Need some help with my high cholesterol numbers - High Cholesterol Message Board

dulips · 09-18-2006, 10:01 AM

I just recently had two blood tests done and the results are as follows:
Total Cholesterol: 213
Triglycerides: 462
HDL: 39
LDL: I don't have the sheet in front of me so I don't remember
ALT: 90

My total ratio was around 5.5 I believe

I am 22 and extremely active, I workout 5 times a week lifting weights and running 1.5 miles. I eat very healthy as well with the occassional cheat here and there. The doctor recommended I take Tricor to lower my triglycerides which he seems to think is the reason everything else is elevated. I refuse to go on medication for the rest of my life so this week I started taking Fish oil and next week I am going to start taking Pantethine with that in hope that I can lower my tryglyceride levels and total cholesterol. Does anyone have any advice or experience with either of these supplements. I am not overweight so this is very startling and puzzling to me. High cholesterol does run in my family. My grandfather had a triglyceride levels in the 800's and has reduced it to normal with fish oil and pantethine.
Thanks again,
Derek

Lenin · 09-18-2006, 10:53 AM

dulips,

A friend did VERY well with pantethine and then pantothenic acid. But it was confused with a very low fat and low carbohydrate diet she started at the same time.
Others did not do so well.

I thought I'd try but my research said that the far cheaper pantothenic acid did NOT work nearly so well as the pantethine and the price of the pantethine was prohibitive for something taken in a mega-dose forever. So I have no personal experience.

Let us know how you do.

Common wisdom seems to say that a low sugar and a low alcohol diet helps a lot with high triglycerides but sometimes it's a congenital problem that is hard to manage without drugs.

dulips · 09-18-2006, 12:38 PM

I will definitely keep everyone posted as to how the fish oil and pantethine combined work. I also forgot to mention that I don't smoke, I occassionally drink since I did just graduate from college, but other then that I am very healthy and conscious of what I put into my body. I only have whole grain or wheat pastas and bread, I never drink soda, only water and gatorade for some electrolytes after my workouts. I only eat red meat about once a month as well. So I guess if this doesn't work there is not much else I can do in terms of dieting and working out since I do that pretty much already.

20withacne · 09-18-2006, 09:20 PM

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