Dealing with high cholesterol

Just read the other thread and what are you doing?! Good luck with your atherosclerosis goals.
 
Freefaller said:
Why take drugs which have been proven to cause issues, where you can fix this by increasing your activity a little and improving your diet. These cost nothing and ultimately will make you feel better anyway.

Don't rely on the doctors to give you pills, fix it for yourself.

In other words, stop being lazy, and sort your lifestyle out! ;)
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And also showed in clinical trials to help very few people, along with side effects.

What ever you do, there's conflicting and inefficient reserch on what actually lowers cholesteol. So keep it tested and monitoredif you actually want to k ow if you are helping it. You might also want to read up on different types of cholestrol and triglyceride levels and there relationship with increased risks and have a more in depth test and then keep getting the tests, to see if you are having any affect on it.
 
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Freefaller said:
I'm sorry to sound blunt, but, there really is no excuse. You can still do exercise and be active and eat well. Lots of us do office jobs. You just have to want it enough. If your health deteriorating isn't enough motivation then I don't know what is... :/

I genuinely wish you and the OP all the best, but it really does come to down to YOU doing something about it.
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Of course there's no excuse, and I wasn't making one. Stuff happens. I went off track and now I'm trying to get back on it again. So I AM doing something about it.

My post was supposed to sound positive - not crying about it :)
 
Does exercise lower cholesterol?
It will help with blood pressure and certainly take weight off, but it was my ndestanding that the lowerin of cholesterol was from other effects such as the weight loss rather than from exercise directly.

Still OP wouldnt hurt to shift those bones, get yourself trim.
 
6.8? Meh, join the club. I wouldn't worry, I certainly wouldn't want to take satins for that level of total cholesterol.

EDIT: Also, I am assuming this result was from a fasting sample?
 
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Freefaller and others: You are right I've done nothing with it for four years, but you know what? Priorities change. In those four years I've become a father to two lovely babies and that tends to make you seriously evaluate life! I'm more inclined to do something about the high cholesterol now than ever.

Oh and the comments about 'why make an effort when you can take a pill?' are way off the mark - High Cholesterol caused by genetic conditions (such as my mum was diagnosed with) is completely unaffected by diet. You could diet for a year and it wouldn't reduce your cholesterol - google Familial Hypercholesterolaemia for details.

Spoken to Mrs Moley tonight and she's confirmed what I was thinking all day - I need a second opinion so will be making an appointment with a different Doctor.
 
So you're not going to even try modifying your life even slightly?

Yes priorities change but at what cost? Surely you can afford to exercise to moderate intensity for 30mins a day and eat a little better no?

I'm thrilled for you for your family and your work it's great. But whilst you may have a predisposition it doesn't actually mean you have to rely on drugs and neither does using it as a mitigation to being evasive at addressing something which you have full control over.

Either way I hope you try and change your attitude as pills alone won't do it all. You have to put the work in too.
 
Curio said:
Of course there's no excuse, and I wasn't making one. Stuff happens. I went off track and now I'm trying to get back on it again. So I AM doing something about it.

My post was supposed to sound positive - not crying about it :)
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Sorry re read it and realised I misinterpreted it. Good for you and good luck and keep at it! :)
 
Moley said:
Freefaller and others: You are right I've done nothing with it for four years, but you know what? Priorities change. In those four years I've become a father to two lovely babies and that tends to make you seriously evaluate life! I'm more inclined to do something about the high cholesterol now than ever.
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You said the same 4 years ago :)

Good luck on your drug acquisition goals of 2017 when you have your next life evaluation
 
Moley said:
google Familial Hypercholesterolaemia for details.
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Done. 1st result:


What are the treatment options for familial hypercholesterolaemia?
Being a genetic disorder, familial hypercholesterolaemia is not caused by an unhealthy lifestyle. However, keeping yourself in the best physical condition will help to prevent future problems.

Things you can do to help yourself include:

Eating healthily - you will almost certainly be referred to a dietician to help you with this, even if you are not overweight.
Getting a reasonable amount of exercise.
Avoiding smoking.
Maintaining a normal weight.
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The list of things you can do sounds like all the things already suggested in the thread (obvious). Maintaining a normal weight =! losing a large amount of weight in a short period of time.
 
I saw a convincing video recently that showed the lipid hypothesis is based on very shaky ground, is likely false and dietary shifts towards simple refined carbs are a much more of a problem.

So can somebody please link me to a clinical study that conclusively shows cholesterol is an important factor?
 
Freefaller said:
So you're not going to even try modifying your life even slightly?

Yes priorities change but at what cost? Surely you can afford to exercise to moderate intensity for 30mins a day and eat a little better no?
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You assume too much.

I made some small changes to diet four years ago - gave up almost completely take away food, switched to low-fat products where possible, switched to hi fibre/wholemeal where possible. There is more I can do I know, but please don't tar me with the 'lazy' brush.
 
Serious short sightedness here. You don't get passed high cholesterol and blood pressure because your parents had it. It is not hereditary, there has just been a correlated increased risk link that has been made.
Just to confirm for us OP have you been diagnosed with familial hypercholestrolemia, or was your mother for that matter? Edit: missed the line in th OP, but still, have you been diagnosed/tested for this?

Lifestyle, diet, weight, and alcohol intake are the cause, just because other family members suffered from it, that just potentially increased your chance of suffering, not a guarantee you will suffer.

Change the above and you will fix the problems, it's going to take hard work, not just a change in food choices, to the healthier options :(
 
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