SON OF A BEEOCH! high cholesterol! damn!

[DrDubzz]

Originally Posted by e-man67

So I decided to get some bloodwork done while I was at the doc..first thing they do at the dr's office if take weight..I am 6'3 221lbs..lost 9 lbs, sweet! I get a call today on the old machine that says my cholesterol is 211..144 of that is my LDL (bad cholesterol)..Dr says to lose some weight and bring that number down..son of a B...I eat a bowl of whole grain cereal every morning, eat 2-3 pieces of fruit and a freakin low fat meal for lunch, then I eat meat and lots of it for dinner! Well, maybe only a few times per week..but I eat a bunch of cheese...maybe it had something to do with the brick of goetta I ate in the past few days...I do take fish oil though. crap! I am too young for this! How did this happen? I workout!

LDL of 144 isn't terrible, but there are ways to help that, obviously watching your saturated fats and cholesterol intake is a start. Exercise will also help. The fish oil is good, but that barely effects LDL if at all, it primarily acts on your triglyceride levels. If you want something non-prescription to help, Red Yeast Rice is a good option, but if you're not on a cholesterol med and are at 144, I would guess that with watching your diet a bit more you can lower it. Just avoid fast food (especially burgers and fried foods) and try to add more vegetables to fill you up, non-animal based food doesn't have cholesterol.