bad cholestrol

zaph123

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Whats are some supps to help lower your cholestrol. I jsut got my blood test back and i am in danger. My triglycerides are terrible. I got a sheet for what to eat and what not to eat. I am goign to follow that, but are there any supps that can help?
 
I use a product called Cholest-Off which contains natural plant sterols and stanols. It has a number of clinical studies to back it up.
 
Red Yeast Rice with CoQ10 of course. Policosanol as well, and healthy unsaturated fats.
 
CDB said:
Red Yeast Rice with CoQ10 of course. Policosanol as well, and healthy unsaturated fats.
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yes, and:

-sesathin / sesalean
-celery seed extract (yes, for cholesterol, not just blood pressure!)
-and possibly Designer's Melting Point
 
Max32 said:
yes, and:

-sesathin / sesalean
-celery seed extract (yes, for cholesterol, not just blood pressure!)
-and possibly Designer's Melting Point
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Had no idea about the celery seed extract being good for cholesterol. What's the overall effect, higher HDL or lower LDL, or a mix of both?

Hell if it's good for cholesterol as well as blood pressure I'm going to start running it consistently. Last time I took my bp earlier this week I was 127 over 65, which is interestingly low considering my diet and bad habits. It has been much higher though. Just stumbled across some software I might buy to monitor it over time and get a better read on where my average bp stands. Or I could just use Excel, but the graphs aren't as pretty.
 
It also has ability to lower liver enzymes, and help fight cancer. . .

Check the link I posted in the "proposed sticky" thread.
 
I've heard that moderate cardio is useful in keeping HDL levels higher. I don't know if there's any truth to that but its worth looking into.
 
Max32 said:
yes, and:

-sesathin / sesalean
-celery seed extract (yes, for cholesterol, not just blood pressure!)
-and possibly Designer's Melting Point
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and also:

allicin
guggul
fenugreek
and expecially pantethine
 
How much pantethine?

I did a search on AM, and only found a comment about taking 2 pills per day. I'm taking a wild guess that this means 330mg per day?
 
rrgg said:
How much pantethine?

I did a search on AM, and only found a comment about taking 2 pills per day. I'm taking a wild guess that this means 330mg per day?
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Nope, more. Studies reports 500 to 900mg.
I'm going to start it at 600mg, my caps (AOR) are 300mg. Pricey but worth it I think. AOR is a guaranteee. Pantethine helps also lowering triglicerides and I need that too.

My complete protocol I will run for a month is (I'm just taking RYR and Allimax at the moment since I dont have yet the other stuff):

RYR 2400mg (1200 first 2 weeks)
Allicin 360mg (double dose)
CoQ10 60mg
Pantethine 600mg*
Guggul (recommended dose, AOR brand this too -i dont trust much general supps brands for this stuff)
Policosanol 20mg*
Fenugreek 550mg

*I plan to run these all-year round
 
Keep the coffee consumption down.

Creatine can also help (indirectly) with lowering homocysteine.

Niacin is also worthwhile for cholesterol and triglyceride reduction -- but you need a lot to be effective, unfortunately just under the toxic level. Say, 1.5 g a day. Take before bed as it is during sleep that most cholesterol activity occurs.

Have you considered trimethylglycine? Invalid Link Removed
 
For some reason I thought the niacin was to be spread out. Why take it all at once at bedtime?

EDIT: Nevermind. I see that when the liver manufactures cholesterol, it mostly occurs at night.
 
Malek256 said:
Keep the coffee consumption down.

Creatine can also help (indirectly) with lowering homocysteine.

Niacin is also worthwhile for cholesterol and triglyceride reduction -- but you need a lot to be effective, unfortunately just under the toxic level. Say, 1.5 g a day. Take before bed as it is during sleep that most cholesterol activity occurs.

Have you considered trimethylglycine? Invalid Link Removed
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Niacin is as good if not better than statins. It can cause hypoglycemia though, so if you are a diabetic you will need to watch this and statins may be a better option for you.

Cholesterol will kill you. W/o a doubt. Take it serrious and get it down quick. Follow the DASH diet!
 
I think you're overstating the DASH diet. A lot of guys here probably have a diet this clean already.
 
rrgg said:
I think you're overstating the DASH diet. A lot of guys here probably have a diet this clean already.
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I don't know, I haven't seen their diets. I know the DASH diet works tho so I don't feel bad recommending it ;)
 
zaph123 said:
Whats are some supps to help lower your cholestrol. I jsut got my blood test back and i am in danger. My triglycerides are terrible. I got a sheet for what to eat and what not to eat. I am goign to follow that, but are there any supps that can help?
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Triglycerides levels, Cholesterol levels or Both? what are elevated and do you have their values?
 
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