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Eyeball_Kid

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11. I've a cardiac doctor.

Reply to Elessar Zappa (Reply #1)

Thu Oct 5, 2023, 11:51 AM

Oct 2023

He told me that low cholesterol levels don't guarantee that a person will not get coronary artery disease. There is not a direct causal relationship between any cholesterol level and CAD, if avoiding it is your objective. It's complicated. I've had a healthy, low fat diet (no tobacco, no alcohol) for all of my adult life (over a half century) and am recovering from a triple bypass due to CAD.

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How levels of 'good' cholesterol may increase dementia risk [View all] BumRushDaShow Oct 2023 OP

I have low cholesterol, both ldl and hdl. Elessar Zappa Oct 2023 #1

I've a cardiac doctor. Eyeball_Kid Oct 2023 #11

I've had my arteries checked and they're pretty much completely clear. Elessar Zappa Oct 2023 #12

Hope your luck & good genes hold for you Attilatheblond Oct 2023 #18

The lipid hypothesis is probably wrong. Happy Hoosier Oct 2023 #13

Sadly, it seems most doctors just ignore, or blow off, complaints of various inflammatory problems Attilatheblond Oct 2023 #19

Absolutely true and so frustrating. Happy Hoosier Oct 2023 #20

Same. Told doctor I won't take statins that were no help to my siblings & have weird side effects Attilatheblond Oct 2023 #22

Natural food, natural nutrients bucolic_frolic Oct 2023 #2

Personally, I think it's all the toxic chemicals we are exposed to. SouthernDem4ever Oct 2023 #3

Based on? Happy Hoosier Oct 2023 #14

I don't know if you're looking for empirical evidence SouthernDem4ever Oct 2023 #15

Once again, Bayard Oct 2023 #4

Anybody Rebl2 Oct 2023 #5

Lord knows they push them enough TexasBushwhacker Oct 2023 #8

I concur this statin I am taking makes me forget constantly-probably because it too expensive to Stargazer99 Oct 2023 #9

Statins are dirt cheap. Mosby Oct 2023 #17

Doooooomed. I'm doooooomed. Hekate Oct 2023 #6

Oh boy do I understand how you feel! Stargazer99 Oct 2023 #10

HDL always off the chart high. Docs told me I was golden even though total was high. This kinda sux Evolve Dammit Oct 2023 #7

All this time high HDL was called good mainer Oct 2023 #16

And living long with dementia is no gift to anyone Attilatheblond Oct 2023 #21

Korean cholesterol study of over 12 million adults womanofthehills Oct 2023 #23