The letter from my dr. came yesterday. There was a sense of anticipation and dread all at the same time while opening it. Would the numbers be down? Well, here's a breakdown:
Type Start Current Should Be
Total 280 252 Under 200
LDL 197 169 Under 130
HDL 46 49 Over 40
Trig 208 172 Under 150
The numbers are dropping! It was enough of an improvement for him to tell me to just keep doing what I'm doing, and recheck again in another six months. Besides exercise and losing weight, his recommendation was to eat 200mg or less of cholesterol per day. I've also been taking Schiff MegaRed Krill Oil. I'd read krill oil is supposed to be better than typical the omega fish oil for lowering cholesterol. IDK how much it has helped in my lowering, but its 1 simple little (yes! little, not horsepill) pill a day.
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