I know roughly about good and bad cholesterol and have heard that Benecol reduces the bad stuff. Has anyone used the stuff and was it effective? Any advice about reduces cholesterol?
all the bad stuffWhich bits of your cholesterol do you want to reduce?
I think I'll give Benecol a go too. Let us know your results. Good luckI’m giving the Benecol daily drinks a try. There’s a no added sugar one that’s only 2.9g carbs per drink. I have my next review in a month. I’ll write a post about an effects good or bad then. They are usually on offer in Tesco two six packs for £6.50, works out at 54p per day.
You could reduce ldl by doing this but it may not reduce your cv risk (even statins don t always achieve this) and it sounds expensive. Why not decrease triglycerides (vldls) and increase Hdl (protective)by truing a low carb and high fat diet which many here have done to god effect.
I think I'll give Benecol a go too. Let us know your results. Good luck
I have the same problem with cholesterol, but in my case I was already seriously under-weight when I started LC and I have managed since not to lose much more weight, mostly by eating HF. Some people claim that the cholesterol rise is tem;porary. I'm living in hopes and awaiting my next blood test in about 3 months.My numbers have deteriorated since diagnosis and commencing a low carb diet, I believe due to losing a shed load of weight.
Zoe Harcombe (and I suspect others I can't remember) is no fan of plant sterols :I’m giving the Benecol daily drinks a try. There’s a no added sugar one that’s only 2.9g carbs per drink. I have my next review in a month. I’ll write a post about an effects good or bad then. They are usually on offer in Tesco two six packs for £6.50, works out at 54p per day.
You can add Dr Briffa :Zoe Harcombe (and I suspect others I can't remember) is no fan of plant sterols
Zoe Harcombe (and I suspect others I can't remember) is no fan of plant sterols :
http://thescipub.com/abstract/10.3844/ojbsci.2014.167.169
My reading of this article is that in a move to reduce the risk of CVD, you may increase it.
Once you know cholesterol isn't the problem, but inflammation is, you look to reduce inflammation.
The working aspect of statins is largely its anti-inflammatory action. Some anti-statinists recognise the possible benefit from a LOW-DOSE statin (say 5 mg), which reduces inflammation but without the side effects a higher dose can bring.
Geoff
You can add Dr Briffa :
http://www.drbriffa.com/2013/08/01/...-are-good-for-cholesterol-but-bad-for-health/
Geoff
NICE does not recommend them for diabetics
https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg...d-assessing-cardiovascular-disease-cvd-risk-2
Plant stanols and sterols
1.2.17 Do not advise any of the following to take plant stanols or sterols for the prevention of CVD:
- people who are being treated for primary prevention
- people who are being treated for secondary prevention
- people with CKD
- people with type 1 diabetes
- people with type 2 diabetes. [new 2014]
I see that Briffa addresses both as the same problem.This article refers to sterols. Benecol contains stanols, I wonder if there is a difference?
Annoying that it doesn’t say why!