Re: Atenelol and weight loss

Susan <nevermind@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

After seeing what the Zetia does, I plan to try Bio-Lipotrol.
This contains Vit B3, Inositol, Guggle Gum extract, Red Yeast
Rice extract and Policosanol. My wife's naturopath says he has
seen significant cholesterol reduction using this supplement.
What supplement do you find useful for reducing cholesterol
counts?

Guy, the only drug I would recommend (even though it wasn't kind
to me) for a type 2 with your issues is metformin, at least 1500
per day, along with a low carb (throw out all the starches) diet
and exercise to the extent possible. Pantethine added to that
should be a knockout punch. You sound very focused on drugs,
whether natural or pharma, rather than building your own health.
Preventive methods are always better than treatments.

Susan,

On a daily basis, my primary focus is on diet, weight loss and exercise
and I will be continuing that (I just don't have questions about that
right now :-)). I'm already on a low carb diet. I'm hoping that after
I get my weight to a more optimal value that I'll be able to reduce the
medications.

The primary medication I rely on for DM is metformin, which I seem to
tolerate well, at 1700 per day. Without it, my BG is more difficult to
control, as my recent experiment confirmed.

Because of my history of CVD and DM, my doctors want me my LDL below 70
(the new standard for these diseases). I'm not there yet with diet and
exercise, though I have gotten all cholesterol counts into the normal
range. I've tried the statins they wanted me to try and rejected them
because of their side effects (although Crestor worked very well for a
year with excellent results in lipid measurements). I'm willing to try
other supplements if that improves the lipids at least on an interim
basis. I'm actually cautious about the red yeast rice, since that
itself is what one of the statin drugs was derived from.

For whatever reason, my doctor says that I seem to have more side
effects than would normally be expected for someone keeping BG under as
good control as I have. Thus the desire to bring all risk factors to
the lowest possible level, even if it takes medications to do that.

Guy
.

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