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<blockquote data-quote="Bluetit1802" data-source="post: 2435727" data-attributes="member: 94045"><p>[USER=543824]@Cat166[/USER] </p><p></p><p>Please get a copy of your test results. It is important. Ask the receptionist. </p><p>Cholesterol is made up of good cholesterol (HDL). This should be as high as possible. Triglycerides, which are the baddies and should be as low as possible, and something called LDL. This is made up of small hard particles and large fluffy particles. The small hard ones are bad. The large fluffy ones are good. Unfortunately in the UK they don't differentiate between these particles in routine tests, so we don't know which ones we have. The total cholesterol is just that, a total of them all. You say your total was 5. That is pretty meaningless without the breakdown. You could have a lot of the good stuff in that total. You need to know - and without this knowledge you cannot decide on whether to take a statin, and neither should your nurse be suggesting them.</p><p></p><p>Research shows that statins may be beneficial to those who have already had a heart attack or stroke, but not for the rest of us. There is a very long thread on the forum that contains links to this. You would need months to read through it, but I recommend you have a glance and read some of it. It will put your mind at rest. <a href="https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/cholesterol-and-statins.156985/" target="_blank">https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/cholesterol-and-statins.156985/</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bluetit1802, post: 2435727, member: 94045"] [USER=543824]@Cat166[/USER] Please get a copy of your test results. It is important. Ask the receptionist. Cholesterol is made up of good cholesterol (HDL). This should be as high as possible. Triglycerides, which are the baddies and should be as low as possible, and something called LDL. This is made up of small hard particles and large fluffy particles. The small hard ones are bad. The large fluffy ones are good. Unfortunately in the UK they don't differentiate between these particles in routine tests, so we don't know which ones we have. The total cholesterol is just that, a total of them all. You say your total was 5. That is pretty meaningless without the breakdown. You could have a lot of the good stuff in that total. You need to know - and without this knowledge you cannot decide on whether to take a statin, and neither should your nurse be suggesting them. Research shows that statins may be beneficial to those who have already had a heart attack or stroke, but not for the rest of us. There is a very long thread on the forum that contains links to this. You would need months to read through it, but I recommend you have a glance and read some of it. It will put your mind at rest. [URL]https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/cholesterol-and-statins.156985/[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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