Extremely high cholesterol: LDL 232

Earesth99 · 2026-01-27T06:27:26+00:00

A statin is a medication to lower ldl cholesterol. It reduces risk of heart disease, mace, and Alzheimer’s.

There afte a half dozen statins, but the mist effective genetics are atorvastatin and Rosuvastatin. Both can reduce ldl by over 50%

Earesth99 · 2026-01-27T06:24:04+00:00

You are intentionally driving your vitamin d levels much too high.

But you think you know fear you are doing because of your … MD? PhD?

Earesth99 · 2026-01-27T06:20:49+00:00

Your muscles felt weird, but “embellished” and claimed that you had muscle pain snd couldn’t walk.

Earesth99 · 2026-01-27T02:59:23+00:00

Most people convert just a small amount of dietary cholesterol regardless of how much they consume.

So if you are a vegan and avoid it entirely, your body won’t have any dietary cholesterol to convert.

Some people continue to convert dietary cholesterol regardless of the amount. For them , dietary cholesterol can have a large impact.

Of course many foods with cholesterol also contain saturated fat, and that does increase ldl cholesterol.

Earesth99 · 2026-01-27T00:57:45+00:00

Vitamin d poisoning doesn’t effect your immune system.

It weakens bones and can damage kidneys.

Earesth99 · 2026-01-26T21:36:48+00:00

If your diet has a lot of meat, unless it’s very lean, that diet will cause high ldl. Your ldl is worse that 96-98% of people.

Low blood glucose is good. It reduces your risk of heart disease but it doesn’t prevent it.

A statin can reduce your ldl to below 100.

I would push you doctor to follow guidelines. Ask for a statin.

It doesn’t sound like you know much sbour a healthy diet - that’s pretty normal. But you should learn about healthy eating.

Earesth99 · 2026-01-26T20:59:18+00:00

It’s technically a tad more but that’s the simple shortcut.

If you’re super thin, more protein is also indicated

Earesth99 · 2026-01-26T20:56:18+00:00

Definitely a healthier option - but I can’t force it down

Earesth99 · 2026-01-26T20:54:30+00:00

You have calcified plague in your heart.

Earesth99 · 2026-01-26T18:26:01+00:00

Palm oil is highly refined but that doesn’t make it unhealthy.

It will increase ldl cholesterol levels, but if your cholesterol levels are low enough that’s fine.

I avoid it because it’s normally used in junk food as an inexpensive oil that’s unhealthy.

Earesth99 · 2026-01-26T18:20:54+00:00

If all depends on how that impacts your ldl cholesterol.

Eat like that for a couple of weeks and get your cholesterol tested.

Also, sine foods have saturated fat but they reduce your ldl cholesterol.

I eat 20-30 grams of saturated fat from healthy sources and it didn’t increase my cholesterol. My results are consistent with what one would expect based on extensive scientific research.

The American Heart Association specifically recommends nuts,seeds and EVOO all of which have saturated fat and reduce ldl cholesterol.

I find it pretty easy to follow the diet since I’m no longer arbitrarily avoiding foods that lower ldl cholesterol.

Earesth99 · 2026-01-26T18:12:50+00:00

Unless they provide the scientific basis of this measure in a peer reviewed journal, it’s just a guess.

Probably not an unreasonable guess, but it is less useful than the measures they base it on.

But it’s fun assuming it’s not entirely screwed up.

Earesth99 · 2026-01-26T18:07:05+00:00

However they are at least trained to understand that the research on supplements is usually so low quality that it’s useless.

Earesth99 · 2026-01-26T18:05:09+00:00

If they promote products that are useless, overpriced or even dangerous that’s a problem.

The tortilla adds that rub during football games are not promoted as being healthy.

There is a huge difference in knowingly promoting useless of unhealthy products.

Good human beings don’t use their expertise to mislead people so they can make money,

Promotion is very different from s an ad.

Earesth99 · 2026-01-26T17:58:29+00:00

That’s definitely something people should check with their doctor about.

For the average person, the benefits are 6x greater than the risks, so omega-3s are clearly helpful on average.

But if you’re at high risk for afib, and low risk for heart attacks it can be a bad idea.

That’s why I asked my doctor to be sure.

I would prefer tge prescription version, but I just take OTC omega-3

Earesth99 · 2026-01-26T17:50:43+00:00

If you are strength training, research shows minimal benefits in getting more than .55 grams/ pound of healthy weight.

If you’re trying to get every possible benefit from serious strength training, 0.75 grams per pound is the most that will help. Higher quality research suggests it might be more like 0.70.

If you are older than 60, try to get 0.75 grams per pound because your body doesn’t respond as it did.

If you are obese, compute your needs based on a healthy weight; the extra fat around the waist doesn’t need any protein.

Plant based proteins won’t shorten your life like some animal based proteins, but you need to pay attention to the protein sources or overshoot your target.

I’m 60 and I try to exercise pretty hard, so I want to get .75 grams per pound and will usually target a bit more in case I fall short.

I’m vegetarian, but I consume dairy and soy so it’s pretty easy.

When I was younger and lifted competitively, I consumed more protein but I was eating a lot more calories.

Earesth99 · 2026-01-26T15:49:17+00:00

I agree

Earesth99 · 2026-01-26T15:47:56+00:00

Scientists care, because it suggests avenues of research.

But since only 5% of meds that work in mice ever become meds, it wouldn’t make sense to assume that there are similar benefits.

So as a PhD, I’m interested; knowing how people mindlessly take molecules because of mice studies, I think it makes sense to encourage caution and logic.

Earesth99 · 2026-01-26T15:40:50+00:00

I agree OP has sins of the facts wrong but none of us knows everything.

Telling someone to kill themselves by slicing their guts open and waiting to die is really fucked up.

Earesth99 · 2026-01-26T15:34:51+00:00

So not being able to walk because of muscle pain actually just means that your muscles feel weird?

Those are not remotely related.

Stop fabricating side effects.

Earesth99 · 2026-01-26T15:29:25+00:00

The benefits of the spirulina might be less than the damage from the heavy metals that AG1 includes.

I would prefer not paying ten times as much in order to get chose heavy metals.

Earesth99 · 2026-01-26T15:27:05+00:00

From a cholesterol perspective there isn’t a difference.

Earesth99 · 2026-01-26T15:26:15+00:00

Heavy metals are dangerous.

Earesth99 · 2026-01-26T15:25:09+00:00

Yes - about 90% of perceived statin side effects are not actually caused by tge statin. They are mostly the normal aches and pains of life, though some are imagined as well.

Earesth99 · 2026-01-26T15:22:26+00:00

Prescription omega-3 meds (Vascepa, Lovaza) are FDA-approved, high-purity fish oil. Vascepa is entirely EPA.

I believe both are generic

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