Bad Cholesterol and Good Cholesterol

[JanetRose]

My good Cholesterol is low but my bad Cholesterol is normal - any suggestions?

Thanks!

 

[mommytotwo]

Someone had told my mom to take garlic pills and of course watch what foods you eat.

 

[wdwmom2]

My good Cholesterol is low but my bad Cholesterol is normal - any suggestions?

Thanks!

To raise your good cholesterol, you need to exercise. According to my doc, who monitors my cholesterol, that is what you need to do!!!!!! You just need to jump to it !!

 

[RitaZ.]

My husband's "bad" cholesterol is normal, but his "good" cholesterol is low. He works out and also does Tae Kwon Do, which haven't helped in increasing the number. DH's mother was the same way, his doctor says it's genetic.

 

[JimB.]

Exercise & a low-fat diet.

Your Bad to good ratio should be 3:1 or less. This is more important than the total # (so my Dr. sez....)

 

[Panthra529]

Posts 2 & 3 are both correct. I work in a cardiac catheterization laboratory, (checking people's coronary arteries and heart functions) as an angiographer, and I see patients all day with high cholesterol. Working as close as I do with the cardiologists, I hear them talking to families as well as giving those of us in the lab advice. You need to exercise to raise your good cholesterol. That is your best chance of doing it. We have recently seen an upsurge of patients in their 40's and 50's due to the sedimentary lives the current generations are living....Thank you drive thrus, computers, big screens, and home shopping. When I first started in the lab, we rarely saw a patient under 65.

However as post 3 says, it doesn't always work. Genetics play a huge factor in your cholesterol levels. Many times the beast is hard to fight. But don't give up. Watch your diet, stay away from high saturated fats that might be hiding in food you think is good for you. Read food labels! Look into red yeast rice and flaxseed. If all else fails there are plenty of perscription medicines out there. However, most of these are for lowering total cholesterol. I am really not sure how they work on the HDL (good) and LDL (bad).

Ritaz:
If you husband's doctor is shrugging it off to being genetics and not doing anything further. I suggest you see another doctor! Have him go see a cardiologist. Depending on his total cholesterol and his symptoms, he may be due for a stress test.

 

[Galahad]

Exercise & a low-fat diet.

Your Bad to good ratio should be 3:1 or less. This is more important than the total # (so my Dr. sez....)

True if the total # is on the high side. If the total number is on the very low side then the ratio doesn't matter as much.

 

[wilderness01]

Cholesterol medicine has helped not only my total cholesterol but also my LDL.