cholesterol....

All I know is that a couple of yrs. ago, mine was great. Over the last
yr. or so, it's up to 310. I was shocked. Dr. said a lot of it is age.
I bet it's hereditary too. My good cholesterol was 93, which he said
was my "saving grace".
I don't understand why he said that.
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I have just found a page that can explain what he meant:

http://www.lipidsonline.org/commenta...?abs_id=Abs020

See graphs. Your high HDL reduces your CHD risk more than 5 times. Your
elevated LDL increases it 2.5 times. So, as a very oversimplified result
as I understand it, your total risk is about 0.5...

BTW, I do not know how old you are, but I have read there is corelation
between *high* total cholesterol and longevity for older women. So maybe
you should be glad to have these numbers

Mirek

Losing weight will usually improve your lipid profile -- however,
those an Atkin's typically experience a drastic reduction in
trigylcerides (due to low carb eating), and an increase in good
cholesterol (HDL -- this comes as a result of eating more mono and
poly unsaturated fats than normal).

My cholesterol has come down quite a bit since starting atkins.

by being on the low-carb diet my trigylcerides went down and my hdl went up
and my ldl went down ... resulting in a 67% improvement in cholesterol
ratios ... the VA nutritionist said the readings would skyrocket out of
control if I tried a low-carb diet... she also said cholesterol ratios have
no value ... yea right!

Placid

"Duane Storey" wrote in message
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Losing weight will usually improve your lipid profile -- however,
those an Atkin's typically experience a drastic reduction in
trigylcerides (due to low carb eating), and an increase in good
cholesterol (HDL -- this comes as a result of eating more mono and
poly unsaturated fats than normal).

My cholesterol has come down quite a bit since starting atkins.

Well, that's encouraging.

Mirek..the Dr. has put me on Flax, Fish & Borage oil capsules. I saw it
mentioned in that "complicated" thread. Is it designed to help your
heart or actually lower cholesterol?

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Well, as far as I know (and I definitely do not know enough , it
should improve both....

Mirek