Anyone on Cholestrol meds?

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Originally Posted by jp4m2

I forgot to mention.....Dr Suzy Cohen is a pharmacist who wrote a couple of books about medications. She got fed up with people not having the information they should have on drugs so she decided to speak out. I haven't read it yet but I plan too.....There are some articles to read on here too.....

DearPharmacist

Thanks, will look into that as well.
Maybe organic is the way to go.
Believe me I won't give up until I get it right.

[ARCHIE]

Originally Posted by ARCHIE

Thanks, will look into that as well.
Maybe organic is the way to go.
Believe me I won't give up until I get it right.

P.S. I ordered her book.

[KJLive]

Please don't ignore this Carol. There are risks with all meds. But most times NOT taking them is far more dangerous than taking them. It sounds as if you are doing your research.

[ally173]

if u dont mind me asking is it really high. mine was high too but i didnt want to take lipitor due to the side effects and i read a lot of research and form what i gathered people with high cholesterol that took meds live only 18 days more than people who didnt take meds; so for me it wasnt worth it.
instead i did lots of research about alternative remedies; which you can do and i took natrol omega 3,6,9 , Niacin, ALA (alpha lipoic acid) and coQ10, besides a multivitamin; and my cholesterol went down. also remember not only it's genetic but stress can contribute a lot to that too. best of luck

[ally173]

Originally Posted by Mom to Hot Rod

Oklay, the other stuff my girlfriend was taking is Flax Seed. She said that there was no medical prescription or anything from the doctor about this but she started taking these 2 things--fish oil and flax seed and her cholestrol went down and her good stuff was up. Her son is into herbal stuff and she has followed his advice for a number of remedies. Good luck!

yes i agree; a good fish oil like omega 3,6,9 and flaxseed oil can do wonders. also same goes for primerose oil

[ally173]

Originally Posted by C101Yorkie

OMGosh. How could I forget Flax Seed? yuck I had to take that. It probably wasn't that bad tasting, but to me I'm thinking "eww it's medicine I don't want it." It comes in a liquid and solid. You can put it on your food but not allowed to cook with it at all. Example: You make a salad you can sprinkle it on, you make grilled cheese sandwhich and you can't because it's hot and the Flax Seed will melt. The liquid you can use as a salad dressing, and the solid is just like popcorn shells. lol

it also comes in a capsule; like the fish oil capsule; no taste at all

[ally173]

Originally Posted by jp4m2

Carol, from the reading I've done the total cholesterol number is not the first number to be worried about. About 50% of the people who have heart attacks have a normal or low cholesterol number.. The LDL and triglyceride numbers are a bit more important.....

I see you said you are trying to eat better for your cholesterol. I was wondering if your looking at the labels for trans fats?....These are hidden in a lot of foods and they contribute to heart disease and high cholesterol readings. I switched to butter and virgin coconut oil years ago and stopped using all margarines. When I started looking at labels I was shocked at the foods with transfats in them....

I look for any hydrogenated oils on the label....even if the front of the package states "no trans fats" most of the time it's not true....The food manufacturers can get around this by making the serving size so low that if there's less than half a gram of hydrogenated oil it it it's legal to say it has none at all.....Ain't that a kicker....

I drive my husband nuts looking at all the labels. It's gotten so tiring with the bad products that sometimes I just grab one with the "USDA Organic" label on it so I don't have to wonder it the product is safe.....My DH and my son are diabetics which already puts them at risk for heart disease so I try and stay on top of bad products. We are not perfect but I have defiantly cut a lot out.....

They are also taking fish oils.....That topic is a whole other subject to go into. After weeks and weeks of reading about fish oils I found out there are also good and bad fish oils out there.....Sheesh, all this reading gets so frustrating at times......

I have seen a few articles about blueberries and cholesterol you could try looking up this info and see if it has any merit.....Hopefully you won't have to eat a bushel of them......Good luck girl, and don't give up, just get healthy...

i agree; the total cholesterol number is not as important as the LDL and triglycerid; you can lower triglycerid by cutting sugars and carb a bit; use stevia instead of sugar; and eat whole grains instead of processed flours. you can also lower that by taking supplements like cinammon and fenugreek.
and to lower LDL you can eat more plant based diet (raw vegetables) and add the omega, flaxseed, coQ10 and ALA
if your HDL is good then you shouldn't worry as much.
also walk 20 mins or so 5 times weekly.
good luck

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I have been a walker for 30yrs. I walk Mon-Fri most days 2mi on my
lunch hr. I also take 1200 mi fish oil, mulit vitamin for your heart,
eat healthy low fat too. I got the Lipital but am not taking it at
this time. The statins scare the life out of me. Heart problems do
not run in my family. Grandmother's both pass of heart failure
at 92 and 93. That's good enough for me.
I am not a smoker, I excercise, eat healthy, lost 20lbs last year,
however, I like white wine and drink it every night. LOL
I think that may be a problem so that's finished. Sweet N Low
also can add to your blood pressure and cholestrol count I've read.
So that's done. Switched to Stevia.
I'll have another check in 6mos. My good is very good, triclicerides
are fine, HDL is up. Have no idea why. Oh well, it is what it is.
Thanks for all the infor. I think when the fish oil is done I'm
switching to cod liver oil.

[ally173]

Originally Posted by ARCHIE

I have been a walker for 30yrs. I walk Mon-Fri most days 2mi on my
lunch hr. I also take 1200 mi fish oil, mulit vitamin for your heart,
eat healthy low fat too. I got the Lipital but am not taking it at
this time. The statins scare the life out of me. Heart problems do
not run in my family. Grandmother's both pass of heart failure
at 92 and 93. That's good enough for me.
I am not a smoker, I excercise, eat healthy, lost 20lbs last year,
however, I like white wine and drink it every night. LOL
I think that may be a problem so that's finished. Sweet N Low
also can add to your blood pressure and cholestrol count I've read.
So that's done. Switched to Stevia.
I'll have another check in 6mos. My good is very good, triclicerides
are fine, HDL is up. Have no idea why. Oh well, it is what it is.
Thanks for all the infor. I think when the fish oil is done I'm
switching to cod liver oil.

you're doing everything right; so don't worry too much; stress can add to it
cod liver oil is great; also no harm in adding Niacin, ALA (alpha lipoic acid) and coQ10; i am sure u will see a difference; best of luck