Thanks for responding guys. I know there is (and always will be) studies to show research which goes against the current medical thinking (- think tinfoil hat to cure tinnitus), but I am happy to accept current thinking that high cholesterol is not a particularly good thing. I am therefore trying to reduce it.
suburbanreuben – that’s encouraging
Shotsaway – keep us updated in April
Unfortunately, most of us are never going to have our cholesterol profiled to help us understand exactly what levels of HDL and LDL anyone of us may have in our blood at the time we are tested.
To be as brief as I can, Very Low Density Lipoproteins (VLDL) transport elevated quantities of triglycerides, along with some cholesterol mixed in there too. Elevated triglycerides are the result of the liver processing significant quantities of glucose.
After a while, floating around the body, VLDL eventually becomes “small dense LDL”, which can then adhere to artery walls and oxidize to form arterial plaque which narrows the arteries, etc.
Why might there be significant quantities of glucose in the body, enough to elevate triglycerides? Well, that would be where diet comes in and I’ll leave it there
Triglicerides were 1.0 (normal)
HDL 1.4 (normal)
LDL 5.2 (well above normal range)