Does Fish Oil Raise Cholesterol?

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Wednesday, February 06, 2008
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Katie had an LDL of 87 mg/dl, HDL of 48 mg/dl, triglycerides of 201 mg/dl. By conventional standards, not too bad. Reading about the heart health benefits of omega-3 fatty acids, Katie added fish oil. With the preparation she bought, 4000 mg per day provided 1200 mg the omega-3 fatty acids, EPA and D...

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Cheryl Preston
Tuesday, March 18, 2008 at 02:12 PM
I thought the Omega 3 in Fish oil wousl lower my cholesterol. But it raised from 260 to 327. So what do I do now?

Elevated HDL and LDL w/omega3 supplements.
Moe Kazan
Thursday, November 06, 2008 at 05:36 PM

My mother currently has an HDL level of 69mg/dl Yet LDL's are 194mg/ml Both are high, however i am more worried about the extremly elevated LDL levels, Nevertheless her triglycerides are 64mg/dl. She does take daily omega 3 salmon oil, even though it has been said that omega3 may raise ldl levels, i dont know if the elevation would be as significant as 194!!!..

Also according to the AHA, elevated HDL may prove to be artherogenic. Any input would be apreciated thank you.!

Omege 3 and increase in LDL
Anonymous
Sunday, November 08, 2009 at 08:11 AM

Thank you for your excellent explanation of the effect of Omega 3 fatty acids and its effect on LDLs. I have been taking the Omega and when I read about the increase in LDLs I became concerned. The article I read did not offer the scientific/medical explanation that you did. Actually it's on a website that promotes a cholesterol lowering formula. Therefore they are trying to sway people to purchase their product.

How self-serving. That is precisely why I decided to do some more research and luckily found your article.