacks have normal or low cholesterol.
Joe
In Reply to: Re: Cholesterol Problems posted by R. on March 15, 2003 at 00:01:09:
lol I hear ya but you know as well as I do that someday, the conventional "wisdom" in this matter will come crashing down. Personally, I don't think we are that far away from it. :-)
-HY
In Reply to: Re: Cholesterol Problems posted by JD on March 15, 2003 at 09:31:09:
You're right. But actually, the number is more like 65% or higher. High cholesterol is associated with better health (200-265)
-HY
In Reply to: Re: Cholesterol Problems posted by Helping You on March 15, 2003 at 14:33:29:
I seriously want to be able to walk through walls. I think I'd be another Robin Good. What a life that would be!
In Reply to: Re: Cholesterol Problems posted by JD on March 15, 2003 at 09:31:09:
Thanks, Joe.
Another interesting statistic says that more than half have NONE of the currently identified risk factors for the condition. This means that we are still woefully ignorant of what actually causes this condition in the majority of the cases. I wonder why the most common time for a heart attack is Monday morning? Humans seem to be the only organism that can choose when to have their attack.
To me that says that we all need to practice serious wellness until these as yet unknown factors can be sorted out. The human genome project will help identify who needs to do what but, until then, we need to let our mindbody intelligence do that sorting for us.
Hope this is making sense to you.
Walt
In Reply to: Re: Cholesterol Problems (Archive in coronary.) posted by Walt Stoll on March 16, 2003 at 08:36:26:
Another interesting statistic says that more than half have NONE of the currently identified risk factors for the condition
That's interesting. Do you include CRP, homocystein, etc.?
I wonder why the most common time for a heart attack is Monday morning?
One of favorite phrases of my ex-coworkers was this: "Another f...ing working day!" I am sure Monday fits this description more than other days of the week because you have to drag yourself to work after a break... unless you can't live without your job.
In Reply to: Re: Cholesterol Problems (Archive in coronary.) posted by R. on March 19, 2003 at 14:21:06:
Thanks, R.
Yep.
Walt
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