...an-eat Chinese buffet, an hour before getting a blood test. (I don't eat food like that often.) I got a cholesterol reading of 235. How much does blood cholesterol vary after meals?...
I need to take a cholesterol test for a life insurance medical.
Aside from not eating rich foods or drinking alcohol, in the days before the test what are some other steps (if any) one could take ...
Just got a blood test back that said that I am very low on HDL cholesterol (fortunately, my total is still below 150 but only barely). I'd like to increase my HDL - what are the methods of doing...
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I'm new here and had a cholesterol problem.
I wonder if there is food that actually reduce the level of bad cholesterol ?
I know there are all kind of pills but I'm looking ...
Hi All:
I wonder if anyone knows how much exercise alone helps to improve cholesterol and triglyceride levels vs. cholesterol-lowering dieting alone.
hi, i just got blood work done.
total cholesterol 261 triglycerides 84 HDL 90 LDL 154 VLDL 16
my total cholesterol wen...
what should one's HDL: Total Cholesterol ratio be?
This person should definitely be under a doctor's care ... the cholesterol level is setting off 5 alarm fire bells. The very high CPK levels indicate ongoing muscle damage, from something, and i...
The Cholesterol Paradox
A study finds higher levels may actually benefit people with heart failure.
By Andrew Conaway
HealthDay Reporter
head by suggesting high cholesterol levels may act...
I am a 40 year old woman with high cholesterol, though I am not medicated for it. I went to my cardiologist because chest pressure that I have been having, and he suggested a Coronary CT Angiogram, t...
I have just received my first test results since being on Crestor 10mg for 3 months. I had been on Lipitor10mg for about 12 months, then went off for about 12 months, and have now been on Crestor fo...
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Let them eat cake, butter, cream ...
For decades the advice has been to cut cholesterol and protect your heart. Now some doctors think it makes no difference
Jero...
Ravnskov of Cholesterol Skeptics responds to Canada's new guidelines for physicians to treat cardiovascular disease, potential cardiovascular disease, and imagined cardiovsascular disease:
Dea...
No, but frying is much more likely to oxidize cholesterol.
There are some indications that unoxodized cholesterol is not the problem, but oxidized is.
As for peanuts, they do not contain any cho...
Mike said: I would like to know how can the body create chloresterol...
Only animals create cholesterol. Human beings are animals. It is natural for us to create cholesterol, own bodies need it and...
...know the scientific reasons just know that many hypothyroid patients only get diagnosed when a test shows high cholesterol levels ..........give the patients the right Thyroid meds and the cholesterol...
...uot; In a six-week dose-ranging placebo-controlled study using a 5, 10, 20 or 40 mg dose, Crestor lowered LDL- cholesterol by
45 to 63 percent (7 percent for placebo), and increased HDL- cholesterol ...
...39;t opt not to play the game." I would like to point out to you that I am 62, have had this astronomical cholesterol level all my life, took statins for less than a total of four years (and have...
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If you're a smoker, stop. It's the biggest favour you'll ever give yourself.
Get your cholesterol monitored ... Make a lifestyle change to lower the fats in your diet. With a...
...ual dosing.
First, the question is why were you prescribed Lipitor?
There are several numbers related to cholesterol and together they're called your "lipid profile".
There...
... by Dr. Golomb (in her reply to the first question you quote above)
"Nonetheless, high blood levels of cholesterol do bear a relation to heart disease risk; and statin drugs that lower cholest...
... the clear. I am 56 years old and my b/p and heart beats per minute are all excellent. However,as my sugar and cholesterol levels are a little on the high side (though I am not diabetic), my doctor ha...
I'm not certain if using cholesterol as a marker of your progression will give you a true answer whether or not the vitamin is working for you. A few points of cholesterol variation may be more o...
...does not increase heart disease risk in healthy individuals. While it's true that egg yolks have a lot of cholesterol--and, therefore may slightly affect blood cholesterol levels--eggs also conta...
I think not in the sense you mean. Obviously, your cholesterol may go up over time.
Bill - not a Dr.
...thy people.
From what I have read, current thinking says ratio and hdl levels are more important than total cholesterol reading. Your primary care physician should be able to help you figure that o...
... I'm aware of called "Fasting lipids".
"Fasting lipids" is the measurement of your cholesterol profile after not eating for 8 hours. i.e. it's the results of a blood ...
...ightheadedness. Particularly after getting up from sitting or lying down. Get up slowly.
Simvastatin is a cholesterol lowering medication to help lower the cholesterol in your blood ... trying to...
My health is fine, so I am not worrying about that. My cholesterol is borderline high and with my family history my Dr wanted me to try a statin.
...der which most men face in there life at some stage for one reason or the other like high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, fatigue, stress, physical injuries, smoking and alcohol consumptio...
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