Thread: Do you check your cholesterol levels?

I am a big, big fan of the food threads on the board, both the meal orientated (breakfast thread, dinner thread) as well as the dining out threads.

And, man - do some of you eat well. Like really, really well. Most of which I can only dream of, as my diet is severely curtailed on docs orders.

So, my recent cholesterol check gave the following:
Cholesterol 121 mg.dl
Triglyceride 149 mg/dl
HDL-CHOL 44mg/dl
LDL-calculated 47.2 mg/dl

all of which makes me pretty good to trot although one or two figures remain to be improved. Docs assessment was "excellent".

So, all my suffering has somewhat paid off - how about the rest of you? Ever been checked, check regularly - or waiting for the chest pains to kick in first?

Had a few chest pains, waiting for the numb left arm before I give up nachos for breakfast

Originally Posted by nidhogg

Ever been checked, check regularly

Started doing annual health checkups after turning 30.

The full whack once a year.

Did it for about 3 years before I couldn't be foked.

Might do it again when turning 40.

Once a decade sounds about right.

A few simple tweaks to your diet — along with exercise and other heart-healthy habits — might help you lower your cholesterol.

Oatmeal, oat bran and high-fiber foods. ...Fish and omega-3 fatty acids. ...Almonds and other nuts. ...Avocados. ...Olive oil. ...Foods with added plant sterols or stanols. ...Whey protein. ...Other changes to your diet

Oatmeal- check
Whey protein- check
Almonds- check
Omega 3 from farmed salmon- check
Fitness- hmmm
Yup i reckon my cholestrol is fine

I did until the Dr. told me I needed to lose weight and change my diet and I was like 'are you even actually fucking looking at me you stupid cnut'*


*Not really but I was thinking it

I don't recall ever having my cholesterol levels checked but if they were checked, it was a long time ago and part of a general medical check up.

i get it done with my annual health check up. the most recent:

total cholesterol 123.74
triglycerides 35.43
HDL 84.30
LDL 34.80

Originally Posted by Neverna

I don't recall ever having my cholesterol levels checked

make an appointment.....or next time you're in a clinic for any reason, ask them to check the basics. it could end up saving your life.

Originally Posted by raycarey

i get it done with my annual health check up. the most recent:

total cholesterol 123.74
triglycerides 35.43
HDL 84.30
LDL 34.80

Damn. Those are good figures.

Do you check your cholesterol levels?

No. The doc at my hypertension clinic got som path lab wallahs to do it every three months until everything was under control. About a year it took. This was about 4 years ago.

Only just got back to a western diet about a month ago.

I get a full medical checkup with work, and a life insurance policy I have with my wife. Had a bit of a scare last year when my BP was very high after a boozy weekend. Uric acid off the charts (I am probe to gout), but was back to normal after a few days. Cholesterol levels for me (and the missus) are very good so far. Don't a lot of unhealthy foods, tbh.
There is a history of prostate cancer in both my parent's families, so I get checked twice / year.

Had terrible readings last year from private Hospital in Bkk, went home 3 months later had them all done again, no problems with anything.

^ Bugger...that's terrible news.

I had mine checked and they weren't good last year. The triglycerides figure was way too high. I had 3 month checks to check they were dropping, got them back under control. Now I think they are way too high again. I'll diet again over the summer to bring them back under control. Heart checks are still good even with high sugar and high triglycerides but sugar level has been under control for several years now.

Drinking green tea is supposed to naturally lower cholesterol.

Some research indicates that antioxidants found in tea may help lower cholesterol. A meta-analysis from the American Journal of Clinical Nutritionsuggests that green tea significantly reduces total cholesterol, including LDL or “bad” cholesterol, in the blood to 2.19 mg/dL. However, green tea didn’t affect HDL, or “good” cholesterol.

Link: https://www.healthline.com/health/hi...nd-cholesterol

Anyone tried this?

I remember hearing about the credit card sized labs that you could put a few drops of blood on and plug them to your smartphone - where are they

https://www.informationweek.com/it-l...a/d-id/1318995

I get mine checked every year. Levels so far all within range.

Originally Posted by baldrick

I remember hearing about the credit card sized labs that you could put a few drops of blood on and plug them to your smartphone - where are they

not credit card sized and not plugged into smartphones, but...

Originally Posted by raycarey

total cholesterol 123.74
triglycerides 35.43
HDL 84.30
LDL 34.80

What do you eat leaves? Jeezus.

Being vegetarian, my cholesterol is incredibly low. And the doc told me my heart's ejection fraction is that of a young man.

Did he also tell you that your mammogram was clear?

F	Cholesterol, Total	197	100-199 (mg/dL)	MB
F	Triglycerides	82	0-149 (mg/dL)	MB
F	HDL Cholesterol	64	>39 (mg/dL)	MB
F	VLDL Cholesterol Cal	16	5-40 (mg/dL)	MB
F	LDL Cholesterol Calc	117 H	0-99 (mg/dL)	MB

My latest lipid panel. The doc upped my statin medication.

Disappointing because it is up since 6 months ago and I had changed my diet to include less meat and white stuff to fish and veggies.



Ray Carey, what do you eat?