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Does anyone else have a problem with it?

I have been for my yearly health check and I am very healthy apart from my cholesterol level, To be honest I don't understand it I eat healthy,I exercise daily,I dont smoke.........

what more can I do??

I even started using Benecol to see if it reduced it,It didnt,Infact it went up:-(

Im now just thinking,this is heredity.

See your GP and check if it is a problem with your levels. He may refer you to a dietician as it is possible that your lifestyle is not what you think it is.

If your GP is concerned then there is medication which will help.

I was diagnosed with VERY high cholesterol about nine years ago. Kept thinking I was having heart attacks and passing out in restaurants - eventually blood tests revealed cholesterol level at over 9 - too high. Pleaded with my GP not to give me medication, I eat all the wrong sorts of things I said, I'll have a go over the next month and then we can test it again. Cut out everything I should not eat and lo and behold it weas tested again to reveal a level of 11.5!! Obviously not my diet then, but what is called "familial" - parents probably had high cholesterol but this was never diagnosed as far as I am aware. Am now on statins and level is around 5.

Yep like Ann I'm the same and have tried the diet thingy but to no avail. So take one tablet a day and there you go, all fine.

Lin x

Peter,My diet is excellent:-)) even my doctor says so.

I eat No fat,I eat vegetables and salads,fish,Wholemeal bread, all the things you should do.
My hubby eats the same as I do and has No exercise his levels are excellent.

Hi Rox

High Cholesterol runs in our family my dad has to have regular blood tests...about 8 years ago mine was up so went on tablets for 3 months and also lost some weight as i was still big after having my daughter...it came down and touch wood been ok.

I don't know what more you can do, cos what you are doing i would of thought was ok

Julie xx

Was told in august last year that mine was to high also that i am diabetic am not on tablets for both saw dietition and she says not my diet but to eat more fruit Valxxx

Goodness Ann,that sounds frightening!!

my levels are not that high yet that I need medication,but borderline high,which they shouldnt be.
my results were 5.8

Me to ,
my cholesterol was 8.5
doc put me on Rosuvastatin
Crestor 20mg . have been fine since
cholesterol level is now down to 4.3
Hazelx

Hi Julie,In mine too.
My Mum has high cholestrol and my Dad did too.
Infact Mums had treatment for blocked arteries,she had to have an operation to widen the arteries.

stan, I dont think a stone in 9 years is bad,personally.

It does make you think how much is down to our genes,doesnt it??

Hi Rox - My chol.level is 4.8 (just under 5) and was told that this was perfectly acceptable. However, my blood pressure was very high, and this is now being controlled by one tablet a day and is down to a normal reading.

I think the chol.thing can be based on the hereditary factor and as long as you are eating healthily, taking exercise etc. then I dont think you have too much to worry about frankly.

Jac XX

You know what the answer is Rox?....don't go and see the doc then he can't tell you there's owt wrong! lol

Jeanette:-))lol
I think your right;-))

Roxanne, my hubby eats low fat healthy food, goes to the gym 5 nights a week, is slim with no extra weight on him, i am overweight, eat crap and don't know what exercise is yet my chol level is 3.7 my hubby is 7.4.

The largest proportian of cholesterol is manufactured by the liver and there is diddly squat you can do to reduce it. diet, pro-biotic drinks and spreads and yoghurts will not reduce the levels of cholesterol that your liver produces...end of story.....

..and why worry Cholesterol isn't something new....just something new that they have given us to worry about

Plus of course Rox - there is good cholestrol and bad cholestrol - oiy vey! how are we to know which one is which?

Give up worrying, otherwise your blood pressure will increase, and that's bad for you too.

Jac

Colin

considering my G/dad died in 1959 id say its not....
just something new that they have given us to worry about

Just had mine checked yesterday as heart disease and high cholesterol runs in the family. Last time it was 5.1 - about 4 years ago. I expect it has gone up so may need statins. I think it's what you've inherited from your parents and it's just a case of reducing the risks.
My Mam didn't know she had high cholesterol until she had a massive heart attack when she was 50. She survived and is still going 13 years later. I want to avoid the same so am meeting the problem head on.

Everyone in my immediate family have high cholestorel...except me. But then I'm the youngest so there's time yet. When mum was diagnosed it was recommended that me and siblings were tested. mine was 3.6 I was told to stop bragging as everyone else's was well over the accepted limit of 5. Now they're on medications for it as diet control didn't work. I do think there is a major hereditary factor with it, or perhaps it's just to do with age.

I let my doctor worry about it...........thats what he's paid for......I just keep taking the tablets.....

Bob