Re: cholesterol -- HDL/STEVE

[Guest guest]

Judie-Absolutely HDL goes up when you exercise. I have proven that with

myself many times. Ellen(Pam

[Guest guest]

Re: cholesterol -- HDLOk Steve......just talked to Dr Welker

and he gave us both the run down on our numbers and they are as follows:

mine----

HDL 54

LDL 75

Triglycerides 76

144 total

Mikes----

HDL 40

LDL 59

Triglycerides 105

Total 120

He did say that excersize will bring the HDL number up a bit so Mike is going to

begin excersizing to prevent it falling below 40.

Hope these help you??

Judie

[Guest guest]

Ellen, what happens if your HDL goes too far down?

Judie

[Guest guest]

You have no good cholesterol to keep the bad cholesterol from laying down

plaques in your arteries...not a good thing.

~alyssa

Re: cholesterol -- HDL/STEVE

> Ellen, what happens if your HDL goes too far down?

[Guest guest]

> You have no good cholesterol to keep the bad cholesterol from laying down

> plaques in your arteries...not a good thing.

>

> ~alyssa

>

How so? When we talked to Welker today he said it was good. If it wasnt he

would have said something.

Judie

[Guest guest]

> You have no good cholesterol to keep the bad cholesterol from laying down

> plaques in your arteries...not a good thing.

>

> ~alyssa

>

> Re: cholesterol -- HDL/STEVE

>

>

> > Ellen, what happens if your HDL goes too far down?

Alyssa,

oops! I didnt read the whole thing lol

youre right!

Judie

[Guest guest]

No no no...I was answering your question about what would happen if your HDL

numbers dropped out of sight. Your cholesterol levels looked fine --

plenty of HDL to eat the nasty LDLs.

~alyssa

Re: cholesterol -- HDL/STEVE

>

>

> > You have no good cholesterol to keep the bad cholesterol from laying

down

> > plaques in your arteries...not a good thing.

> >

> > ~alyssa

> >

> How so? When we talked to Welker today he said it was good. If it wasnt

he

> would have said something.

[Guest guest]

> No no no...I was answering your question about what would happen if your

HDL

> numbers dropped out of sight. Your cholesterol levels looked fine --

> plenty of HDL to eat the nasty LDLs.

>

> ~alyssa

Yeah I caught that too late after I sent the last email lol......what are

the perfect numbers for the HDL and the LDL?? Or are there any?

Judie

[Guest guest]

I don't know if there are " perfect " numbers...I think you want to be above

100 (total) and under 200 (total) -- something around 150 is wonderful.

More importantly, though, is your *ratio* of HDL : LDL. You want to have at

least 1 HDL for every 4.2 LDLs. The purpose of HDL is to " eat " the LDLs --

each HDL eats 4.2 LDLs. Does that make sense??

~alyssa, c holesterol queen

Re: cholesterol -- HDL/STEVE

> Yeah I caught that too late after I sent the last email lol......what are

> the perfect numbers for the HDL and the LDL?? Or are there any?

[Guest guest]

At 10:49 PM -0800 11/24/01, Alyssa wrote:

>...

>More importantly, though, is your *ratio* of HDL : LDL. You want to have at

>least 1 HDL for every 4.2 LDLs. The purpose of HDL is to " eat " the LDLs --

>each HDL eats 4.2 LDLs. Does that make sense??

It makes sense, but I don't know if it is valid--do you have a

reference for that? I hope it is valid, though, because my HDL is

only 33 (my internist said that anything under 40 is considered a

risk factor), and my LDL is 81:

October 15th:

Total Cholesterol = 133

HDL = 33 (low)

LDL = 81

Triglycerides = 97

Judie,

Thanks for sending your and Mike's test results.

BTW, I exercise regularly, but it doesn't seem to be raising my HDL

much. It was 30 three months after surgery when I was not exercising

vigorously, and rose to only 33 after resumption of regular workouts.

--Steve

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[Guest guest]

my internist said that anything under 40 is considered a

risk factor), and my LDL is 81:>>>>>>>

Steve,

Those numbers will likely change. Just remember Mike and I are a year out

now...you still have a ways to catch up but this is the first time weve been

tested for cholesterol since our surgeries. I bet your numbers will vastly

improve with time!!

Judie