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Must you change your diet if statins are doing the job?

Heart & Blood Health | Last Active: Aug 12 12:18pm | Replies (70)
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@pb50

Your original Post was well written, so i assume some education and some ability to do basic research. So I’m not sure if you are entertaining yourself or what but here’s the easy to find answer to the question of how saturated fats are reflected in your lipid profile.

Saturated fats (SFAs) can affect a lipid profile by increasing levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C).

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heycal | @heycal | Jul 6 11:55am

Sorry, I'm not stupid, I hope, nor joking, but your answer still doesn't really make sense to me. I could google if I knew what I was looking for.

If there is some way that diet adversely affects heart health beyond what is measured by cholesterol levels, Blood pressure, and fitness levels, I'd like to know what way that is, and how we might know it.

You use the terms LDL-C and and HDL-C. Are those different from LDL and HDL, and if so, is there some seperate test not generally included when one gets their cholesterol checked?

Googling my initial question generally results in answers along the lines of "taking a statin doesn't mean you can stop exercising, smoke cigarettes, and get fat!" and doesn't really address my question.

I will actually be speaking to a cardiologist friend this afternoon, and hopefully he can answer the question.

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