Sorry, I haven't been here for a while. I was kind of disappointed with my cholesterol levels because they did not drop. I talked to my endocrinologist and he referred me to a registered dietician. She said for people who already have a high level of fitness and nutrition, sometimes these type of people, it takes a lot of extra work to lower the cholesterol. She told me to keep a food diary and to keep my fat grams below 40 grams a day. They will recheck the numbers in 6 months. Of course, that was 6 weeks ago and I have finally just gotten around to charting my fat grams.
Do I feel that one can still lower the cholesterol levels naturally? Yes, I do. For some of us, it will take an extra effort to get the levels down. Do I feel that I should take medicine to help lower my levels? No, I do not. My doctor did not put me on cholesterol lowering medicines because my HDL(good) cholesterol is quite high and my LDL(bad) cholesterol is borderline high. If my levels were extremely elevated and I did everything possible to lower them and it didn't drop, then I would go ahead with a drug regiment to lower my levels. I probably can lower them if I went vegan but I'm not willing to do that at this time, I will revisit this idea in 6 months.
When I started this blog, I was gearing it to people who aren't as conscience about their health. I still feel that one should do the most he or she can do naturally. Drugs can be introduced after doing everything possible to change the lifestyle to a healthy one.
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