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<blockquote data-quote="tasha" data-source="post: 47269" data-attributes="member: 9292"><p>Hi Latecomer,</p><p></p><p>Your cholesterol should be under 5mmol to prevent any long term damage. HDL is the 'good' cholesterol which actually clears the LDL 'bad' cholesterol from your arteries and breaks it down in your liver. Diet and genes play a part on overall cholesterol.</p><p>A high ratio of HDL to LDL is obviously a good thing! Reducing LDL inducing foods (e.g. saturated fats) will help as will increasing some unsaturated fats. Actually eggs are high in the good cholesterol (I think).</p><p></p><p>As for meds, I was never prescribed statins as I was considered 'pre-pregnancy' (I think the doctor just assumed a woman in her 20's would be). I have been on Ezetrol for about 4 years now and have no side affects and only positive results. My cholesterol is down from 4.8mmol to 2.5mmol then back up to 3.2mmol. I do have a healthy diet and always have. My raised 4.8mmol was assumably down to a raised hbalc of 8 for several years. Now down to 7% (and even lower now I hope!).</p><p></p><p>Hope this helps,</p><p>tasha</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tasha, post: 47269, member: 9292"] Hi Latecomer, Your cholesterol should be under 5mmol to prevent any long term damage. HDL is the 'good' cholesterol which actually clears the LDL 'bad' cholesterol from your arteries and breaks it down in your liver. Diet and genes play a part on overall cholesterol. A high ratio of HDL to LDL is obviously a good thing! Reducing LDL inducing foods (e.g. saturated fats) will help as will increasing some unsaturated fats. Actually eggs are high in the good cholesterol (I think). As for meds, I was never prescribed statins as I was considered 'pre-pregnancy' (I think the doctor just assumed a woman in her 20's would be). I have been on Ezetrol for about 4 years now and have no side affects and only positive results. My cholesterol is down from 4.8mmol to 2.5mmol then back up to 3.2mmol. I do have a healthy diet and always have. My raised 4.8mmol was assumably down to a raised hbalc of 8 for several years. Now down to 7% (and even lower now I hope!). Hope this helps, tasha [/QUOTE]
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