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has anyone lowered high [300] cholesterol with diet or supplemnts

Posted by mrspancakes @mrspancakes, 5 days ago

I went off statins and had cholesterol check, total cholesterol at 300. i do not want to got back to the statins. Anyone lowered their numbers on supplements or changing your eating habits to correct this?

Thanks for your time

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laura1970 | @laura1970 | 4 days ago

What is your LDL and HDL and triglycerides?

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mrspancakes | @mrspancakes | 4 days ago

LDL - HIGH - no reference range data available
HDL - NORMAL - 50

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thisismarilynb | @thisismarilynb | 4 days ago

For many years I was a racewalker. My doctor was a runner. We both used the same track. I would often see him there and he would "cheer" me on. I always had high cholesterol numbers. But what he told me was that he was going to ignore the numbers because he saw how I exercised and knew my eating habits. He declined to give me statins because he felt it was my body that was making the cholesterol high, not my diet or life style. Flash forward to today. I am 91 years old and in good shape. Good enough to live independently and take care of myself. I still have high cholesterol numbers. I have never taken statins. So go figure.

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mrspancakes | @mrspancakes | 4 days ago
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For many years I was a racewalker. My doctor was a runner. We both used the same track. I would often see him there and he would "cheer" me on. I always had high cholesterol numbers. But what he told me was that he was going to ignore the numbers because he saw how I exercised and knew my eating habits. He declined to give me statins because he felt it was my body that was making the cholesterol high, not my diet or life style. Flash forward to today. I am 91 years old and in good shape. Good enough to live independently and take care of myself. I still have high cholesterol numbers. I have never taken statins. So go figure.

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Bless your Heart < 3.
Thank you so much for sharing this and keep up the good work.

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