Posts Tagged ‘Lowering’

Whatsup guys. I am in the process of changing my diet. Over a year ago i had a blood test done and my good cholesterol was low and the bad cholesterol was high. I tried to change my diet at that time but It was hard. Now i am feeling very wierd. I started getting a pain on the back of my head and went to go see the Doctor. She said it could be due to the high cholesterol or stress, maybe even a tumor. Now this pain is not like a regular headache and i’ve had it for about 3-4 days not. It is not something terribly painful but its enough to notice its there.
On weekdays I work from 5 or 6am till about 3pm. I am on the computer about 10+ hours a day. I get about 6 hours of sleep a night and I am always on the go. After I get off work I am too tired to work out. I am planning on going to school the next semester also which means my evenings will be full. On Sundays I do real estate and sometimes work on saturdays.

Doctor says my cholesterol is 5.5 and i need to diet (i’m 51yrs and trim on the outside/fine boned). I google alternate drugs and find Thompsons Cholesterol Manager tablets from health stores and eat them two at a time over last month. Now my wrists/hands feel weak and easiler injured. Could those tablets have effected my connective tissues in hands etc? The web said no side effects.

Studies financed in part by Bayer showed that blood thinning prevented clots which in turn prevents heart attacks. What reports fail to say is that hemorrhagic strokes increase. The net effect is that there is the same rate of death among participants in the studies.
Why are we prescribing these drugs when a comprehensive change in diet and lifestyle has proven to be the most effective treatment?
A low fat vegitarian diet, has been shown to be effective in reversing heart disease in the long term. Drugs and invasive procedures are not a long term solution. See studies by Dr. Dean Ornish.
My concern is that drug companies seek profits over the health of consumers. Do you share this concern? How do you feel about it?

A Study:
History and Development of Plant Sterol and Stanol Esters for Cholesterol-Lowering Purposes
Gilbert R. Thompson, MD a, ?
Scott M. Grundy, MD, PhD b
a Imperial College School of Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom
b Center for Human Nutrition, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
* Address for reprints: Gilbert R. Thompson, MD, Department of Metabolic Medicine, Imperial College School of Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital, London W12 0NN, United Kingdom.
E-mail address: g.thompson@imperial.ac.uk
PII S0002-9149(05)00451-0
Plant stanol esters provide a novel approach to lowering plasma low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol by dietary means. Their development was preceded by a long period of research into the cholesterol-lowering properties of plant sterols and, recently, plant stanols. Both classes of compound competitively inhibit the absorption of cholesterol and thus lower its level in plasma. Initial impressions were that stanols were more effective and safer than sterols, but the negative outcome of a study led to the recognition that the lipid solubility of free stanols was very limited. This was overcome by esterifying them with fatty acids, with the resultant stanol esters being freely soluble in fat spreads. This led to the launch of Benecol (margarine; Raisio Group, Raisio, Finland) in 1995. The coincident publication of the year-long North Karelia study conclusively demonstrated the long-term LDL-lowering efficacy of plant stanol esters. Variables that might influence the efficacy of stanol esters include dose, frequency of administration, food vehicle in which the stanol ester is incorporated, and background diet. The effective dose is 1 to 3 g/day, expressed as free stanol, which, in placebo-controlled studies, decreased LDL cholesterol by 6% to 15%. This effect is maintained, appears to be similar with once-daily or divided dosage, and is independent of the fat content of the food vehicle. Short-term studies suggest that equivalent amounts of plant sterol and stanol esters are similarly effective in lowering LDL, the main difference being that plasma plant sterol levels increase on plant sterols and decrease on plant stanols. The clinical significance of these changes remains to be determined.

I have high cholesterol and decided to go low fat and I have removed all meat from my diet also. My Dr. wants to see me back in 6 weeks with another test. I am doing the steel cut oatmeal and taking fish oil tabs and QoC10. Staying away from all white bread and watching sugar intake.
I am walking 30-45 min. a day.
My last read was 250.
Should I be doing anything else?????