Eggs and cholesterol. Weird blood results.

Do your mom and dad have high cholesterol?? Mine do, and there isn't a darn thing I can do about it but keep up the good food, eat a slight deficit and exercise.

There are studies today that are showing interesting things with the size of the cholesterol molecules floating thru your blood stream, too...pray for large ones - LOL - they are the kind you want and typically hereditary high cholesterol levels are large molecule!

Watch out for Hydrogenated Oils. (shortening, margarine). These are created in a lab and aren't absorbed into our cells the same way natural oil do. They are found in fast food, baked goods, processed foods, you name it. Read your labels.

There have even been studies about homogenized milk...how the process of homogenization breaks the fat up so tiny that it can actually move through the cell walls.

My cholesterol was in the low end of the high scale until I started watching what was in my food. I've also upped my green veggies (green cleans ) It is has dropped dramatically.

I do eat small amounts of butter, raw coconut oil, and olive oil and egg yolks.



(yes I realize I'm not a scientist. This is from my own research and personal experience. Opinions may vary)


I wish you luck!

Bump, cause I have my grandma staying with me for the holidays and her cholesterol is quite high.

Current research supports the idea that the cholesterol in foods does not impact blood serum levels. The vast VAST majority of cholesterol is made by your own body and there is very little you can do about it. My grandmother, who has never been over weight or had a bad diet, has to be on medications to keep her cholesterol levels in check. It is just the way it is.

Also, a "7" doesn't really tell you anything. What are your HDL and LDL levels? What is your ratio? What are your triglycerides? You need a lipids panel before you even wonder about things.

My cholesterol has never been an issue, but since I've been eatin 3-6 eggs per day (yes per DAY), my ratio has been the best my doc has ever seen! I guess raising the good cholesterol helps lower the bad.

Yeah this:

When we talk about the “good” and the “bad,” we are simply referring to cholesterol that is either transported from the liver to your tissues or from the tissues back to the liver. A simple analogy is dump trucks in the blood stream. There are trucks that are hauling cholesterol away from the liver to your tissues and ones hauling cholesterol back to the liver from your tissues.

The dump truck that hauls cholesterol to your tissues and away from the liver is known as LDL or low density lipoprotein. This is known as the “bad” cholesterol. At higher LDL levels, and in light of certain conditions such as diabetes, the cholesterol can be deposited in your blood vessel. Over time, this cholesterol can start to form a plaque in the wall of your blood vessel (artery). This plaque can enlarge and impede blood flow but can also rupture and spontaneously clot your blood vessel. We worry about this when the blood vessels of the heart are affected. Limited blood flow to the heart muscle can cause recurrent chest pain known as angina. Sudden loss of blood flow to the heart muscle results in a heart attack (myocardial infarction). How then does your “good” cholesterol come into play.

HDL, or high density lipoprotein (the good guy), is simply the dump truck that can haul cholesterol out of your blood vessel and carry it back to the liver where it is broken down. The more dump trucks you have carrying cholesterol away from the blood vessel the better. This can decrease the rate at which you form plaques or can assist in keeping you from building plaques in your arteries. This is why we shoot for low LDL and high HDL. Diet and exercise are key to lowering LDL and increasing HDL.

http://www.boisekidney.com/edu-high-cholesterol.php

My cholesterol has never been an issue, but since I've been eatin 3-6 eggs per day (yes per DAY), my ratio has been the best my doc has ever seen! I guess raising the good cholesterol helps lower the bad.

I eat two full eggs and 3 full slices of bacon each day. Cholesterol numbers have never been better.

It's possible genetics and no matter what you do your liver just likes to make cholesterol.

My body loves making cholesterol, lol. But my ratios are ideal, so not freaking out.

OP total cholesterol was 7? I'd eat the whole eggs then. Raise it up, because it is very important in your body. Mine is high! But so is my HDL. So it's not necessarily bad.

7 represents the mmo/L

need the ratio

I forgot to mention I'm on roaccutane and that is known to raise cholesterol and that's why I get the monthly checks! My bad

I didn't get a test pre-meds because the doctor said I was healthy enough (silly, I know)


Also, I don't consume butter and my parents both have excellent cholesterol levels. Also, I Only have half tsp coconut oil when cooking and I only eat things that naturally occur, no processed foods.

Hmmmmm.

The roaccutane is a significant factor no doubt!

I assume you were fasted for 12+ hours at the time the blood was drawn?

Like others have said, genetics plays a HUGE role. I have known many people who are extremely healthy, exercise constantly and eat right and their "bad" cholesterol won't budge without meds. I highly doubt it's the eggs.

my doctor just asked if i ate butter, whether i exercised, checked my weight and I told him that i exercised 6 times a week, ate meticulously clean and that i eat a lot of eggs lol. he wasnt much help.

to which he replied, "maybe dont eat as many eggs"

lol

Hah! Was this an internist/general practitioner or a dermatologist or what?

Hmmm... that seems really out of whack and I would tend to agree the meds are what is causing the issue. But since you weren't tested beforehand, there is no true way to tell. But I'm darn certain that it isn't your diet. More and more studies are coming out showing that eating meat (lean, natural grass fed beef, eggs, etc.) have no negative bearing on cholesterol. But, many studies are also showing that by increasing certain foods high in the good stuff you can reverse the bad. Avocado's are one of them with all those good fats and if you think about it, it makes sense to eat the good fats because our bodies were made to eat the good stuff. LOL Not the stuff made in a factory like... ewww... margarine. HA. In all seriousness, I wonder if you upped the content of the good fats in your diet with avocado, coconut oil and the like if it would have any chance of fighting back against the meds? The only way you will know is if you try it. But personally, I wouldn't stay on ANY med that jacked my cholesterol up. But again, because you aren't sure if it was high before the meds, you just won' t know until you do the whole guinea pig thing with yourself and your doc. Either way, good luck. And if you do decide to 'test it out' over the next few months, you should update.