Cholesterol and Triglycerides

darcy · Post by **darcy** » Mon May 12, 2008 5:31 pm

nitro237 wrote:I went to the Dr. last week and he took my blood. Got the results today, and my cholesterol and triglycerides were too high.

Cholesterol = 228

Triglycerides = 334

I guess I will have to change my eating habits. Cheerios for me

dr. did not prescribe meds, nitro?

nitro237 · Post by **nitro237** » Mon May 12, 2008 7:26 pm

darcy wrote:dr. did not prescribe meds, nitro?

no, he told me to buy some over the counter stuff, Cholest Off, and lay off so much fried chicken and gravy

cratch

darcy · Post by **darcy** » Tue May 13, 2008 12:01 pm

nitro237 wrote:no, he told me to buy some over the counter stuff, Cholest Off, and lay off so much fried chicken and gravy cratch

wow,, i am kind o' surprised @ that { in a nice way : ) }; i hope it does the trick for u.

bw, ~ i was just googlin' it:

Q. Will CholestOff® Complete work if I have only mildly elevated cholesterol?

A. Clinical trials have shown that plant sterols and stanols such as those in CholestOff ®Complete will lower blood cholesterol concentrations in people with mildly elevated cholesterol. The percentage changes are roughly the same, so that a person starting at 250 mg/dL and a person starting at 200 mg/dL may both see about a 10% decrease.

Q. Does CholestOff lower LDL & HDL cholesterol?

A. CholestOff only lowers LDL (“bad”) cholesterol and does not affect HDL (“good”) cholesterol

http://www.cholestoff.com/faq.asp

Qui Gon-Jinn · Post by **Qui Gon-Jinn** » Tue May 13, 2008 1:03 pm

Cholesterol... 298..

Lithium level.. .3 (needs .6-1.0 for desired effects.)

and the standard "Lose weight" speach..

Still can't believe there's Tofu in that pie...

Post by **MidnightSin** » Tue May 13, 2008 8:22 pm

Qui Gon-Jinn wrote:Cholesterol... 298..

Lithium level.. .3 (needs .6-1.0 for desired effects.)

and the standard "Lose weight" speach..

Still can't believe there's Tofu in that pie...

You know there is Chris wouldn't lie to ya. Allthough I might.

Anyway dude I am down to 260lbs from 315 and I feel SO much better.

Qui Gon-Jinn · Post by **Qui Gon-Jinn** » Tue May 13, 2008 9:04 pm

MidnightSin wrote:You know there is Chris wouldn't lie to ya. Allthough I might.

Anyway dude I am down to 260lbs from 315 and I feel SO much better.

look what you do all day..

I sit on my rump and take tech calls for Ipower.. come on.. you work outside.. in the heat and you sweat all day.. I don't...

b-man1 · Post by **b-man1** » Tue May 13, 2008 9:55 pm

in my previous career...

one of the highest (total) cholesterol levels i've ever seen was ~900. after drawing the guy's blood and letting it clot in the tube, it actually had large streaks of white/gray FAT in it. literally...chunks of visible fat settled out of the coagulated blood. his triglycerides were in the thousands as well. if you could have seen that tube...it would be incentive enough to eat properly!

keep in mind that triglyceride levels are what vary greatly if you do/do not fast prior to the blood tests. your total cholesterol level will not be affected that much since it takes time to change. that's similar to a hemoglobin H1C test for diabetics, if you are familiar with that.

Executioner · Post by **Executioner** » Tue May 13, 2008 10:54 pm

I just had my checked in March:
Triglycerides: 183 (high) acceptable range: 0-149
HDL Cholesterol: 32 (low) acceptable range: 40-59
Cholesterol Total: 191 acceptable range: 100-199
Prothrombin Time (PT) INR: 1.7 (low) acceptable range: 2-3.5
Prothrombin Time: 16.1 (high) acceptable range: 8.7-11.5
Hgb ALC with MBG Estimation Hemoglobin Alc: 6.2 (high) acceptable range: 4.8-5.9
I already started on a small diet to lose weight slowly. Also, I need to quit playing pc games and do something else. Most evenings, I sit at the pc playing games or surfing the net. I also sit all day at work which is not good also. I've been walking at my lunch hour since I get 1 hour for lunch. I eat a small meal then go to our 3rd floor and walk for 30 minutes. I need to get back down to my acceptable weight of 200-220lbs, not 280lbs that I currently weigh.