OT Type 2 Diabetes

[THE HCP]

Pre diabetes. It's helped. She's already lost 40 pounds.

Love hearing that. Didn’t realize how dangerous diabetes was/is until I was diagnosed. Wish I had made better choices a long time ago.

 

[crandc]

LDL is considered bad cholesterol.
But, it is one factor and there are a lot of variables.
Every time I change doctors I have to explain again everyone in my family has asymptomatic high cholesterol. No connection to diet, weight, exercise. No one ever gets heart attacks or strokes or clogged arteries. It's just there.

 

[Chris Craig]

Please explain LDL/HDL. I could google it, but want to hear what it is from somebody dealing with this.

LDL is bad cholesterol. You want it under 100. It was at 101 my last checkup. Yesterdays came back at 127. 130 is where you have to take medicine.

NON HDL is all total bad cholesterol that causes plaque to build up in your arteries. It's what causes heart attacks and strokes. My NON HDL was in the green last year below the 130 threshold where it's suppose to be. As of yesterday it's at 142.

Basically, that puts at a near 30% of a heart attack or stroke within the next decade.

Luckily, my triglycerides are low, so plaque is piling up yet. I still have a chance to right this ship.

I really have to change my diet, and get exercise. May also have to take medicine.

I already cut a lot out and thought moderation was good enough elsewhere. I was wrong.

Going to have to go on a high fiber, low fat diet. Need to lose weight. I'm about 27-30 pounds over where I should be.

 

[Chris Craig]

LDL is considered bad cholesterol.
But, it is one factor and there are a lot of variables.
Every time I change doctors I have to explain again everyone in my family has asymptomatic high cholesterol. No connection to diet, weight, exercise. No one ever gets heart attacks or strokes or clogged arteries. It's just there.

I have a high Non - HDL too. Scares the bejeezus out of me. No heart attack or stroke history in my family.

 

[tlongII]

The key is the ratio of total cholesterol to HDL cholesterol. The optimum ratio is 3.5 to 1 or lower.

 

[Chris Craig]

The key is the ratio of total cholesterol to HDL cholesterol. The optimum ratio is 3.5 to 1 or lower.

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