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<blockquote data-quote="AloeSvea" data-source="post: 1909330" data-attributes="member: 150927"><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Ah! Just to throw a spanner in the works, [USER=469976]@Chez31[/USER] - I would strongly advise you watch those youtubes on cholesterol! Read books on the topic. As much as you can - it is sooooooo controversial. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">I too have high levels of LDL. (But my trigs too, are gorgeous. Not as gorgeous as yours though, but I am happy with mine.) (Because my trig/hdl ratio is so good the docs don't send me off to hospital - and that ratio is something that [USER=219467]@bulkbiker[/USER] talks about in the forum.) And when I get my blood lipid results they always have a little note about possible familial hypercholesterolemia. Trouble is - I am well middle-aged, and I have super ager parents and rellies, like most of my generation, so I know their blood lipids, health and disease profiles really well, the way that we do. (you will not be surprised to hear me say for us when it comes to health issues it's basically all about the carbs for us!) I read recently, as I read up a lot on this for the above reason, that the stats on folks with hypercholesterolemia, genuinely who have it, their risk of dying more of CVDs and strokes than those without is actually in real terms - a tiny increase. And when I say tiny I mean tiny. It's that ol' relative risk versus real risk again. (You can interpret statistics by doing an increase in a percentage when the real increase is absolutely tiny - the material you can read on this explains it way better than mathematically challenged me!)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">What this means is, at a basic level, is the treatment you could get to lower your cholesterol level ends up being more dangerous to your good health than the high LDL! I know it's freaky to think of it, but in terms of deaths and stats - this is really why I suggest you find out as much as you can about it. As it is big-time important. Especially as you are talking about your children's health too. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">But I can tell you with confidence that there is not evidence that statins decreases mortality for women. Even women with high LDL, or even ones who have had CVD or strokes if I remember correctly. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">A really good question to ask your medical team, re the cholesterol, is, do any of the statin treatments they propose (and they WILL propose them) will they increase your life expectancy, and if so, by how much. If they answer you honestly, that is, if they actually know the stats on this (and the stats exist, absolutely) - you will probably be shocked. (I think, if you were a male and had a CVD or stroke - it is something like 3 weeks. Truly.) (If I have remembered correctly. But it is something like that.)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Sadly, conventional western medicine, the pharmaceutical companies, and our usually great medical professionals cannot be trusted on this subject! I hate to say it, but weighing up the evidence, it does seem to be the case. But because it is so important - this really is something you need to come to your own conclusions about. But get educated on it! Is my suggestion. (Poor you having to deal with all these health issues! you have my total sympathy.)</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AloeSvea, post: 1909330, member: 150927"] [FONT=Arial]Ah! Just to throw a spanner in the works, [USER=469976]@Chez31[/USER] - I would strongly advise you watch those youtubes on cholesterol! Read books on the topic. As much as you can - it is sooooooo controversial. I too have high levels of LDL. (But my trigs too, are gorgeous. Not as gorgeous as yours though, but I am happy with mine.) (Because my trig/hdl ratio is so good the docs don't send me off to hospital - and that ratio is something that [USER=219467]@bulkbiker[/USER] talks about in the forum.) And when I get my blood lipid results they always have a little note about possible familial hypercholesterolemia. Trouble is - I am well middle-aged, and I have super ager parents and rellies, like most of my generation, so I know their blood lipids, health and disease profiles really well, the way that we do. (you will not be surprised to hear me say for us when it comes to health issues it's basically all about the carbs for us!) I read recently, as I read up a lot on this for the above reason, that the stats on folks with hypercholesterolemia, genuinely who have it, their risk of dying more of CVDs and strokes than those without is actually in real terms - a tiny increase. And when I say tiny I mean tiny. It's that ol' relative risk versus real risk again. (You can interpret statistics by doing an increase in a percentage when the real increase is absolutely tiny - the material you can read on this explains it way better than mathematically challenged me!) What this means is, at a basic level, is the treatment you could get to lower your cholesterol level ends up being more dangerous to your good health than the high LDL! I know it's freaky to think of it, but in terms of deaths and stats - this is really why I suggest you find out as much as you can about it. As it is big-time important. Especially as you are talking about your children's health too. But I can tell you with confidence that there is not evidence that statins decreases mortality for women. Even women with high LDL, or even ones who have had CVD or strokes if I remember correctly. A really good question to ask your medical team, re the cholesterol, is, do any of the statin treatments they propose (and they WILL propose them) will they increase your life expectancy, and if so, by how much. If they answer you honestly, that is, if they actually know the stats on this (and the stats exist, absolutely) - you will probably be shocked. (I think, if you were a male and had a CVD or stroke - it is something like 3 weeks. Truly.) (If I have remembered correctly. But it is something like that.) Sadly, conventional western medicine, the pharmaceutical companies, and our usually great medical professionals cannot be trusted on this subject! I hate to say it, but weighing up the evidence, it does seem to be the case. But because it is so important - this really is something you need to come to your own conclusions about. But get educated on it! Is my suggestion. (Poor you having to deal with all these health issues! you have my total sympathy.)[/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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