Cholesterol count
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By the way, between 4 and 5 is considered good
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From: Africa
Dark ales (stick to CAMRA brews to avoid the other crap beer factories put in the commercial stuff) and red wine. Apparently the flavinoids help reduce cholesterol. BP 120/80, cholesterol 4.7 and resting pulse rate 62bpm at last medical.
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From: Blue Lagoon
Homocysteine and Risk Factors
Do you smoke?
Do you drink excessively?(More than 3 standard drinks per day)
Are you more than 10% over your ideal BMI?
Do you exercise?
Does your family have a cardiac/blood pressure history?
Have you had your homocysteine levels checked?
Do you know what red yeast rice is?
If you answer no to at least three of the above and have a cholesterol level of greater than 7.0 go and have a chat to your nearest cardiologist
Do you drink excessively?(More than 3 standard drinks per day)
Are you more than 10% over your ideal BMI?
Do you exercise?
Does your family have a cardiac/blood pressure history?
Have you had your homocysteine levels checked?
Do you know what red yeast rice is?
If you answer no to at least three of the above and have a cholesterol level of greater than 7.0 go and have a chat to your nearest cardiologist
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From: Greenwich
Crossing -
Er, I think you mean 'yes'. Yes? 
Cheers, Gobona - I suppose that's butter on the toast is it?
Anyway, thanks to all for their input. I'll resurrect this thread in three weeks time or so when I get re-tested.
Stay healthy folks.
If you answer no to at least three of the above
Cheers, Gobona - I suppose that's butter on the toast is it?
Anyway, thanks to all for their input. I'll resurrect this thread in three weeks time or so when I get re-tested.
Stay healthy folks.
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From: Southeast U K
I might reflect on the FACT that the bloke that "Invented"
jogging died of a heart attack whilst out jogging.
I don't drink at all now,pity about that, but I do still smoke.
Exercise is something schools call their books as far as I
can recall?
My BP is usually about 125/75. Heart rate generally normal.
I think you can cause more problems by worrying about HAVING
problems.
Just stood on the scales. Just under 13 stones. That'll do me.
The Memsahib is heavier, and gets upset about it. I don't.
I was 10 1/2 stone in the Air Force.
Ipso Facto, I've put on 2 1/2 stones in the intervening 40 odd years.
Round about 12 ounces per annum.
I must find something else to worry about.
PS, What IS cholesterol?
jogging died of a heart attack whilst out jogging.
I don't drink at all now,pity about that, but I do still smoke.
Exercise is something schools call their books as far as I
can recall?
My BP is usually about 125/75. Heart rate generally normal.
I think you can cause more problems by worrying about HAVING
problems.
Just stood on the scales. Just under 13 stones. That'll do me.
The Memsahib is heavier, and gets upset about it. I don't.
I was 10 1/2 stone in the Air Force.
Ipso Facto, I've put on 2 1/2 stones in the intervening 40 odd years.
Round about 12 ounces per annum.
I must find something else to worry about.
PS, What IS cholesterol?
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From: egsh
Gobona stick
Far too much Baked Beans - all that fibre is much too good for you.
Grilled tomato - keep it back in the kitchen
Only two slices of toast visible.... how are you going to spread a half pound of butter on so little?
Needs more bacon, more sausage, a few fried spuds for mopping up the egg yolk and of course a proper slice of real Black Pudding.
A decent dose of Haggis would not go amiss either....
Far too much Baked Beans - all that fibre is much too good for you.
Grilled tomato - keep it back in the kitchen
Only two slices of toast visible.... how are you going to spread a half pound of butter on so little?
Needs more bacon, more sausage, a few fried spuds for mopping up the egg yolk and of course a proper slice of real Black Pudding.
A decent dose of Haggis would not go amiss either....
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From: egsh
Hey Wings Warped
, you forgot the essential fried bread upon which you place the fried tomatoes since cooked tomatoes are better than raw for lycopine thus offsetting the fried slice.
, you forgot the essential fried bread upon which you place the fried tomatoes since cooked tomatoes are better than raw for lycopine thus offsetting the fried slice.
Grilled tomato seems to be able to maintain 400 degrees celsius on a plate for 2 hours, ensuring:
1) no gustative pleasure
2) a burnt mouth
Agree though that a bit of fried bread would be a good complement.
A bowl of proper porridge beforehand and a glass of half decent single malt would not be a bad thing either.
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From: Berkshire, UK
<<When I told him I had drunk a bottle of Jack the previous night at a haloween party >>
Well at least it should be a very good blaze at your cremation which, I imagine, won't be too far off.....!
Well at least it should be a very good blaze at your cremation which, I imagine, won't be too far off.....!
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From: Alaska, California and Oz
OK, here's my stats:
BP 120/80 ish
Resting HR 62
Total Cholesterol 3.8
LDL 2.2
Triglycerides 1.6
No smoking
Sane alcohol levels
BMI 23
no family history
no stress factors
well and fit, have never even had a cold in decades
That was the situation a while back when I had a full blown heart attack, went into cardiac arrest and had two stents in the "widow-maker" coronary artery. All without symptoms or pain. I once had an ingrown toenail that hurt orders of magnitude more than anything I experienced during this event. When I asked my cardiologist what he would have done if I had seen him a week before the attack, he said "Nothing."
I have lost all faith in the numbers that are supposed to indicate a safe zone. I have seen absurdly obese people and used to think they were a heart attack waiting to happen, and of course, it never did. I agree with the above poster: start worrying about something else. Just be ready to take your ride when they punch your ticket cuz there's probably little you can do about it anyway.
BP 120/80 ish
Resting HR 62
Total Cholesterol 3.8
LDL 2.2
Triglycerides 1.6
No smoking
Sane alcohol levels
BMI 23
no family history
no stress factors
well and fit, have never even had a cold in decades
That was the situation a while back when I had a full blown heart attack, went into cardiac arrest and had two stents in the "widow-maker" coronary artery. All without symptoms or pain. I once had an ingrown toenail that hurt orders of magnitude more than anything I experienced during this event. When I asked my cardiologist what he would have done if I had seen him a week before the attack, he said "Nothing."
I have lost all faith in the numbers that are supposed to indicate a safe zone. I have seen absurdly obese people and used to think they were a heart attack waiting to happen, and of course, it never did. I agree with the above poster: start worrying about something else. Just be ready to take your ride when they punch your ticket cuz there's probably little you can do about it anyway.
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From: In the boot of my car!
I thought this cholesterol thing was the biggest drug company con of the century? 70% of heart attack victims have normal or low cholesterol levels?
Have we been conned about cholesterol? | Mail Online
Have we been conned about cholesterol? | Mail Online
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Had my Class 1 renewal today and was surprised to be given a cholesterol test.
Apparently the CAA are doing it as an 'info only' thing for over 40's.
Mine was 5.2 which I was told as good, I had a look on the chart they had and saw 7'ish was danger zone ....
I always thought to get am accurate reading one needs to almost fast for 12hrs, is this true?
Apparently the CAA are doing it as an 'info only' thing for over 40's.
Mine was 5.2 which I was told as good, I had a look on the chart they had and saw 7'ish was danger zone ....
I always thought to get am accurate reading one needs to almost fast for 12hrs, is this true?
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From: 30 West
For a touch of sensibility for a moment...........
You get one done at 40 under current CAA thinking.
As my family have had problems, I get mine done every 2 years.
First one was around 5.5, then it has risen slightly to 6.5 and stayed stable - I am 51.
As my AME says - towards the higher end but here is the important thing - no other contra indications, i.e. not overweight 86kg/6'1", no smoking, reasonably active, reasonable diet moderate drinker (
).
I find it a good check every 2 years to ensure no trends start, if they do I will correct them or look at drugs to modify.
There is no hard and fast 'limit', it depends on your personal circumstances.
You get one done at 40 under current CAA thinking.
As my family have had problems, I get mine done every 2 years.
First one was around 5.5, then it has risen slightly to 6.5 and stayed stable - I am 51.
As my AME says - towards the higher end but here is the important thing - no other contra indications, i.e. not overweight 86kg/6'1", no smoking, reasonably active, reasonable diet moderate drinker (
).I find it a good check every 2 years to ensure no trends start, if they do I will correct them or look at drugs to modify.
There is no hard and fast 'limit', it depends on your personal circumstances.
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From: gold coast QLD australia
Start walking, and have at least 1000 mg of fish oil a day. Why is it that everything we like is either illegal, immoral or fattening? Meanwhile enjoy your life, think of all those people who knocked back desert on the "Titanic".!