I got that high cholesterols

[William Huggins]

Roasting your nuts is bad for your health

How advice and times have changed......

 

[William Huggins]

Spending time outside, getting sensible sun exposure is good at lowing cholesterol levels from a few studies I've read. I have low cholesterol levels when ever I have tested and i attribute that to spending some time outdoors each day.

Are you saying to get a lot of vitamin D? This would fit in with the Mayberry.....

 

[Beechwood]

Are you saying to get a lot of vitamin D? This would fit in with the Mayberry.....

It is independent of vitamin D, but similar from what I've read. An example ~

SUN EXPOSURE AND VITAMIN D REDUCE CHOLESTEROL LEVELS​

» Sun Exposure and Vitamin D Reduce Cholesterol levels » Sunlight Institute

sunlightinstitute.org

Sun exposure reduces risk of heart disease. High cholesterol levels are associated with vascular diseases such as heart disease, ischemic stroke and intermittent claudication (an occlusion of the arteries of the legs that leads to pain and disability). The authors of a recent study compared the effects of vitamin D supplementation with sun exposure to determine which was more effective in reducing risk factors.[1] A group of individuals with insufficient serum vitamin D levels was divided into two groups with different experimental protocols: one was treated with sun exposure to the arms and face between 11 AM and 3 PM and the other was treated with 1,000 IU of vitamin D. A third group had “normal” vitamin D levels and served as a control (no treatment group). Total cholesterol levels and its components of cholesterol, HDL and LDL, were also measured to determine the positive (or negative) effects of the two treatment protocols.

The results were enlightening. Both experimental groups had significant increases in vitamin D. However, the results with cholesterol varied. A significant decrease in total cholesterol was noted in the sun exposure group, and HDL and LDL also decreased in the sun-exposure group. However, in the vitamin D-supplement group, a significant increase was noted in in total cholesterol. HDL also increased significantly, and LDL increased non-significantly.

In other words, vitamin D supplementation could actually lead to an increased risk of vascular diseases by raising total cholesterol, whereas sun exposure is protective against those diseases. So the takeaway is that there is no substitute for the sun when it comes to providing some protection against vascular diseases.

There are those people who worry that melanoma risk may be increased by regular sun exposure. However, we have mentioned many time in this blog that melanoma is much more common among those who work indoors than those who work outdoors. It should also be mentioned that vascular diseases kill far more people than skin cancer. Dr. Richard perhaps said it best:

“Sunlight may have beneficial cardiovascular effects, independently of Vitamin D production. Vitamin D could, in these circumstances, act as a marker for sunlight exposure and its postulated beneficial effects. These recent human data show the physiological relevance of photorelaxation. High blood pressure is the leading cause of disability-adjusted life years lost worldwide and as a risk factor underlies 18% of all deaths.” Weller further noted: “The action spectrum of nitrite release shows ultraviolet B is also involved in nitrite reduction to Nitric Oxide, and thus sunlight may be more effective than a pure UVA source.” He concluded: “the prevalence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular deaths is around 100 times higher than those from skin cancer. Interventions leading to small changes in the incidence of cardiovascular disease are thus of greater benefit to the health of the public even than large changes in skin cancer incidence.”​

 

[Deleted member 609094]

Get some lentils down yer, buddeh

 

[Renard]

Excess sugar gets converted to fat (lipogenesis) and these fats then need to be transported on lipoproteins ("cholesterol") and distributed throughout the body. Cholesterol is often a sugar consumption issue.

 

[Ibm]

Your blood pressure is almost optimal. Which is better than normal.

 

[HomeCheese]

Just got my lab results back. Looks like I gotta do more cardio and cut back on the greasy food. Gonna try that before going on statins.

Also, is it weird that they didn't include my LDL? Why would they only do HDL?


systolic blood pressure 121 mmHg
diastolic blood pressure 75 mmHg

HDL 54 mg/dL
Cholesterol - 244 mg/dL (high)
Triglycerides - 95 mg/dL

Hgb A1c - 5.6%
Glucose Level - 94 mg/dL

Try having a healthy oatmeal, meaning not instant, every morning and an overall balanced diet. Oatmeal seems to suck the cholesterol right out.

 

[KeepingItReal]

It is independent of vitamin D, but similar from what I've read. An example ~

SUN EXPOSURE AND VITAMIN D REDUCE CHOLESTEROL LEVELS​

» Sun Exposure and Vitamin D Reduce Cholesterol levels » Sunlight Institute

sunlightinstitute.org

Sun exposure reduces risk of heart disease. High cholesterol levels are associated with vascular diseases such as heart disease, ischemic stroke and intermittent claudication (an occlusion of the arteries of the legs that leads to pain and disability). The authors of a recent study compared the effects of vitamin D supplementation with sun exposure to determine which was more effective in reducing risk factors.[1] A group of individuals with insufficient serum vitamin D levels was divided into two groups with different experimental protocols: one was treated with sun exposure to the arms and face between 11 AM and 3 PM and the other was treated with 1,000 IU of vitamin D. A third group had “normal” vitamin D levels and served as a control (no treatment group). Total cholesterol levels and its components of cholesterol, HDL and LDL, were also measured to determine the positive (or negative) effects of the two treatment protocols.

The results were enlightening. Both experimental groups had significant increases in vitamin D. However, the results with cholesterol varied. A significant decrease in total cholesterol was noted in the sun exposure group, and HDL and LDL also decreased in the sun-exposure group. However, in the vitamin D-supplement group, a significant increase was noted in in total cholesterol. HDL also increased significantly, and LDL increased non-significantly.

In other words, vitamin D supplementation could actually lead to an increased risk of vascular diseases by raising total cholesterol, whereas sun exposure is protective against those diseases. So the takeaway is that there is no substitute for the sun when it comes to providing some protection against vascular diseases.

There are those people who worry that melanoma risk may be increased by regular sun exposure. However, we have mentioned many time in this blog that melanoma is much more common among those who work indoors than those who work outdoors. It should also be mentioned that vascular diseases kill far more people than skin cancer. Dr. Richard perhaps said it best:

“Sunlight may have beneficial cardiovascular effects, independently of Vitamin D production. Vitamin D could, in these circumstances, act as a marker for sunlight exposure and its postulated beneficial effects. These recent human data show the physiological relevance of photorelaxation. High blood pressure is the leading cause of disability-adjusted life years lost worldwide and as a risk factor underlies 18% of all deaths.” Weller further noted: “The action spectrum of nitrite release shows ultraviolet B is also involved in nitrite reduction to Nitric Oxide, and thus sunlight may be more effective than a pure UVA source.” He concluded: “the prevalence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular deaths is around 100 times higher than those from skin cancer. Interventions leading to small changes in the incidence of cardiovascular disease are thus of greater benefit to the health of the public even than large changes in skin cancer incidence.”​

Maybe I just don't know anything about studies but it seems like a really low powered study to draw conclusions from.

The study had only 150 people, who were all Indian men between the ages of 40-60 years old. 50 were in the control group , 100 received one of the two interventions, those were Vitamin D deficient. In the control group 11 didn't want to continue, in the sunlight exposure group 18 didn't want to continue, in the vitamin D supplementation group 13 didn't want to continue. So that is over 40 people lost in a study that was already tiny, and only on Indian men between the ages of 40-60. It was a 6 month study though, which seems like a good length of time to increase Vitamin D levels.

That being said, getting some sunlight and exercise is generally a good thing to do. If you want to be 265lbs, 6'8" of thick, solid and tight muscle you gotta get your sunlight and exercise.

 

[Beechwood]

Maybe I just don't know anything about studies but it seems like a really low powered study to draw conclusions from.

The study had only 150 people, who were all Indian men between the ages of 40-60 years old. 50 were in the control group , 100 received one of the two interventions, those were Vitamin D deficient. In the control group 11 didn't want to continue, in the sunlight exposure group 18 didn't want to continue, in the vitamin D supplementation group 13 didn't want to continue. So that is over 40 people lost in a study that was already tiny, and only on Indian men between the ages of 40-60. It was a 6 month study though, which seems like a good length of time to increase Vitamin D levels.

That being said, getting some sunlight and exercise is generally a good thing to do. If you want to be 265lbs, 6'8" of thick, solid and tight muscle you gotta get your sunlight and exercise.

Most studies along these lines are not large unfortunately. I know for me personally I've kept cholesterol levels low and I believe that is due to spending some sensible time outdoors. (I don't stay in the sun long enough to be burnt.)
The mention in the article I posted made a mention that sun exposure lowers HDL cholesterol along with LDL. Taking vitamin D on the other hand raises HDL cholesterol. A doctors web sight that i used to follow came to a similar result. No study done there though. It was just members reporting what they noticed.

 

[TCE]

I've just been diagnosed with prediabetes. I drink a lot of beer regularly which has giving me quite a round gut. I eat well enough but don't get much exercise. I need to quit drinking and sort my shit out.

All the best, Sherbro

 

[pakimahi]

I thought garlic lowered blood pressure via nitrous oxide expanding blood vessels. I took Kyolic daily, but it wasn't enough to overcome salty plate lunches.

I don't know about the blood pressure connection, but I know for a fact the allicin cuts the bad cholestrol/ldl.
Even my doctor was surprised by the bloodwork. There is several videoes out there about it.