Cholesterol---Re: hi pebbles...

February 28, 2007

No, actually it is not odd. Quite a few folks, like myself, exercise and

eat a mostly healthy diet but still have a slightly higher level of total

cholesterol (greater than 200). More importance is given to the ratio of what

kind of cholesterol and not as much on total cholesterol. If HDL or " good

fats "

are high (which is desirable) then total cholesterol may be higher without

causing alarm. Genes play a big role as to the total cholesterol and the

ration of LDL to HDL. Statins are used to reduce overall cholesterol levels

but

those can be hard on the liver. So all of these aspects need to be

considered and the best source is to ask your doctor for the specifics.

Joe

In a message dated 2/28/2007 4:07:04 AM Central Standard Time,

bobLists@... writes:

your cholesterol is pretty high even though some doc's not worried about it.

the best way to control it is two things: diet and exercise...and the hep-C

needs both for sure.

if you consistently are on low-fat food, and exercise regularly, this seems

kinda odd. if you haven't gone for careful control of nutrition and still

eat processed/packaged foods with stuff that's hard to spell in it, meats

with drugs in them like cold-cuts, anything with hydrogenated or partially

hydrogenated fats or oils (typically snack foods...anything that needs to

stay " fresh " while sitting on a store shelf) you need to wise up on what to

eliminate, and what to replace it with.

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