Re: ldl high need advise

From: Owen Lowe (onlnlowe_at_easystreet.com)
Date: 06/28/04 

Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 22:32:45 -0700

In article <2k81gmF186mikU1@uni-berlin.de>,
 "Mirek Fidler" <cxl@volny.cz> wrote:

> Hm, this one is interesting. My mother has TC over 300, my father about
> 220 (he is also overweight and I bet he has MetS), but none of them had
> heart problem (unlike my uncle which is leanest of family, endurance
> athlet, with TC < 180 and recent stent....) and they are in their
> seventies .
>
> My TC is also high (260, with LDL 185, HDL 69, TG 63) and my doc speaks
> about medication. I have recently lowered my BMI from 29 to 24 (not the
> end I hope) basically on eating plan you suggest (well, there might have
> been more fat, most of it olive oil) - that seems to have improved
> ratio, but TC results are less impresive. I feel like my HDL/TC and
> HDL/TG ratios are rather good and with no family history I hope that my
> TC number is not worrisome...
>
> I have never heard that family genetics should be taken into
> consideration. Have you any sources about this topic?

Your HDL is good as are the triglycerides. Was the blood test done
before or after the weight loss?

Family history has always played a big role in determining heart disease
risk. Unfortunately it's the one you can do nothing about. The others -
smoking, excess weight, high blood pressure, etc. - are fixable through
lifestyle and maybe medication routes. (I certainly wish I didn't
inherit the jeans I'm wearing.)

Have you heard the statistic that roughly 50% of heart attacks occur in
people with normal cholesterol? It's my opinion that the medical
community has gotten all wrapped up in the pharma-marketing as well as
covering their collective behind by recommending medication for everyone
over the magic 200 TC number - and I believe that's a costly mistake
that will have negative consequences down the road.

It's my non-professional advice to do what you can to clean up your
lifestyle and be on the lookout for things like excess weight, high
blood pressure or "pre-diabetes". Otherwise I wouldn't sweat your
numbers unless they took a turn for the worse (meaning check them and
record the results so you will recognize large up or down swings - you
might also wish to keep notes about any diet or exercise
frequency/intensity changes between blood tests).

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