how long will it take to significantly reduce LDL?

[Anonymous]

High LDL (149). Doc hasn't prescribed statins. Assuming this is diet and lifestyle related, how long would it take to get cholesterol at this level under control to a healthy level? Obviously this means lots of exercise, eliminating almost all saturated fat, and something like the Mediterranean diet. Is this a 3 month fix? 6 month? Over a year? And yes, I know it needs to be a permanent lifestyle change. But how many points can you expect to drop LDL in a month with healthy lifestyle?

[Anonymous]

I don't know how to drop it with lifestyle change, but I dropped mine in half from 160 to 80 in a month with 5mg of Rovsuvastatin (after trying everything lifestyle related). Statins are amazing.

[Anonymous]

If you eat oatmeal everyday and don't change anything else about your lifecycle your LDL and cholesterol will drop like a rock. Do it for 6 months and then get tested. It is like magic.

[Anonymous]

Hard to say because it would be unusual to have your cholesterol checked again within the year unless your doctor specifically wants to rechecked. Otherwise, it is just part of yearly physical exam blood work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you eat oatmeal everyday and don't change anything else about your lifecycle your LDL and cholesterol will drop like a rock. Do it for 6 months and then get tested. It is like magic.

This didn't work for me; I think it depends on your genetics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you eat oatmeal everyday and don't change anything else about your lifecycle your LDL and cholesterol will drop like a rock. Do it for 6 months and then get tested. It is like magic.

Nice

[Anonymous]

Lipitor took mine from 100 to 56 in 6 weeks. Maybe quicker but that's when doc said to retest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you eat oatmeal everyday and don't change anything else about your lifecycle your LDL and cholesterol will drop like a rock. Do it for 6 months and then get tested. It is like magic.

This didn't work for me; I think it depends on your genetics.

Nope, does not work for a lot of people. And I eat steel cut oats. But it is healthy to eat.

[Anonymous]

Statins are terrible for the body. Stop worrying about cholesterol. Half of the heart attacks in this country every year are by people with normal or low cholesterol. Cholesterol is not the problem, inflammation is.
Low cholesterol is being shown to cause depression, and anxiety

[Anonymous]

Mine went from 124 to 94 after eating less dairy and focusing on a high fiber diet and starting a probiotic. Studies have shown that certain probiotic strains lower cholesterol levels. Aside from eating a little less dairy, I haven't really cut out saturated fats. I still eat beef and pork.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Statins are terrible for the body. Stop worrying about cholesterol. Half of the heart attacks in this country every year are by people with normal or low cholesterol. Cholesterol is not the problem, inflammation is.
Low cholesterol is being shown to cause depression, and anxiety

I'm not saying this isn't true, but there are also studies showing that Patients with a major depressive episodes show increased levels of LDL cholesterol.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0278584618308157#:~:text=Patients%20with%20a%20major%20depressive,stronger%20decline%20in%20depression%20severity.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6801315/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Statins are terrible for the body. Stop worrying about cholesterol. Half of the heart attacks in this country every year are by people with normal or low cholesterol. Cholesterol is not the problem, inflammation is.
Low cholesterol is being shown to cause depression, and anxiety

Just about everything in this post is incorrect. Long-term high cholesterol -- or more precisely, long-term ApoB -- will lay down plaque in your arteries that will narrow and eventually block them given enough time. If you want to know how far down that road you are, a calcium scan can answer the question. Some people can lower ApoB without medication but if you have persistent high cholesterol despite a relatively healthy lifestyle, you're probably not one of those people. For sure, there are some side effects and costs to taking a statin but for many people that cost is far outweighed by the reduction in risk of ischemic heart disease.

[Anonymous]

I heard: vitamin K, psyllium husk powder and dash diet

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you eat oatmeal everyday and don't change anything else about your lifecycle your LDL and cholesterol will drop like a rock. Do it for 6 months and then get tested. It is like magic.

This didn't work for me; I think it depends on your genetics.

Nope, does not work for a lot of people. And I eat steel cut oats. But it is healthy to eat.

Steel cut oats gave me a horrific amount of gas!!! Regular old fashioned do not. Anyone else?

[Anonymous]

I have not had much luck lowering my slightly elevated LDL focusing on a high veggie, lean protein, healthy fat type diet. If eating tons of beans and oats is what it takes, no thanks. They don’t fill me up the same way.