Re: Advice on cholesterol? Effect of taking "extra" olive oil?

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Peabody wrote: 
I got the following lab results yesterday:

TOT                222
HDL                 71
LDL                136
TRI                 71
TOT/HDL            3.1

I get a lot of exercise, have low bodyfat, eat a pretty good diet, drink one glass of red wine every day, and have a flat stomach, so I think I'm already doing the usual suggested lifestyle things.

My doc isn't ready to put me on a statin yet, I think mainly because of the high HDL, and I'm not ready to start taking them yet, but I wondered if there are other things I might do to lower LDL, particularly with respect to diet, or supplements.

Your numbers look excellent, especially since not only is your HDL high, but your TGL is low, and it's considered a more predictive risk factor for CVD. Your TG/HDL ratio is 1. You're probably gonna hafta find something other than CVD to die of.


One thing I've wondered about is olive oil. I know that there are benefits of replacing other fats/oils with olive oil, but have there been any studies about eating "extra" olive oil on top of the regular diet. I mean, what if you just drank a tablespoon of olive oil, by itself, a couple times a day? Do we know what the effect would be on LDL and HDL?

Well, I guess I need to go from 1% milk to skim (a quart a day), and maybe cut out that ounce of Dove dark chocolate that I eat with the red wine (ouch!), but otherwise I don't know that there's all that much saturated fat or cholesterol to cut out.


Your numbers are enviable. The individual raw numbers are not as important as the pattern, and the LDL particle size. Your low TGL and high HDL suggest that your LDL particles are the harmless, large fluffy type. You may want to ask to have them directly measured. To even speak of a statin in this context shows how bizarre our thinking has become as a result of statin overselling.

I lowered my LDL 70 points with the use of panthethine, after having lowered it once before by switching to a low starch/sugar diet. But I don't think you have anything to worry about, from all I've read in the literature.

This opinion (like any other on usenet) is worth what it cost you, BTW, unless you research the information on your own and make your own informed choices.

Susan

Susan
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