Interesting article about cholesterol. I find it very curious though that they recommend a startling amount of processed foods. They even make most of it sound as though it would be healthy. They would even recommend “Liquid or tub margarines” as though they were healthy in any way, shape or form.
Found an interesting article while looking for information on the relevance of cholesterol levels in relation to general health. It calls into question the relevance of statistical information with regards to statin drugs and lowering cholesterol.
The story can be found on the examiner.com at the following link:
Is cholesterol NOT really a killer?
After a couple of days of research I decided call my doctor to get a copy of the report for my cholesterol. Big as day is tells me that my specimen was lipemic. It also says my triglyceride were 1562 and my total cholesterol was 333. If my triglyceride were 1562 how the heck can my total cholesterol be only 333.
One of the things that I found during my research was that I was supposed to fast before I went to take my work-up. I had just eaten breakfast and lunch prior to my going into the doctors office. It basically makes my labs look like I’m about to fall over and die where I was standing.
They actually prescribed me medication based on this report.
I am going to have to call them and ask them to redo the test so that I can get a confirmation of what they are telling me.
When I got the follow up call from my doctor he told me that all my lab work came up fine except for my cholesterol levels.
The desirable levels for total cholesterol is less than 200 mg/dL (milligrams per deciliter). To be at high rist you have to be anything over 240 mg/dL. I was told that my levels were over 1500 mg/dL. That’s at least 7.5 times the top end of the desirable levels for cholesterol.
The desirable levels for Triglyceride levels is less than 150 mg/dL. The very high levels is anything over 500 mg/dL. Mine was only in the high level sitting at 330 mg/dL.
My battle against cholesterol has now begun…
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