High cholesterol

**kubes** · 03-26-2015, 07:41 PM

Originally Posted by noarch

Just looked back at bloods I had run back in January on my own to see if I was ready for my next cycle. I was at 240 less than two months ago....so I think this test was wrong. Gonna retest tomorrow to see if it's back in line.

Really hate having my whole cycle sitting there waiting in my drawer! Need to get this sorted out so I can start!

What was you hdl and LDL? My chol stays in perfect range even on cycle probably cause of my diet

**noarch** · 03-26-2015, 07:50 PM

Originally Posted by kubes

What was you hdl and LDL? My chol stays in perfect range even on cycle probably cause of my diet

They're saying more and more these days that high cholesterol is rarely diet related...more likely the hereditary component is the bigger driver of it. Though a good, clean diet is always a good idea!

On 1/15:
Total = 246
HDL = 71
LDL = 164
Tri = 55

On 3/18
Total = 333 (+35%)
HDL = 80 (+12%)
LDL = 231 (+41%)
Tri = 109 (+98%)

Those kinds of changes don't make sense to me in the span of two months. Especially since I've been on a cutting diet, with cardio at least an hour 6 days/wk, low carb and low sat. fat.

I think the test is off (maybe I didn't fast properly, or something else external was going on), but those numbers shouldn't have spiked that much in 2 months with no negative lifestyle changes. Re-testing tomorrow to verify which of those two "snapshot" tests was more accurate.

**kubes** · 03-26-2015, 07:54 PM

Originally Posted by noarch

They're saying more and more these days that high cholesterol is rarely diet related...more likely the hereditary component is the bigger driver of it. Though a good, clean diet is always a good idea!

On 1/15:
Total = 246
HDL = 71
LDL = 164
Tri = 55

On 3/18
Total = 333 (+35%)
HDL = 80 (+12%)
LDL = 231 (+41%)
Tri = 109 (+98%)

Those kinds of changes don't make sense to me in the span of two months. Especially since I've been on a cutting diet, with cardio at least an hour 6 days/wk, low carb and low sat. fat.

I think the test is off (maybe I didn't fast properly, or something else external was going on), but those numbers shouldn't have spiked that much in 2 months with no negative lifestyle changes. Re-testing tomorrow to verify which of those two "snapshot" tests was more accurate.

I completely disagree...... My father and brother both have such high cholesterol that they can't get in down without meds. They do not eat like I do though and most people don't. I think yours could very well be controlled with diet. You are not far off. You want the combined number to be below 200. You just need to get that LDL down a bit. How much good fat are you eating?