What is the best cholesterol Rx and dosage for someone with the following?!


Question:

What is the best cholesterol Rx and dosage for someone with the following?

33 year old male 6'3" 250 lbs
Perfectly healthy other than
Total Cholesterol-244
Triglycerides-213
HDL-47
LDL-162

BP is 129/75


Answers:

Hi Stina first, you need to understand some facts on cholesterol.

When the word "cholesterol" comes to mind some of us may think of it as deadly. The truth about cholesterol is that it isn't deadly at all, it's a vital substance. Cholesterol is actually a very important part of our bodies because it's used to form cell membranes and is needed for other functions in our bodies.

There are different ways you can develop high cholesterol. Your body, mainly the liver, can produce too much cholesterol and a poor diet will almost always do it. You MUST take on permanent, healthy lifestyle changes to take control of your cholesterol. This includes:
1. Becoming more active. Physical activity plays an important role in reducing and maintaining healthy cholesterol levels.
2. Eating foods that are low in saturated fat and cholesterol. Buy the leanest cuts of meat you can find. Regularly substitute poultry (without the skin) and fish for red meat. Both are lower in saturated fat. Switch to low fat cottage cheese and yogurt, reduced fat hard cheeses and skim or 1 percent milk.
3. Maintaining a diet rich in soluble fiber. Soluble fiber binds with cholesterol in the intestine and takes it out of the body.
4. Studies indicate that vitamin E may have a positive impact on lowering cholesterol when taken in fairly large quantities - up to 800 IU per day. This is more than you can get from your diet alone.
There are also many natural alternatives that can be used to compliment a healthy lifestyle. In most situations, you can reduce high cholesterol without the use of a statin drug which is a prescription strength cholesterol lowering medication.
Jason Homan




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