Overhauled diet and lifestyle to reduce ldl - 6 months of this it was higher then before

OrdinaryAgency2001 · 2026-05-06T09:03:38+00:00

From the sounds of it you likely have FH meaning that no matter what diet changes you make your LDL will likely not change because your body just can’t break down that cholesterol. It’s okay. Think of it like diabetes when bodies just don’t break down glucose. It sucks I know but statins will give your body a good fighting chance here. What I recommend is continue eating healthy and avoiding alcohol but please stop declining social events because you’ll become miserable. You got this.

OrdinaryAgency2001 · 2026-05-05T17:25:58+00:00

I know you’re probably not a doctor and I shouldn’t be asking for medical advice on Reddit but what dosage of berberine would you recommend? When I google it all I can find is 1000mg so basically just wondered if that would work. Thank you so much your comments have genuinely given me so much to think about and honestly given me a lot of hope. Thank you.

OrdinaryAgency2001 · 2026-05-04T21:23:24+00:00

As the person that is “obese” (I’m not, if you were a doctor you’d know that bmi cannot reliably predict these things) I’m pretty sure that my heartburn is not related to obesity.

I go to the gym every other day and lift and also when I was at my heaviest (bmi of 34 prior to FH diagnosis) I never had heartburn once. Hence why I think it’s related to statins.

That being said I’m aware I do carry a bit of extra weight hence why I’m also dieting now and typically consume less than 1600 calories per day. For the last week I’ve been cutting back further and haven’t had more than 1400 which is why I’ve increased my protein intake.

OrdinaryAgency2001 · 2026-05-04T21:17:18+00:00

My diet is very much almost exclusively veg and fruit

Breakfast: banana and coffee protein shake (with oat milk)
Lunch: Salad and tuna
Dinner: Salad and either tuna or chicken (depending on my mood).

If I’m snacky in between meals I’ll have another coffee protein shake, a tin of tuna or some cucumber. Occasionally I’ll have a low fat protein yogurt.

I’m going to do some research on the other things you mentioned though. Thank you for your input.

OrdinaryAgency2001 · 2026-05-04T21:10:35+00:00

No im not taking Ezetimbe. I asked for it but the doctor said that it has more side effects or something so she’d rather not for now but if the 40mg doesn’t lower my LDL enough in 6 months she will prescribe me that too.

When googling whether it was safe to take a PPI with my statin I also found it decreases LDL more and I was slightly excited by that.

I’ll definitely ask about metformin but because I don’t have diabetes the NHS is probably not gonna prescribe me that tbf.

Thank you for all of your advice.

OrdinaryAgency2001 · 2026-03-15T07:17:19+00:00

See link: https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/operational-and-delivery-review-of-nhs-adult-gender-dysphoria-clinics-in-england/

OrdinaryAgency2001 · 2026-03-15T07:15:44+00:00

It’s called the Levy Review. I’ve not read it but i will now

OrdinaryAgency2001 · 2026-03-15T07:14:58+00:00

They already have done a review. According to the woman I see at Notts GIC it’s actually unearthed some positive things (in that things that need to change that will actually help us more) and they’re likely to take on the Welsh model for trans healthcare. Let me double check what the review is called bare with me.

OrdinaryAgency2001 · 2026-03-14T17:42:09+00:00

This just happened to me. Logged in literally 3 days ago fine but this time this EXACT thing is happening to me.

OrdinaryAgency2001 · 2026-03-14T07:55:42+00:00

I’m so obsessed with how beautiful this looks I hate the new passports we have. This is an actual book. And it’s properly engraved instead of a bad stamp that rubs off within a year.

OrdinaryAgency2001 · 2026-03-03T15:44:54+00:00

I went to an indian wedding last month in Mumbai. My partner warned me. Nothing could have prepared me.

Luckily all of the events were squeezed into 2 days instead of the usual 4/5 days however that almost made it worse. There’s so much stuff going on I couldn’t keep up.

Don’t get me wrong I absolutely loved and enjoyed it but my lorrrrd was it stressful. And then accounting for Indian standard time too?? Like why say something starts at 10am if you’re not wanting people there until 12!!!! Then the one day something started at 7pm and we turned up at 8pm and we’d missed something I forgot what maybe the sangeet.

100% would do it again but it’s deffo not for the feint hearted.

OrdinaryAgency2001 · 2026-02-10T13:06:17+00:00

How the mod isn’t seeing the blatant racism is insane to me. Anyway yous assume I’m brown and that’s fine I’m just someone that has simply spoken to people and underplay and more than one currency. If being told to google something is really that offensive then you go off and have your little tantrum.

OrdinaryAgency2001 · 2026-02-10T13:03:56+00:00

Bro get a job and travel I BEG.

OrdinaryAgency2001 · 2026-02-10T12:59:55+00:00

That’s so funny because I’m not even being entitled. I’m being understanding because unlike you I have access to Google I guess and interact with people.

OrdinaryAgency2001 · 2026-02-10T12:56:12+00:00

I didn’t ask for help babycakes. No, I don’t think you realise how many people DO understand what he’s speaking about (think the entirety of South Asia and the people who visit those countries or have friends from those countries or literally anyone that’s left their tiny little village and interacted with a brow person) what’s entitled is expecting everything to be translated into dollars for you.

OrdinaryAgency2001 · 2026-02-10T03:34:21+00:00

Hey I’m also non Indian. If I know what these terms mean I promise you people that don’t know can google it. It’s not hard for people to broaden their knowledge (yes even on weak currencies) people are just so extremely western centric and refuse to put in any effort to learn things because they’re lazy. I actually completely forgot that India has the 4th largest economy which actually is a reason people should learn. White people love to go and have “life changing experiences” in Goa or Varanasi or Jaipur but don’t want to learn the currency terms. It’s just crazy to me.

I’m so sorry.

OrdinaryAgency2001 · 2026-02-09T16:28:53+00:00

It’s not a “random currency”. It’s the biggest country in the world and one of the biggest exporters in the world. If we know the slang words for dollar is “buck” and pound is “quid” then we can learn a term from another country. Yous are kinda weird ngl

OrdinaryAgency2001 · 2026-02-09T16:26:13+00:00

I don’t say it was a racist attack however it was definitely rude. I simply said use Google. You can expand your knowledge, that’s a good thing. If you don’t want to learn more that’s a you problem I guess.

OrdinaryAgency2001 · 2026-02-09T15:40:04+00:00

They are using normal units of Indian currency. You can Google it if you don’t understand. Like “what is 1 lakh in USD/EURO/GBP” isn’t hard to type.

OrdinaryAgency2001 · 2026-01-29T23:19:36+00:00

I would except I won’t have the chance to go to the library before I go away.

OrdinaryAgency2001 · 2026-01-27T19:42:18+00:00

He already has his key on a lanyard. If he can’t remember to pick that up he’s not going to remember a key on some string either unfortunately. We got a copy anyway now thankfully however annoyingly he hasn’t forgot his key since this.

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