Cholesterol

[Zebo]

I know this can be moved, but I'm curious.

Anyone have high cholesterol and/or triglycerides?

I found out Monday that I have very high triglycerides. 421!
Jesus!

Now they have me on medication for it. Fuck....

I'm 37, 195, probably 10% BF, natural, eat so clean its scary, lift of course, cardio..... and I still get this?!?!?

Anyone else?

Cholesterol Karma for all.......

 

[jwill3:16]

Does it run in your family as a disease... that could be the issue. Out side of that what type of foods are in your diet.

 

[Zebo]

Yes, my mother has high triglycerides, so I bet that's it.

The doc said "eat low-fat". How can I go more low fat?

I pretty much eat all natural foods. Very organic. No processed stuff. Fish and chicken with the occasional steak. Fresh veggies.
Occasional glass of wine.

Its got to be hereditary. Maybe the medication will keep it in check. I'm just wondering about creatine? Protein shakes?

Thanks for the reply too.....

 

[HumorMe]

Yes, my mother has high triglycerides, so I bet that's it.

The doc said "eat low-fat". How can I go more low fat?

I pretty much eat all natural foods. Very organic. No processed stuff. Fish and chicken with the occasional steak. Fresh veggies.
Occasional glass of wine.

Its got to be hereditary. Maybe the medication will keep it in check. I'm just wondering about creatine? Protein shakes?

Thanks for the reply too.....

Zebo

My wife is about 5' tall and weighs 110 lbs and is almost 41 years old. She is very particular in what she eats. Two years ago, she decided she wanted to lose about 15 lbs (mostly around her stomach). She was 116 lbs at the time. She dieted down and lost 17 lbs. She decided to have her numbers checked since heart disease runs in her family.

Her triglycerides were an astounding 1023 and her good cholesterol was 23(normal is 35-50, I think?). The doctor put her Tricor and she went back two months later and had them checked again.

Her tris were down to 88 and her good cholesterol was 42. The only bad thing about all of this, is she is on that medication for life.

Her mother died at 53 from a heart attack and nobody in her family (females) live past 55-60 years of age.

Pretty sad when you think about all of the things you do to eat right and live right but can't do anything about bad genetics.

Advice to you would be to take the medication and don't decide you don't need it when things are going good. Sorry to tell you but you will be on that medication forever. Also, if you are on a statin drug, they seem to have many side effects. Tricor has not bothered my wife at all but everybody is different as you know.

Good luck buddy.

 

[Zebo]

Hey man thanks.....I'm glad to hear things worked out for your wife.

Yep, he put me on Tricor. I go back in two months to check it then.

It is totally ironic how I live this healthy lifestyle and still get high cholesterol.

But, I'll do what I have to do and take my medication.

But I've got some research to do.......

Thanks again for the info!

I'll hit you with green when I recharge!

 

[HumorMe]

Hey man thanks.....I'm glad to hear things worked out for your wife.

Yep, he put me on Tricor. I go back in two months to check it then.

It is totally ironic how I live this healthy lifestyle and still get high cholesterol.

But, I'll do what I have to do and take my medication.

But I've got some research to do.......

Thanks again for the info!

I'll hit you with green when I recharge!

Yea, we live the same lifestyle and same thing has happened.

Research as much as possible. Triglycerides are just now being tied to heart disease. At first they didn't think it had anything to do with it. If you remember when the "high cholesterol" scare came out, it was fucking nuts. Everybody was having it screened but nobody paid any attention to the tris.

When my wife had her blood work done and found out about her tris, she had been taking vitamins and working out but was always tired. Found out the vitamins were stripping her body of iron. Her iron was extremely low (almost nonexistant) and and the doctor put her on an iron supplement for 6 onths and that brought it back up.

Crazy ways the body works for different people.

Try this link.......and go to the cholesterol forum

Link

and look at different threads. A lot of research and a lot of links to different articles concerning tris and medications.

Good luck.