High Cholesterol

[Matheous]

Apart from 'statins' -What really gets cholesterol levels down -??

[Sqad]

Diet and exercise.

[Matheous]

Thanks - Was hoping for something more magical eg. quick fix kit of some sort!
Thanks anyway....

[BertiWooster]

Have a look at that ad , just below your question (-:

[deggers316]

if you can stomach it (i can)
go for using a top rated olive oil to use in stead of a spread on your bread etc, personally i use cold pressed hemp oil very high in omega 3&6 by "good oil" from large tesco's stores around �6 a bottle of course cutting right down on fatty foods.
after 2 months on this i got mine down from 4.7 to 4.3 and i'm 58 years old.

[deggers316]

also ignore the ad below your question u.s.a stuff always a but suspect as far as i'm concerned ,just money making out of frightened people.

[Sqad]

Great answer by deggers.

Problem is, that fat free food is by and large tasteless, but the top grade olive oil is good advice.

[Sqad]

dannis....is that your HDL or LDL?
If it is your HDL then there is nothing to be proud of, as you are doing yourself no good.

[deggers316]

by cutting down on fatty foods i mean the obvious,- fatty meat cuts. chips/ fast food etc
of which i have none apart from prob a burger once a flood.
and do some research on statins before your signed up for life on them ,they have drawbacks as all drugs do,other heart problem are one
my doc wanted me to go on them but after reading up on them i said no i'll alter my diet actually just went on benecol and had more oil in diet it worked

[Matheous]

Thank you all.....Didn't know about statin & heart trouble....!
I am taking Flora pro-activ drinks and trying to cut down the 'volume' of food and content of course. My blood pressure is slightly above normal and cholesterol about 6.2.....
The olive oil appeals to me....(being half Greek)

[Sqad]

dennis...thanks.