I thought your comment about whole milk was interesting my doctor told me to only use low fat or 2 % said that my four year
old had high cholesterol.
Not exact matches
While most of the attention on pharmaceutical prices
has been on new drugs for diseases like cancer, hepatitis C and
high cholesterol, there is also growing concern about huge price increases on
older drugs, some of them generic, that
have long been mainstays of treatment.
In contrast,
high cholesterol levels are positively correlated with longevity in people over 85 years
old, and in some cases
has been shown to be associated with better memory function and reduced dementia.
In one online tool, a sedentary 60 - year -
old white male with a weight of 250 pounds, a total
cholesterol of 225, no
high blood pressure and no personal or family history of heart disease might
have a 9 percent risk of
having a heart attack in the next 10 years.
A University of South Florida professor and an international team of experts
have found that
older people with
high levels of a certain type of
cholesterol, known as low - density lipoprotein (LDL - C), live as long, and often longer, than their peers with low levels of this same
cholesterol.
«Down the road, maybe police will be able to say, «This fingerprint was left by a 34 - year -
old male who smoked marijuana and
had high cholesterol,»» says team member Stephen Jarboe of Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky.
A 67 - year -
old woman
had sky -
high levels of the form of
cholesterol long seen as protective against heart disease, and yet her arteries were lined with plaque.
«Depression is common in
older adults and more frequent in people with memory problems, vascular risk factors such as
high blood pressure or
high cholesterol, or people who
have had a stroke,» Cherian explained in an AAN news release.
«It is unlikely that these results can be generalized to all Americans,» she told Health after reviewing the study's abstract — especially those who are
older, who
have health conditions such as diabetes,
high blood pressure, or
high cholesterol, and those with poor exercise habits.
I am 55 years
old and always
had borderline
high cholesterol even as a younger man.
A total
cholesterol of 6.3 mml / l (or 240 mg / dl) is just on the borderline of «
high» but in an
older woman with no history of heart disease this is not associated with risk and may
have some benefit.
Lower your fat intake, and I guarantee you your
cholesterol will go down.I eat a
high carb, low fat, low protein vegan diet, blood work is perfect across the board, I eat more calories, than an 18 year
old (48), and I maintain a 7 % body fat year round, and hardly exercise, maybe walk my dog.Never
have had a problem with diabetes, because I keep to a low fat diet.Also you will lose weight, because the fat you eat, is the fat you wear.
I'm 49 years
old and
have been on about eighteen different medications for
high cholesterol,
high blood pressure, and type 2 diabetes for more than ten years.
I
had high cholesterol by the time I was 20 years
old.
It notes: «In a study of 331 very
old patients, mean (SD) age 85 (7) years, low BMI, low diastolic blood pressure, low total and HDL
cholesterol and
high insulin sensitivity predicted total mortality, indicating a «reverse metabolic syndrome» that is probably attributable to malnutrition and / or chronic disorders which
have a negative impact on survival [1].»
«Depression is common in
older adults and more frequent in people with memory problems, vascular risk factors such as
high blood pressure or
high cholesterol, or people who
have had a stroke,» said study author Dr Laurel Cherian, of Rush University Medical Center in Chicago and a member of the American Academy of Neurology.
In contrast,
high cholesterol levels are positively correlated with longevity in people over 85 years
old, and in some cases
has been shown to be associated with better memory function and reduced dementia.
Being female Being age 40 or
older Being a Native American Being a Mexican - American Being overweight or obese Being sedentary Being pregnant Eating a
high - fat diet Eating a
high -
cholesterol diet Eating a low - fiber diet
Having a family history of gallstones
Having diabetes Losing weight very quickly Taking medications that contain estrogen, such as oral contraceptives or hormone therapy drugs
Having liver disease
Chris
has helped clients with medical issues ranging from mild conditions, such as
high blood pressure &
high cholesterol, to diabetes or history of stroke, heart attack, or cancer, including tough cases like gettting life insurance for 70 to 75 year
olds.