My HDL is 110. Is this too high?

Posted by beaverstreefarm @beaverstreefarm, Jan 17 11:02am

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I am not a medical professional.

Here's a summary by Mayo - https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/high-blood-cholesterol/in-depth/hdl-cholesterol/art-20046388#:~:text=Higher%20levels%20of%20HDL%20cholesterol,your%20bloodstream%20attached%20to%20proteins.

And, an excerpt from that link.
"Oddly enough, people who naturally have extremely high HDL levels — above 100 mg/dL (2.5mmol/L) — appear to be at higher risk of heart disease. This may be caused by genetic factors."

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Hello beaverstreefarm
Recent test shows: HDL 90, LDL 52, Spoke to my Cardio, 1st question do you drink alcohol... my answer is NO + had a kidney transplant nearing 5 years before that I had a failing kidney ...On reading reading reading medical papers...there is some talk that excess use of olive oil & possibly coq10. In my case could be applicable.. not sure .. but have cut down Olive oil & Coq10 a bit & reduced my Cardio workouts to 4 days ... let's see how that goes.. yes there is a lot of talk of genetics being part of the cause. ideally HDL for seniors (me being in that group) is around the 60 from what is listed , This will be a discussion with my Cardio in upcoming meeting.

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@mayoconnectuser1

I am not a medical professional.

Here's a summary by Mayo - https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/high-blood-cholesterol/in-depth/hdl-cholesterol/art-20046388#:~:text=Higher%20levels%20of%20HDL%20cholesterol,your%20bloodstream%20attached%20to%20proteins.

And, an excerpt from that link.
"Oddly enough, people who naturally have extremely high HDL levels — above 100 mg/dL (2.5mmol/L) — appear to be at higher risk of heart disease. This may be caused by genetic factors."

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I’m going to cut back on olive oil and coq10. I do drink beers everyday.

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@l0lag0lag0b3

Hello beaverstreefarm
Recent test shows: HDL 90, LDL 52, Spoke to my Cardio, 1st question do you drink alcohol... my answer is NO + had a kidney transplant nearing 5 years before that I had a failing kidney ...On reading reading reading medical papers...there is some talk that excess use of olive oil & possibly coq10. In my case could be applicable.. not sure .. but have cut down Olive oil & Coq10 a bit & reduced my Cardio workouts to 4 days ... let's see how that goes.. yes there is a lot of talk of genetics being part of the cause. ideally HDL for seniors (me being in that group) is around the 60 from what is listed , This will be a discussion with my Cardio in upcoming meeting.

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I’m going to cut back on olive oil and coq10. It will be June before my next blood test.

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@beaverstreefarm

I’m going to cut back on olive oil and coq10. It will be June before my next blood test.

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In my view, you should get tested a bit earlier, these days you can get a quest test from requestatest.com by paying from your pocket or HSA, sometimes I do that. Best

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