2007-01-22 19:05:45 · 14 answers · asked by tom 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Heart Diseases
Yes, and you need to bring it down soon. Make sure to have a doctor check it if you did this at a screening, take in the results the screening place gave you.
I had used Cholesterol drugs for five years, ate only what they said I should and my cholesterol remained high. I'm not saying this is what you should do, you need to do research and decide for yourself. But, I read that crushed flax seed or flax seed oil could bring it down. I had my Cholesterol tested agian, it was 243 and my triglicerides were high and my good Cholesterol too low. I ate 1 tablespoon full of crushed Flax seed for one month, each morning. Had my Cholesterol checked agian after one month and for the first time my cholesterol had dropped 40 points. My good Cholesterol was up a litle, not as much as needed, but up and my Triglycerides were down.
If you try this, eat only a little if you have food allergies, until you know if you are allergic or not. Health food stores sell this in bulk and you can use a coffee grinder to crush it or just chew it really well. It also has Omega-3 which is good for the heart, nerves and brain. I tried the Flax Pills, they didn't work half as well.
GOOD LUCK and get that cholesterol down soon.
2007-01-22 19:16:39 · answer #1 · answered by Mountain Bear 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-06-05 19:00:39 · answer #2 · answered by Timothy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I take Tricor and have had no side effects. The side effects they list are things that are possible but they are not going to absolutely happen. You can alter your cholestrol through diet and exercize but the medication can help too. There are also natural substances that you can take that can also help to lower your cholestrol. Two that I know of that I've see used together are Flax seed oil and Fish oil. Both are natural and as long as you don't have an alergy to either they should have no harmful side effects. My suggestion is take your meds. Start and exercise program you can live with on a daily / weekly basis that can become part of your normal life. Try to adjust your diet. (This to me is the hard one, right now I'm trying the Nutrisystems diet and it seem to be pretty ok.) Then if and when your numbers come down talk with your doctor about taking you off the meds if in fact you are doing the exercise and the diet. Again, I use Tricor and have had NO negitive side effects but everyone will react differently. What may work for me may not work for you as well. Best of Luck
2016-03-14 22:34:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The ratio of HDL (good cholesterol) to LDL (bad cholesterol) is more important than total cholesterol (that figure also includes triglycerides).
If your total is 233, but you also have very high HDL, you are probably fine. every adult should strive to have an HDL of 60 or higher---the higher, the better. My total is 202, but my HDL is 90, so in terms of heart and vascular health, it's quite a good number.
2007-01-22 19:52:20 · answer #4 · answered by P-nuts and Hair-dos 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not at all.But, it is deviating from the maximum permissible level of 200 mg/dl.Therefore, you have to take some exercise and modifications in diet and life style to bring down the total cholestrol.
2007-01-26 05:06:01 · answer #5 · answered by NQS 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is not highly dangerous. But it is better to reduce it. The best way is to reduce the intake of food which has high cholesterol. Also start morning walks. Ayurveda also has remedies which are effective and without side effects.
I am sure it can be controlled without allopathic drugs which definitely have side effects.
2007-01-22 22:23:58 · answer #6 · answered by kuruvi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would not say so. as far as i am concerned we (germany) do not do anything before the level does not go beyond 250. like always: this varies from person to person, so you might be fine with that, and you might not be. if you want to know more, go and talk to a cardiologist. he can find out if you have any coronary heart desease that should be treatet. most of the time it helps to just follow a simple diet to bring the level down.
if you are concerened, get all the details checked with a doctor, and ask all the questions you have!
good luck to you!
2007-01-22 22:40:50 · answer #7 · answered by leo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One should eat lots of garlic(atleat 2 whole pods) and onion ( atleast 500 gms) every week cooked with other food and positive results can be experienced in two to three months.
2007-01-24 00:38:17 · answer #8 · answered by spiritual healer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is on the higher side. start taking Rudved to reduce your cholestrol.
2007-01-22 19:16:50 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dear it's not too high till you can have hard on. The blood flow will reduce slowly and your little tom will be sleepy all the time. You better have some exercise or you know one day your tom will not listen to ***** at all...
2007-01-22 20:56:31 · answer #10 · answered by Jessy L 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋