Posted on 09/26/2015 6:30:32 PM PDT by Swordmaker
red rice yeast is a statin. It is just not regulated for purity or dosage.
Correction: my HDL went down as I did more exercise.
For some stupid reason, my liver counts have always been just a little high. When I say "a little high" that means by a point or two.
We didn't discover that until I'd been on Lipitor for a few months. Doctor ran a blood panel to check my liver counts and saw them just a little high. Took me right off the lipitor for a few months and re-ran a liver blood panel. Same counts as when I was on the lipitor.
Ended up having a liver ultrasound which confirmed I have a fatty liver. Nothing I can do about it, it just is what it is. At least we now know why my liver counts are a little high and it's not because of the Lipitor.
I am also posting for later reading. Hubby just had cabg2.....he is on Lipitor.
I’ve been on statins for 17 years. Absolutely no side effects. I have a great lipid profile.
And forty or more years of flawed dietary advice.
There is no evidence that the plaque built up in the arteries is prevented or helped by statins, the cause, or affected by diet. They do not know why cholesterol would suddenly stick to artery walls at all. There is evidence that such disease is related to oral spirochetes, a bacteria, that gets into the body via bleeding gums. . . and which is related to all plaque related diseases.
That’s true. But it works for me without side effects and is much cheaper than a prescription drug, so I’m happy.
I wish it could cure Afib.
I believe you’re mixing up your HDL and LDL
HDL is good LDL is bad.
If you have made it to 89, you've won the lottery. If I were you, I wouldn't change what you are doing.
That HDL is too low though. Try walking to get it up.
Well, be careful w/ niacin (extended release or not) because it can increase sugar levels. It is mediocre at best for lowering cholesterol and the side effected - increase sugar levels, hot flashes, headaches, etc. really aren’t worth taking the drug (from the prescribed higher dosing). It is hardly every prescribed anymore.
Seriously, thanks for pointing out the error.
Cholestoff works for me…made from pine bark.
My HDL and LDL have been upside down for the 30 years.
In those 30 years i played tennis 5 - 6 days a week.
Have always been a walker, and dancer.
Just had those tests and my Doc said no changes required.
The dental office I help manage (now that I am semi-retired) is involved in an international study that we were involved in initiating which found some very interesting corrections about age related dementia. . . as well as all other plaque related diseases such as Coronary Artery Disease, Peripheral Artery Disease, Adult Onset Diabetes, Alzheimers, Age Related Dementia, etc.
You will find a lot of information in a thread I posted four years ago, Alzheimer's Disease—a neurospirochetosis—by Dr. By Judith Miklossy, MD, Director of the European Alzheimer's Prevention Association, when it was determined with a greater than 95% probability that Alzheimer's Disease is caused by Oral Spirochetes, a finding that has been swept under the rug. . . because it means there is an inexpensive preventative protocol the drug companies don't want promoted, because they cannot make money from it, which, in fact would cut off a profitable product line other manufacturers already have.
We've had our video's showing the bacteria, oral spirochetes, responsible actually deleted on YouTube anytime we mention the connection or the hygiene protocols to prevent it, as Google gets huge amounts of advertising from drug and consumer health companies! So our doctors are very careful to NOT mention them, so the videos don't get censored.
Click on the link above. You will find I have included full details of the preventative protocols developed by our office in concert with doctors who are participating in this study.
Note, the protocols are NOT a cure for anyone who has already been struck with a plaque related disease, as the onset of these diseases take twenty to thirty years, but can prevent people from getting them in the first place. Unfortunately, by the time symptoms appear, the damage has been done.
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The link in your post came back “404 Error. Page not found”. I am interested in learning more however.
She also mentioned diabetes twice. She could have saved space by just calling it duobetes.
My mother's cholesterol levels were extremely high. . . as are mine. She was said to suffer from hypercholesterolemia, with readings from 450 to over 600. Mine have been in that area. It is, as you say, genetic. My mother never took a statin in her life and lived to the ripe age of 95 ½! I cannot tell you anything about the cholesterol levels of her parents, but they each also lived to be over 95. . . as did their parents.
The good news for you is that the latest research shows that persons with the highest cholesterol have the longest longevity. . . contrary to expectations.
I too have undergone four heart catherizations, two balloon angioplasties, had a heart attack twenty years ago (for which one of the angioplasties was used), from which my cardiologists tell me I have completely recovered, and my veins and arteries are now completely clear.
Before I had the heart attack and before I found out what to do about it, my diet was atrocious. I was a carbohydrate addict.
My cholesterol levels are down to around 230 to 250, which I am quite happy with. I accomplished that be losing 154 pounds, and going on a low carb lifestyle, which includes lots of protein such as beef, chicken, etc. I also eat more fat than I have ever eaten before in my life, including real butter, whipped cream, cheese, etc. I am almost 6 feet tall, and where I once had a 54 inch waist, I now maintain a 40" waist and have been able (occasionlly) to get into 38" pants. If you had told me when I was a beached whale that someday i would be a trim 200-210, I would have said you were crazy. Because I have an extremely bad spine, where I once could truly be described as a couch potato, I don't do much exercise, just my usual work but I could be called a couch carrot. My daily meals include 60 grams of carbs only . . . and under 1000 calories.
THAT is what keeps my cholesterol down. I don't make much.
I've also followed the protocol to prevent plaque disease as outlined in the post from 2011 I posted on FR, although my mother and I were among those 10% of the population who naturally do not have any oral spirochetes in our mouths, but I am not going to take any chances.
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