High Cholesterol--help!

[JStrong]

Got some blood work done, and other than reading online that my results are 'bad,' I don't know how to interpret the data. But some of you meatheads are awfully smart, so here's my numbers.

Blood Pressure--good (130/80 or something close)

Resting Pulse--65

BAD BELOW
Cholesterol 266
HDL 42
LDL 156
Trigylcerides 337
Non HDL 224

Random Blood Sugar 83

Blood pressure is from memory but it was good.

Am I dying? Do I need to give up cigars and whole milk, stop eating double Philly Cheesesteaks? This is horseshit.

[Sami]

What's your diet look like?

Do you have a glucometer at home? I'd get one, they're cheap.

Waist to hip ratio?

[Carnivroar]

Refer to this:

http://www.marksdailyapple.com/forum...ghlight=primer

And get on primal/paleo diet ASAP.

[gzt]

I had good luck with cutting out the whole milk and consuming a lot of fish oil. This presumes you're currently drinking a lot of whole milk and not consuming a lot of fish oil. My doctor recommended cardio and weight loss, but I did not do either. Desperate times, however, may call for desperate measures. He also recommended less red meat, and I believe I switched out beef for pork more often.

[Dastardly]

If you add the fish oil I see no need to remove milk or red meat.

[Dbennettsr]

Get the book "The 8 Week Cholesterol Cure".

[gzt]

If you add the fish oil I see no need to remove milk or red meat.

Maybe. I'm just saying what I did over the last three months to get my cholesterol down. I was also at the point where I didn't need that much milk anymore, so it was natural to cut back. I'm no scientist and I'm no nutritionist, follow my example at your own peril, I really did not do much research except into fish oil - fish oil is great for you for 20,000 reasons, take more of it than you think is reasonable.

[Carnivroar]

There's absolutely nothing wrong with red meat in terms of cholesterol. It's the carbs and inflammation that you have to watch.

[gzt]

I thought so, too, but, just in case, I switched to pork. I didn't eat much sugar or bread, either.

[Carnivroar]

I thought so, too, but, just in case, I switched to pork. I didn't eat much sugar or bread, either.

Pork, if you're eating the fat, has a lot of PUFA's (tons of omega 6). A messed up O3:O6 ratio contribute to inflammation. Beef fat on the other hand has very very little of it.