A friend of mine recently had her cholesterol tested for the
first time, and found the following --
Total: 323 HDL: 85 LDL (calculated) : 226 Triglycerides: 59
(all other numbers pretty much normal)
She is 32 years old, and is not overweight. I asked her
about her diet and she said she eats almost nothing but
bread and sweets. (She has stopped this now, because lately
it has been causing headaches.) I have noticed she eats a
not-insignificant amount of fast food, particularly french
fries. She used to exercise daily by walking on a treadmill,
but in the past year or so she hasn't been doing this much.
IMO, her ratios don't look horrible. I think if she goes
back to exercising, avoids the trans-fats, and stops giving
herself insulin spikes, she should improve. Does anyone have
any other suggestions? I suspect her high cholesterol levels
are caused by something genetic.
Her doctor is going to put her on cholesterol medication
if something doesn't change, and we'd really like to
avoid that.
Thanks.
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