Anyone else out there with extremely high lipoprotein (a)?

I'm 34, and I also have 125 mg/dl. I'm scared, did you have any health problems before you found out your lpa level?

thank you, Colleen. I couldn't figure out why the edit mode didn't work.

@whineboy and @loriesco, thank you for respectfully working things out. I have reviewed the recent discussion and removed the joke as per the Community Guidelines (https://connect.mayoclinic.org/blog/about-connect/tab/community-guidelines/).

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First Amendment protections only apply to actions by government entities that impact one’s speech. No FA rights outside of that.
Lots of folks get fired from private sector jobs for imprudent social media posts, the FA is not involved.
I do thank you for the apology.
I am finished with this diversion. Back to lipidology.
Sorry for the hijack, but this was very disturbing.

Jews and Lipo proteins go together and are familial. To the matter at hand if you have high LPA and/or CardioVascular Disease AND Jewish, you might be interested in the research: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1836489/

I can't take responsibility for what offends everyone. I also am not obligated to be responsible for the REASON you or anyone else comes to this platform. Others may appreciate the comment as sardonic wit. It does add a volume of numbers to the comment. It does not diminish the Holocaust nor my work AGAINST antisemitism in the backdrop of the American political environment and rising antisemitism. All I can do is apologize to you. As I indicated, I can't find the edit button for my comment (which I have used many times!) I hope you will accept my apology.

I am here for the topic at hand.

I am Jewish. And it, unfortunately is all too important to dismiss. I am sorry you are offended. My family died both from the Holocaust and Pogroms. When these poor immigrant families came here, they ate margarine. Only margarine. It was cheap, and it was poison for them. After I was educated about the evils of trans fats -- it was still impossible to get them to change. It saddened me to see the heart disease occurring. I also went on to look at DNA of Jews for purposes of cancer (BRCA 1/2), vascular heart disease (which I unfortunately inherited); lactose intolerance (which I, unfortunately, could not avoid inheriting because both mother and father had the gene) and gluten intolerance - for which I now understand the eating habits in my family. I help others to TRY to see the DNA and hereditary problems caused by interbreeding within DNA pools. So, although I am so sorry you are offended, there is some aspect of truth in the statement. I had meant to include that I was Jewish but I got distracted. For some reason, I can't edit this post? Let me just say that growing up an artist -- everyone is offended by everything. But the value of the post as a whole should NOT be removed, the fact that I did NOT mean to insult to you -- and that we should "never forget" these things -- I hope will offer some catharsis and peace.

that study included margarine. (1968 - 73) and made it invaluable and irrelevant. I studied at the end of the 1970s when it was known that transfats metabolized worse than saturated fats. They were eventually taken off the market!
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6168703/
These are far more current and accepted:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27677368/
I love ghee. (but its just for the butter flavor! I am nondairy (inheriting a lactose and now casein problem!)
The one thing about taking nutritional chemistry was that it taught me how things digest. A dietician/nutritionalist learns more "trending" info. I learned the chemistry of the digestive process. That is still, after 50 years is still constant. The mechanisms of digestion. Fads/trends are removed. The body still operates best on a mixed diet of carb, protein, and fat. People do have metabolic issues requiring adjustment, and the American diet finds people consuming too much carb and simple sugar. But a balanced "Mediterranean" style diet is optimal for the "normal" person. Geriatric age nee higher protein levels than they used when younger and need to address the deterioration in digestive ability. Older people need to supplement as well and eat slower to masticate their food to grab all the nutrients possible. A low-carb diet "may be" detrimental if supplementation is not done for the loss of fiber, vitamins, and minerals found only in carbs/supplementation. I know quite a few people who thought the Keto diet was a magic bullet only to find out it backfired as they put on unhealthy weight and raised lipid/glucose levels! As an older person who no longer has muscularity and works outdoors, I rely on those carbs to "hold water" as opposed to the proteins and fats which release water during digestion and cause dehydration!

The health benefits of corn oil and corn oil margearine were debunked in the suppressed 1968-73 Minnesota Coronary Experiment, which only came to light around 2016.
https://www.bmj.com/content/353/bmj.i1246
Me, I stick with olive and avocado oil, butter, ghee, a little bacon fat. No seed oils, all are processed and unstable.
I’ve been very low carb for 5+ years.
TC 150, HDL 79, LDL 59, TGs 58. CAC 1124 (2021).
Rosuvastatin 5 mg, ezetimibe 5 mg (split).