Sentences with phrase «cholesterol numbers do»

It is my understanding that blood cholesterol numbers do not matter so much as the oxidation of LDL.

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.

Not exact matches

I have rheumatoid arthritis and a family history of heart disease (although I don't seem to have that yet) but my cholesterol numbers are up.

Measuring inflammation Our growing understanding of inflammation's role in atherosclerosis doesn't diminish the importance of cholesterol — you still have to keep that «bad» number down and the «good» number up — but it does present another way to anticipate cardiovascular disease.

According to a recent editorial in JAMA Cardiology, a disproportionate number of young patients with high LDL cholesterol — 50 % — do not take their prescribed statins.

«The studies the AHA cite do not link eating more coconut oil to heart disease, they link it to increasing cholesterol numbers.

«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.

Respectively, drinking a whole cup, two or more of water per day will make the above numbers grow, and you will consume even 205 calories less than you usually do (without the extra water), 18 grams less sugar, 235 milligrams less sodium and 21 grams less cholesterol.

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

If you are eating a large number of eggs for your daily protein, don't forget that eating only the whites give you the nutrients you need and not the cholesterol that's detrimental in high levels.

Despite the weak predictive value of Total and LDL cholesterol, people with elevated numbers are often instructed to lower cholesterol by any means necessary... including a low - fat diet (which doesn't work) and statin drugs.

The egg substitute group did not experience this arterial impairment and their cholesterol numbers actually dropped significantly in the 6 weeks.

Learn what healthy cholesterol numbers are (just because it's over 200 does not mean you have high cholesterol).

Don't get me started on statin drugs that doctors use to drive cholesterol numbers down.

Quickly my weight started to drop off, as well as my cholesterol and blood pressure numbers and I didn't need the medications anymore.

What is the single most effective thing I can do to improve my cholesterol numbers?

And, naturally, the drug companies don't want you to know that part of the science because it would severely limit the number of people going on cholesterol - lowering drugs, since statins do not modulate the size of the particles.

Understanding what your cholesterol numbers mean involves so much more than just looking at the numbers the way conventional medicine does.

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.

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

You are scaring me with these high cholesterol numbers and my blood pressure is through the roof, it's obvious you don't care whether I live or die even though I feel nothing but love for you.

I tried that and it sure worked on my cholesterol numbers but did it work on the arteries.

Don't fixate on your cholesterol, blood sugar, or blood pressure numbers.

The success of the Pritikin diet was probably due to a number of factors having nothing to do with reduction in dietary fat — weight loss alone, for example, will precipitate a reduction in blood cholesterol levels — but Pritikin soon found that the fat - free diet presented many problems, not the least of which was the fact that people just could not stay on it.

After a few weeks of doing this, I checked another lipid panel on 5/9/2013 (The Effect of a Ketogenic Diet on Cholesterol Part 4) and lo and behold, my LDL - C came down to 168 AND my thyroid numbers improved.

Do you think my cholesterol numbers would justify my taking statins?

So, at least for my body, maybe dietary fat and cholesterol does cause a spike in serum numbers, but it is not the kind that sticks around to turn into plaque, which is after all what heart disease is.

There are a number of potential deficiencies and imbalances that could develop on a diet devoid of nutrient - dense animal foods: some people may become deficient in cholesterol if they do not make enough of their own; plant goitrogens, some of which require vitamin B12 and sulfur amino acids for their detoxification, could contribute to thyroid problems; deficiencies of vitamin B6, long - chain omega - 6 and omega - 3 fatty acids, zinc, and fat - soluble vitamins A, D and K2 could also develop.

The thyroid is also responsible for regulating body temperature, which in turn controls your metabolism and a number of other bodily functions to do with your heart, bones, muscles and blood cholesterol.

Why does the safe cholesterol number keep going DOWN?

And the small number of studies out there do show that regular consumption could reduce cholesterol levels and improve inflammation [2].

Yet, the ingestion of cholesterol doesn't raise lipid cholesterol numbers in any meaningful way.

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.

A few good places to start are his articles on why low carb diets aren't a great plan if you're training a lot, using caffeine to boost athletic performance, the optimal number of sets for muscle growth, and why cholesterol does not cause heart disease.

(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.

If you don't know your cholesterol numbers, don't worry, the blood test from a life insurance medical exam can determine these.

If you have high cholesterol and you want life insurance there are a number of things that you can do.

Do not settle for just the total cholesterol number.

A number of well - done studies have shown that people who drink have higher levels of HDL cholesterol.

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.

If you have slightly higher than normal blood pressure or cholesterol reading you may also do better off applying with Voya as they are more lenient on the numbers.