Need to lower cholesterol and glucose levels, please help!
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Anonymous
| Are scientists anywhere near developing drain-o for arteries? |
Anonymous
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Do not eat oats unless they’re amended with a lot of protein and/or fat! Try a cgm for two weeks and you’ll learn a ton
The better your glucose, the better your cholesterol. Work on sugars first |
Anonymous
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Some experts believe that dairy raises insulin, but that won’t show on cgm and will take decades for a doctor to notice. Milk is the worst, aged cheese the best. My motto as someone with horrible pcos is “dairy is a garnish.” I also sometimes say grains are a garnish. It lets me have a bit of quinoa on a greens but not vice versa.
OP, if you only had high cholesterol I would go with the statin. In your case focus solely on glucose and insulin control for 6 months and get new labs. Build muscle with weight training, dramatically increase protein and fast between meals. Cgm all the way. |
Anonymous
The worst (or best?) part of all this is people continuing to offer elaborate advice as if these test results are problematic. Health anxiety must make practicing as a GP insufferable. |
Anonymous
But they also have fiber which helps people feel full and lowers cholesterol. They are healthy. |
Anonymous
No thanks. And unnecessary. |
Anonymous
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1) Your glucose is normal. There is a range because glucose is not a static number. Normal is normal. There is no “high normal” that needs addressing
2) For cholesterol, sounds like you already eat heathy. Some small changes would be decrease high fat dairy (half and half, ice cream), no red meat, more soluble fiber like oatmeal and avocados. Take a D3 and K2 supplement. |
Anonymous
| How do you take your coffee? French press or similar does not filter it enough, with impact on cholesterol. |
Anonymous
This diet dropped both my cholesterol and A1C. It works. Eventually I will add back gluten, grains, dairy and fruit if my body tolerates it. |
Anonymous
I dropped my cholesterol from 200 to 170 by cutting out red meat, cream, egg yolks, and eating more whole grains. Normal glucose. There is no need to go nuclear and cut out many food groups and foods you enjoy- unless you have exhausted all other options with no results |
Anonymous
Oh good point! I forgot about this and for me it was true |
Anonymous
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You don’t appear to list your HDL in your numbers. Calculating from what you do list, it must be around 45 (your total is 194 and total is HDL and LDL added together along with 20% of your triglycerides). That’s actually a touch low, you should strive for over 50 especially if you are a woman. That means more healthy fats, nuts, seeds, avocado, fish etc. Exercise also is beneficial for HDL.
Additionally you didn’t list your HDL/total cholesterol ratio, which is easily enough calculated. If your HDL is 45 your ratio is around 4.3 which is ok since it’s supposed to be under 5, but what you’re ideally shooting for is under 3.5. Again, raise your HDL. |
Anonymous
Seriously. It’s also unrealistic to eat only chicken and nuts. I don’t even eat meat. |
Anonymous
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Your labs look fine.
Continue to eat heart healthy diet and get regular exercise as you have been. And have a discussion with your PCP about your results which are not concerning. |
Anonymous
Can someone explain what this means, what is the link between how filtered your coffee is and cholesterol? |