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<blockquote data-quote="Bluetit1802" data-source="post: 2041942" data-attributes="member: 94045"><p>Your total cholesterol is 5.3</p><p>Your HDL (good stuff) is 1</p><p>Your trigs (bad stuff) is 1.2</p><p>Your LDL (can be good, can be not so good) is only calculated, not measured, and is 3.8.</p><p></p><p>What it doesn't show is your trigs/HDL ratio, which ideally should be under 0.87. Yours is 1.2. This is the important ratio.</p><p></p><p>All you need to do is raise your HDL and the ratio will improve. It is a bit low at the moment. Statins do not do anything for the HDL. All they do is lower the LDL. However, carbs deplete the HDL, so reducing carbs will bring them back up to somewhere much better.</p><p></p><p>If you did not fast for this test, the triglycerides will be raised. It is necessary to fast (water only) for 12 hours before the test.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bluetit1802, post: 2041942, member: 94045"] Your total cholesterol is 5.3 Your HDL (good stuff) is 1 Your trigs (bad stuff) is 1.2 Your LDL (can be good, can be not so good) is only calculated, not measured, and is 3.8. What it doesn't show is your trigs/HDL ratio, which ideally should be under 0.87. Yours is 1.2. This is the important ratio. All you need to do is raise your HDL and the ratio will improve. It is a bit low at the moment. Statins do not do anything for the HDL. All they do is lower the LDL. However, carbs deplete the HDL, so reducing carbs will bring them back up to somewhere much better. If you did not fast for this test, the triglycerides will be raised. It is necessary to fast (water only) for 12 hours before the test. [/QUOTE]
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