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I'd rather just keep my trigs low, my LDL low, and my HDL in the right place, and not worry over any probably to be honest.

Each to their own though.
 
librarising said:
Triglycerides are usually tested as part of a full lipid panel test. They can be useful to determine whether your LDL is largely harmless or largely harmful. A fasting test is essential for an accurate trigs result. Perhaps next 'bloods' test try to get an early appointment, so any morning food can be taken afterwards.
If your GP is online, register for online access. You can peruse any non-headline results you weren't given.
Is your GP pushing for statins ? Dr Malcolm Kendrick has this to say :

"Statins do not save lives in women.
Statins do not save lives in women.
Statins do not save lives in women.
Is it possible to highlight how important this fact actually is ?.
STATINS DO NOT SAVE LIVES IN WOMEN !"
(From his great The Great Cholesterol Con)
Geoff (born in 1952)
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The great man also said

' First to re-iterate that statins do reduce the risk of CVD [Something, I have never disputed]'

It doesn't seem to get as much publicity on here though.

https://drmalcolmkendrick.org/2016/07/12/what-causes-heart-disease-past-xviii/
 
librarising said:
I would only want to know what your HDL figure, in conjunction with your trigs figure, was.
This ratio will give you a very good indication of how 'friendly' your LDL is e.g. trigs 0.5 HDL 1.0 = ratio of 0.5 indicating very friendly LDL.
Stop thinking of LDL cholesterol as 'bad'. High trigs are bad, and indicative of unfriendly LDL. High LDL with low trigs = most probably friendly.
Geoff
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My trigs/HDL ratio is 0.5 (0.8 / 1.6). LDL is 3.7 at the moment. A big improvement from 6 months ago, when the ratio of trigs/HDL was 2.4. A big change in what I eat and drink (low carbs) caused the improvements.
 
douglas99 said:
The great man also said

' First to re-iterate that statins do reduce the risk of CVD [Something, I have never disputed]'

It doesn't seem to get as much publicity on here though.

https://drmalcolmkendrick.org/2016/07/12/what-causes-heart-disease-past-xviii/
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You negelected to show the next bit..."Not that potent, about the same as aspirin, but the effect does exist."

So you could take aspirin or statins and have a similar effect ..

Personally I would go with neither but that's just me...
 
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