Gary,
I'm just the opposite of you... I've got high LDL and high HDL. I'm trying to change the diet but
high LDL runs in the family. I get the high HDL from the exercise. Last time I had the cholesterol
checked, about a year ago, I test at 250. They tole me to fast and come back... I did and registered
260. Then, they told me to come back two days later so they could check my lipids and something
else. I tested
272... My only risk factor is cholesterol and my HDL is high so that helps. I don't know about blood
pressure now that the healthy zone limits have changed.
Jay Tegeder "I faders spar for framtids segrar"
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> I know that over the long haul I may be in trouble with this. I get head nods and shoulder shrugs
> from cardiologists. My HDLs run in low/mid 20's. My LDLs are ok. Ratio is horrible. Now the docs
> say diet can't raise HDLs. (Believe me, I eat boatloads of herring and other fatty cold water
> fish.) Only exercise can raise HDLs. Diet impacts LDLs, and some nasty (IMHO) drugs can lower it
> and improve ratio. My mother had a HDL value of 16 once. Maybe a mistake, but I must get those
> genes from her. She's never seen 25 HDL value. At age 30 a cardiologist told me that in order to
> live I have to keep doing endurance exercise. So there, now everyone knows why I am the LSD king.
>
> BTW I think that it is becoming well accepted that cholesterol is just a part of the
> diagnostic/pathologic picture. Homosystine and a newer marker, C reactive protein, may prove to
> tell the entire story, Thankfully my homosystine value indicated no arterial inflammation of
> plaque. Please excuse this pseudo-medicine and spelling. I trust others really know what I am
> trying to say. Basically there seems to be new and soon to be accepted tests for blood indicators
> of cardiovascular health.
>
> And in the end most research indicates that being aerobically fit is the most important indicator
> for a life without cardiovascular disease caused by behavior.
>
> Gary Jacobson Rosendale, NY
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> > Yes, any endurance athlete who trains a significant amount should make their doctors aware
> > of this fact. I was just speaking with a doctor in Boulder the other day about this and she
> > said that they added a new explanation to their blood test results because so many people
> > (this is in Boulder, the workout freak capital of the world) were getting "high" cholesterol
> > counts by the numbers, but actually were great because their HDL/LDL ratios are so high. HDL
> > is good, LDL bad.
> >
> > So, if they tell you have high cholesterol, make sure that you make
> them
> > explain this and check out your HDL/LDL ratios.
> >
> > -Nathan
> >
> > "Jeff Potter" <
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> > > Wow, that's an AMAZING comeback story. Congrats!
> > >
> > > Say, did your doc ever tell you your good/bad cholesterol ratio? I've
> heard
> > > this is the most impt thing. But maybe the outright numbers are still
> very
> > > impt?
> > >
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