Sentences with phrase «about cholesterol numbers»

Dr. Lee's Commonsense Guide to a Healthy Heart More down - to - earth wisdom in this booklet from Dr. John Lee about how to take care of your heart, as well as what research really says about cholesterol numbers and the truth about what makes your cholesterol go up.

If you are specifically interested in this topic of cholesterol, this Cholesterol Myth article addresses what the side - effects are from lowering your cholesterol, as well as the truth about cholesterol numbers.

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The oil contains about half lauric acid, a medium - chain triglyceride that has a number of health - promoting properties, including the ability to improve levels of good HDL cholesterol (The Netherlands).

Abnormal cholesterol is a known risk factor for heart disease, but doctors usually worry more about high numbers — both LDL and total cholesterol — than low ones.

«Knowing your numbers when it comes to blood pressure, cholesterol, and body mass index — and talking with your doctor about how you can optimize those numbers — is still one of the most important things you can do,» says Dr. Isaacson.

I saw «The Last Heart Attack» and I was wondering what you thought about what Dr. Arthur Agatston said in the show, as he's the inventor of the South Beach Diet, I'm wondering how credible his idea that the size of cholesterol particles and your cholesterol number doesn't matter.

Another thing about cholesterol: even though higher LDL numbers are seen as risky, the type of LDL particles you have shuttling through your arteries is most important.

Bottom line: don't worry so much about your total cholesterol number.

That's the real issue here: your cholesterol numbers give you information about levels of inflammation in the body.

In this booklet, Dr. Lee talks about how heart disease in women is different, and explains why your diet does not necessarily affect your cholesterol level, why cholesterol drugs often don't reduce the risk of heart disease, and why you might not want to put too much weight on blood pressure and cholesterol numbers.

Now fast forward about 8 mo later blood work nw shows at least 10 point increase in cholesterol numbers and sudden spike in blood pressure to dangerous levels.

about 3 months after doing a juice fast my cholesterol numbers dropped.

In the new documentary film $ 29 Billion Reasons to Lie About Cholesterol, Justin Smith states,»... between 1994 and 2006 the percentage of men aged 65 to 74 with «high» cholesterol decreased from 87 % to 54 %... Despite this, the rate of coronary heart disease for this age group stayed about the same... Other age groups have experienced an increase in the rate of heart disease as the number of people with «high» cholesterol has decreased.&rAbout Cholesterol, Justin Smith states,»... between 1994 and 2006 the percentage of men aged 65 to 74 with «high» cholesterol decreased from 87 % to 54 %... Despite this, the rate of coronary heart disease for this age group stayed about the same... Other age groups have experienced an increase in the rate of heart disease as the number of people with «high» cholesterol has decreaCholesterol, Justin Smith states,»... between 1994 and 2006 the percentage of men aged 65 to 74 with «high» cholesterol decreased from 87 % to 54 %... Despite this, the rate of coronary heart disease for this age group stayed about the same... Other age groups have experienced an increase in the rate of heart disease as the number of people with «high» cholesterol has decreacholesterol decreased from 87 % to 54 %... Despite this, the rate of coronary heart disease for this age group stayed about the same... Other age groups have experienced an increase in the rate of heart disease as the number of people with «high» cholesterol has decreased.&rabout the same... Other age groups have experienced an increase in the rate of heart disease as the number of people with «high» cholesterol has decreacholesterol has decreased.»

About a year ago, the numbers were TC around 9 mmol, ldl around 6 and hdl around 3; trigs were around.9 Several years ago my total cholesterol was 6.5, so it has always been a bit high, now it has literally doubled since then; my HDL was always good, and my LDL was always a bit high even before switching from SAD to high fat / low carb diet.

Some say its a numbers game, the more LDL particles crashing the walls of the arteries... some say the LDL is only a sign of vascular damage, but if my LDL goes down on a low fat diet, then that is bs, some say that it may be a problem metabolizing LDL, intake / production is outpacing LDL receptor activity, some say its not LDL but LDL that stays in the blood too long and oxidizes, some say about 20 % carbs (I was less than 5 %) will produce just enough insulin to help metabolize cholesterol, but the hard core low carb guys, say the whole cholesterol thing is a scam and cholesterol under 500, without insulin resistance is nothing to worry about.

It's also known that cholesterol from diet has little effect on our cholesterol numbers anyway so why all the fuss about what we are eating?

Increasingly lower «normal» cholesterol numbers is all about selling drugs.

Dr. G talks about lower total cholesterol numbers when people consume large amounts of plants.

With a whole plant food based diet like your and the < 150/70 cholesterol numbers, my understanding is that you don't need to worry about the HDL numbers.

I am sure that cholesterol is the number one cause of heart problems and I try (best of my knowledge) to argue people to avoid cholesterol in their diet, but then there is studies that people refer to as «Norwegian hunt 2 Study» https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3303886/ that says too low cholesterol is killing us?!?!? What can you say about this study?

What Your Dr. May Not Tell You About Cholesterol Are cholesterol numbers really meaningful, or are we being sold a bill of goods by the pharmaceuticaCholesterol Are cholesterol numbers really meaningful, or are we being sold a bill of goods by the pharmaceuticacholesterol numbers really meaningful, or are we being sold a bill of goods by the pharmaceutical industry?

The authors go on to highlight a number of facts about cholesterol and cardiovascular health.

(From sciencebasedpharmacy.wordpress.com) Interpreting cholesterol numbers correctly is very important, however because doctors don't learn about lipid oxidation, we're not going to be able to understand what we're seeing OR even for that matter really grasp the true cause of heart disease.

As the number one reason for why people don't qualify for the lowest life insurance rates, it is easy to see why those with high cholesterol might be concerned about their ability to obtain a policy.