Did you have a high ldl cholesterol reading?

Question

What have you done that has been effective to lower it without using statins?

Answer 1

Daily exercise and low fat diet.
Eat a low-cholesterol, low-fat diet. This kind of diet includes cottage cheese, fat-free milk, fish (not canned in oil), vegetables, poultry, egg whites, and polyunsaturated oils and margarines (corn, safflower, canola, and soybean oils). Avoid foods with excess fat in them such as meat (especially liver and fatty meat), egg yolks, whole milk, cream, butter, shortening, lard, pastries, cakes, cookies, gravy, peanut butter, chocolate, olives, potato chips, coconut, cheese (other than cottage cheese), coconut oil, palm oil, and fried foods.
Please see the webpages for more details on Low-density lipoprotein.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

wow You would think you were the healthiest 23 yo out there... 5 years ago, I had to have my Gall bladder removed the intern told me Mine was the nastiest one he'd ever removed Gunked up with goop.. The lightbulb went off... at that time I went looking for an alternative to the crappy cardboard bread and Pepperage Farms kindly came up with a whole grain Oatmeal bread with the best all around numbers of ANY other breads and is VERY pallet-able.... More recently I had to get Really serious about cholesterol and Blood pressure and such Kashi has some VERY good hot Oatmeal Flavors I Never ate the crap before but was told it was the best thing for your cholesterol. so I just hada blood test last week, My total Cholesterol was 128 mg/dL while 125-200 is Normal My HDL was low at 28 mg/ dL Normal is > or = to 40 mg/dL and this was due to me not taking my vitamins.. (duh Me) MY Triglycerides 147 Normal should be < 150 mg/dl and My LDL was 71 Normal should be < 130 mg/dL MY LDL 6 months ago was almost 200 too I've been watching the salt and other Blood pressure issues BUT really only oatmeal every couple of days Like I said Kashi has some great Flavors too steel rolled Oats are best but it will make a BIG differance

Answer 4

Natural Cholesterol Guide?

Answer 5

try taking fish oil pills...they are rich in omega-3 fatty acids which help to lower LDL's and raise HDL's. this is sometimes recommended for people before starting on the statins.

Answer 6

If you have tried diet and exercise and your LDL has remained a problem then statin drugs are the gold standard for treatment

Answer 7

I have high cholosterol but unfortunally i wasnt able to lower it without taking meds. walking and exercise is suppose to help lower it.. but it didnt lower mine enough.

Answer 8

I don't know! am I suppose to know?
I wasn't born with instructions sorry. :)