Saturday, February 11, 2012

People Who Are Living With High Cholesterol

Robbia

Red Yeast Rice Made Me Ill!

I am a new member.  I thought I could take red yeast rice as an alternative for the statin drugs, but I think it has made me ill; tired, listless, body aches.  I decided to stop it, but do not want to take statin drugs.  My cholesterol total level is 230, has been that way for several years.  I exercise a lot (4-5 days a week),... Read moreChevron
tsr17

Causes for increase in LDL cholesterol levels

I am a 41 year old male, 5"7' weighing 159 lbs. I have been having high cholesterol for 8 years now. In this period, the maximum total cholesterol level has been ~245.  I am not on medication except for a short period of time 2 years ago. My goal is to reduce my cholesterol by natural means. My cholesterol levels... Read moreChevron
Dee

Shocked by high cholesterol

Hi All, I just had my blood test done and expected everything to be normal as always. I am 5 feet in height and weigh 160 lbs. I got my results with the following: Cholesterol - 289Triglycerides - 136HDL - 45LDL - 217 (yes...)......HIGH My doctor recommended Crestor 10 mg for 6 months. What do you think of this? I read some not so... Read moreChevron
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RamyBindra

Ramy Bindra

I was informed by a doctor in New Delhi, India in 1986 that my high triglycerides in the range of 3000 to 4000 are because of genetic defect.  This is attributed to inter-relation marriages prevalent amongst Sikhs lived on West Pakistan (Punjab). My parents are from Rawalpindi in Pakistan. My total cholestrol in 1985 was 325 and... Read moreChevron
MAE

what do these numbers related to cholesterol mean

What do these mean?HDL   103LDL CALCULATED 103CHOLESTEROL   220TRIGLYCERIDES  74HDL RISK FACTOR  2.1Do I have high cholesterol?