No, no, no, no, no, no, NO! Step AWAY from the marg.
Visiting your doctor is bad for your health...
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No, no, no, no, no, no, NO! Step AWAY from the marg.
slowmotion
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Doctor's orders, TC. Tell you what, I'll lay off the marg. if I can forsake the canned pilchards. What say?
Pilchards are all good, but it's your call. No one should eat margarine - ever. It should still be dyed pink, IMO. Hi-viz pink.
slowmotion
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The Jogger
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TC, why not, is it better to eat butter?
Fab Foodie
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That's a whole thread of its own ....
The Jogger
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That's a whole thread of its own ....
Ok , but I guess it's better to have unsalted butter than marge?
Dayvo
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Thanks for the advice, mangaman! Wise words.
My doc here told me that I was in good shape, but had a vitamin D deficiency (as explained by your comment above), so I have been eating more oily fish: mackerel, sardines, pilchards etc.
Hopefully, maybe one day the sun will return to these parts, raising my vitamin D levels and lifting my moods!
Due to extortionate prices, White Russians are few and far between, but there is ice in abundance.
GrasB
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Tell that to my wife. I keep having to buy butter on the way home because she buys marg.
That amounts to which colour beer should she drink
Actually Adrian is the FNRttC's authority on Rehydration. I only drink YELLOW beer should the BROWN beer fail to meet my rigorous quality criteria.
Ghost Donkey
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I'll avoid the food side here as I have an opinion from a lot of my general reading but I'm not qualified and you are looking at your health. I've never read anything good about statins. If you do end up taking them you should supplement on co enzyme Q10, preferably not from soya sources. Avoiding statins is the best bet by far from the study results I've seen but again I know nothing and have only read a bit on the internet. As we have a food scientist talking positives about these I am more than happy to admit my general ignorance on the subject.
Overall cholesterol is not a good indicator. The doctor should offer you a test which shows HDL, the two types of LDL and also tryglicerides and should be interpreted by someone who knows the relevance of the levels and their relationship to each other. A bit of web browsing will clue you up on the kind of things they should cover. As Mangaman said, a fasted full lipid profile is the way forward. If the doctor doesn't go for it and you are concerned you should be persistent with them. They will give you it in the end. Basic cholesterol tests have been offered at a local supermarket by a margarine company whereas when you get to triglyceride levels you are talking expensive lab tests.
Vitamin D supplements are a winner for everyone. One of the few recommended generally along with omega 3 fish oils. Amounts of vitamin D vary for ethnic background and sun levels where you live.
As a bit of food for thought and if you fancy it you may want to look at the relationship between fats in food and the body. Saturated fat and cholesterol in food doesn't directly relate to saturated fat in blood plasma although it's easy to see why this is the obvious conclusion. I'm not saying binge on lard but it' worth a read if you've got concerns over cholesterol levels and want to improve your numbers. Eggs from grass fed chickens are superb :-) I'm also a kn0b on a cycling forum who's read a bit and thinks he's an expert. These are reading recommendations as a bit of food for thought and not meant as any kind of advice on your health.
Overall cholesterol is not a good indicator. The doctor should offer you a test which shows HDL, the two types of LDL and also tryglicerides and should be interpreted by someone who knows the relevance of the levels and their relationship to each other. A bit of web browsing will clue you up on the kind of things they should cover. As Mangaman said, a fasted full lipid profile is the way forward. If the doctor doesn't go for it and you are concerned you should be persistent with them. They will give you it in the end. Basic cholesterol tests have been offered at a local supermarket by a margarine company whereas when you get to triglyceride levels you are talking expensive lab tests.
Vitamin D supplements are a winner for everyone. One of the few recommended generally along with omega 3 fish oils. Amounts of vitamin D vary for ethnic background and sun levels where you live.
As a bit of food for thought and if you fancy it you may want to look at the relationship between fats in food and the body. Saturated fat and cholesterol in food doesn't directly relate to saturated fat in blood plasma although it's easy to see why this is the obvious conclusion. I'm not saying binge on lard but it' worth a read if you've got concerns over cholesterol levels and want to improve your numbers. Eggs from grass fed chickens are superb :-) I'm also a kn0b on a cycling forum who's read a bit and thinks he's an expert. These are reading recommendations as a bit of food for thought and not meant as any kind of advice on your health.
Okay, I know you've all been on tenterhooks for 6 months but the wait is finally over.
I've been eating a low-cholesterol or cholesterol-lowering diet for 6 months now which, I was informed by those in the know, had little chance of success. I had my retest last week and have today been to the quack to discuss the results. I'm happy to report that the diet seems to have worked.
The overall figure has markedly reduced, but more importantly the bad cholesterol has too. According to the way they calculate the risk factor, I am now considerably below average.
In practise it means that I don't face the prospect of being on statins for the rest of my fruitful life and it cuts me a little slack to eat the odd bit of red meat, cheese etc should the desire take me. I'll keep largely to the diet as I don't find it difficult to do anyway and certainly feel healthier anyway.
p.s. As a consequence of the diet I also lost 1.5st which is a bit of a result for climbing hills on a bike!
p.p.s. I didn't cut down my alcohol intake one jot either!
I've been eating a low-cholesterol or cholesterol-lowering diet for 6 months now which, I was informed by those in the know, had little chance of success. I had my retest last week and have today been to the quack to discuss the results. I'm happy to report that the diet seems to have worked.
The overall figure has markedly reduced, but more importantly the bad cholesterol has too. According to the way they calculate the risk factor, I am now considerably below average.
In practise it means that I don't face the prospect of being on statins for the rest of my fruitful life and it cuts me a little slack to eat the odd bit of red meat, cheese etc should the desire take me. I'll keep largely to the diet as I don't find it difficult to do anyway and certainly feel healthier anyway.
p.s. As a consequence of the diet I also lost 1.5st which is a bit of a result for climbing hills on a bike!
p.p.s. I didn't cut down my alcohol intake one jot either!
The Jogger
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Well done Rich , that's great news, now share the diet with the rest of us........
