Health Search 15 Surprising Ways to Improve Your Cholesterol

Steve Williams · Sep 18, 2011

I found this article to be somewhat simplistic but informative nonetheless

The Fountain of Youth may be fiction, but there really is a magic gene pool in northern Italy. A few decades ago, researchers discovered that, despite unhealthy cholesterol levels, 40 inhabitants of the village of Limone sul Garda were seemingly immune to heart disease. Turns out it wasn't the famed Mediterranean diet at work, but rather a variation of a protein in HDL cholesterol (the good kind) called ApoA-1 Milano. In less scientific terms, the villagers were born with self-cleaning arteries........

http://health.yahoo.net/experts/menshealth/top-15-ways-improve-your-cholesterol

MylesBAstor · Sep 18, 2011

Steve Williams said:
I found this article to be somewhat simplistic but informative nonetheless

The Fountain of Youth may be fiction, but there really is a magic gene pool in northern Italy. A few decades ago, researchers discovered that, despite unhealthy cholesterol levels, 40 inhabitants of the village of Limone sul Garda were seemingly immune to heart disease. Turns out it wasn't the famed Mediterranean diet at work, but rather a variation of a protein in HDL cholesterol (the good kind) called ApoA-1 Milano. In less scientific terms, the villagers were born with self-cleaning arteries........

http://health.yahoo.net/experts/menshealth/top-15-ways-improve-your-cholesterol

Also of interest is that cardiologists are finding not all LDL is created equal eg. small and large LDL particles.

http://www.heartpoint.com/cholesadvanced.html

Based on this, some argue that butter is not the demon it's made out to be because it contributes to large, not small LDL particles.

NorthStar · Sep 18, 2011

Just go out there and plant some trees, you'll feel real good all inside & outside.

Phelonious Ponk · Sep 19, 2011

Before I open that...is there any alchohol in there? There needs to be some alchohol in there.

Tim

amirm · Sep 19, 2011

There is one in there in the form of "policosanol." Never heard of it before. Anyone have data to share on that?

BTW, I feel good as I do a number of things they listed from eating lots of nuts to Cranberry juice. But there is a lot more on that list which I am going to try.

Steve Williams · Sep 19, 2011

other than acquiring good genes from one's relatives there isn't much one can do to truly elevate one's HDL level so "policosanols" look promising

MylesBAstor · Sep 19, 2011

Steve Williams said:
other than acquiring good genes from one's relatives there isn't much one can do to truly elevate one's HDL level so "policosanols" look promising

#3 of your post showed that exercising large muscle groups raised HDL by 19%. If you're at 50, then that would roughly bring you to 60. I think that's an appreciable increase esp. as docs would like to 60 rather than 50 nowadays. Now whether it's genes or exercising but my doc said he had never seen HDL levels as high as mine

OTOH, it must be in the genes too about blood pressure

Steve Williams · Sep 19, 2011

you're right on Myles.

We are all a product of our ancestors' gene pools

NorthStar · Sep 19, 2011

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