Valerie-your liver makes approximately 85% of the cholesterol. Your doctor needs to order a Cardiac IQ R test. This fractionates your cholesterol panel and lets you know your particles sizes of your LDL. Can also reveal your LDL pattern, lipoprotein little a, lipoprotein B and E which give you a much more accurate picture of your health …
Valerie-your liver makes approximately 85% of the cholesterol. Your doctor needs to order a Cardiac IQ R test. This fractionates your cholesterol panel and lets you know your particles sizes of your LDL. Can also reveal your LDL pattern, lipoprotein little a, lipoprotein B and E which give you a much more accurate picture of your health related risk. I got mine done through Quest and my insurance covered it.
Yes, I am not believing what they are selling at all. Ever. Losing this weight and only eating clean and seeing my cholesterol number increase just shows what a scam it all is. If eating only what God put on this earth for me to eat causes my numbers to go sky high, then so be it. It is called a doctor's "practice" for a reason.
Oh I’ve had all of it, cardiac IQ, calcium plaque score (zero), and heart ultrasound (perfect). Literally the only problem is high LDL-C which is a concern but I’m still taking a conservative approach when it comes to pharma solutions.
Sugar seems to be the big issue (and Carbs). I was in a cardiac class and they actually said high blood sugar pits the arteries and that cholesterol is used like a band-aid to cover those pitted areas.
Sugar is one of many things that yes, damages the endothelium. And yes, cholesterol is part of the repair process. Under normal conditions the cholesterol repair gradually is degraded and a smooth endothelial surface is once again present. However, when there is ongoing damage via sugar or other inflammation, then the bandaids accumulate, resulting in clots.
Cholesterol is akin to the fire truck that shows up at the scene of a fire. It’s the response to a problem, not the cause.
Valerie-your liver makes approximately 85% of the cholesterol. Your doctor needs to order a Cardiac IQ R test. This fractionates your cholesterol panel and lets you know your particles sizes of your LDL. Can also reveal your LDL pattern, lipoprotein little a, lipoprotein B and E which give you a much more accurate picture of your health related risk. I got mine done through Quest and my insurance covered it.
Dr Malcolm Kendrick says the problem is not LDL at all but inflammation. Doesn’t matter the size of the LDL.
My spouse has spent hundreds of hrs researching this.
You could not be more right. Inflammation is the root cause of all disease and illnesses.
And thank you for the info! If I hadn’t done all of it already, it would be extremely valuable.
Yes, I am not believing what they are selling at all. Ever. Losing this weight and only eating clean and seeing my cholesterol number increase just shows what a scam it all is. If eating only what God put on this earth for me to eat causes my numbers to go sky high, then so be it. It is called a doctor's "practice" for a reason.
Oh I’ve had all of it, cardiac IQ, calcium plaque score (zero), and heart ultrasound (perfect). Literally the only problem is high LDL-C which is a concern but I’m still taking a conservative approach when it comes to pharma solutions.
Look up Malcolm Kendrick’s book The Clot Thickens, if you want reassurance re LDL. Absolutely no reason for concern.
Sugar seems to be the big issue (and Carbs). I was in a cardiac class and they actually said high blood sugar pits the arteries and that cholesterol is used like a band-aid to cover those pitted areas.
Sugar is one of many things that yes, damages the endothelium. And yes, cholesterol is part of the repair process. Under normal conditions the cholesterol repair gradually is degraded and a smooth endothelial surface is once again present. However, when there is ongoing damage via sugar or other inflammation, then the bandaids accumulate, resulting in clots.
Cholesterol is akin to the fire truck that shows up at the scene of a fire. It’s the response to a problem, not the cause.
Exactly. Thanks for the additional explanation and analogy.
Your welcome. The analogy is not original with me.
And calcium scans are cheap. Cash patients $50 at least in my area. Although I wouldn't do one every year as that's a lot of radiation.
Orthomolecular medicine has some natural things you can do to lower cholesterol.
a friend of mine, had the above test, Medicare doesn't pay for it. :-( surprise.