I'm not on any cholesterol medication. They wanted me to be, but I refused to take any because of the possible side effects. In my case, I have an autoimmune condition where I have inflammation and pretty much always have some degree of muscle weakness, muscular pain, and when there are flareups, extremely bad pain in the tendons and ligaments, sometimes to where I can barely walk or get up and down out of a vehicle or from a chair. So, the risk of any worse muscular weakness or pain, as is common with cholesterol medications was something I just wasn't willing to take a chance on.
The before bloodwork was from Jan. 2023
I started the supplement regimen Feb. 14th
The after bloodwork was May 23rd, so 3 months and 9 days later.
I am taking a pretty comprehensive supplement stack for fat loss, and I know that has helped some as well, but the supplements that I've been taking to specifically address the things that were off in my bloodwork are all the ingredients that will be in Cholesterol Support XT, Cardiovascular Support XT, Blood Pressure Support XT, Liver Assist XT, Joint Support XT, and CEL TUDCA and Api-Plex.
I know that's more than most people will take, but I had really let myself go after the accident and wasn't in the greatest of health before it. I really needed to tighten things up and try to get healthier, and part of that has been a very strategic and intense supplement regimen.
Here are my numbers (before & after):
- Total cholesterol:
- Before: 159
- After: 137
- Net Results: Decreased by 22 points
- Triglycerides:
- Before: 241
- After: 133
- Net Results: Decreased by 108 points
- HDL (good cholesterol):
- Before: 28
- After: 30
- Net Results: Increased by 2 points
- Significance: I was very happy with this because I've struggled with this number being low as long as I can remember, and I haven't been able to exercise at all, so its pretty dramatic for HDL to increase for someone like me by 2 points when not able to exercise. And I intentionally wasn't taking any other supplements to try to increase it, because I wanted to see how the results would be on just the combination I've been using. Now, I'll add some things to try to help increase it some more - my theory is that even though in my case, they didn't help a lot in the past, it may now along with the new supplements.
- VLDL:
- Before: 41
- After: 24
- Net Results: Decreased by 17 points
- LDL:
- Before: 90
- After: 83
- Net Results: Decreased by 7 points
Other notable differences (different supplements were used to target these):
- Homocysteine
- Before: 20.6
- After: 8.4
- Net Results: Decreased by 12.2 points
- AST
- Before: 37
- After: 22
- Net Results: Decreased by 15 points
- ALT:
- Before: 91
- After: 30
- Net Results: Decreased by 61 points
I realize that these numbers seem almost unbelievable, they were for me too and that's why I was shocked. I knew the regimen would help, but I wasn't expecting it to help that much that quickly.
I'm going to privately send you a screen shot of the bloodwork. I don't post my bloodwork publicly, but I'm going to send you a screen shot of it privately so you confirm that what I listed is accurate.