LDL 179; Non HDL 190; Total 270; HDL 80; Triglycerides 57 - Your views on my results?

yackedar

LDL is what the medical profession lead us to believe is the bad lipoprotein, and HDL the good lipoprotein.

Here's a little info for you:

Besides lousy diets, lack of exercise and hypercholesterolemia, the root cause of elevated cholesterol levels is inflammation, caused by household chemicals, toxins, exhaust fumes and anything else inhaled or absorbed through the skin,.....other than oxygen of course.
If you live in a city, town, road side residence, and/or industrial area then you are absorbing more toxins than those living in a remote rural location.

The bodies defence (defense, in the USA) mechanism kicks in by producing more LDL cholesterol to collect the particles of toxins etc. which are damaging the endothelium layer of the arteries. Unfortunately, the damaged areas accumulate a build up of plaque if too much LDL is dispatched to that damaged area for protection purposes, and where there is not enough HDL cholesterol available to mop up the excess LDL. This results in the build up of blood pressure to force the blood past the now 'blob/s' of plaque. Further damage to the arteries continues until the inevitable happens.

Initially 'scratch damage' to the arterial walls occurs (The higher the blood pressure, the worse the damage). The supposedly bad cholesterol (LDL) is dispatched to the damaged area to repair and prevent further serious damage such as perforation of the damaged artery. (Normally plaque builds up on artery junctions or bends).

Continuing inflammation circulated by high blood pressure 'scrapes' the plaque LDL build up which now also contains toxins, calcium, iron and all sorts of chemicals, which determine if the plaque build up is hard or soft. Plaque continues to build up.......and so on, and so on....... eventually leading to Angina, or worse, a heart attack, or even death.

Address inflammation and your cholesterol levels should stabilise naturally.........But this cannot be achieved solely by lifestyle, exercise and diet changes.

Then address the higher than normal cholesterel levels.

Remember, it is not the individual lipid figures that are important here.
It is the ratios of those figures.

ie: LDL and/or Trigs maybe elevated but are fairly harmless if the HDL is high. (the HDL particles are probably large and buoyant.)

Here is a little information that will help in combatting inflammation.

It would be beneficial for you to research and note which foods and liquids that you consume contain Omega 6. Difficult task, but one that should be undertaken.
Once you have determined this figure on a weekly basis, then do the same with the intake of Omega 3 fatty acids. (EPA & DHA)
You will probably find the ratio between the two as being >10:1 (omega6 to 3)

Your target is to obtain a ratio as close to 1:1 as possible.
Why?

Omega 6 is PRO-inflammatory
Omega 3 is anti-inflammatory.

Yack.