my husband got diagnosed with high
cholesterol about a year ago. His
doctor advised him to go on medication but
he said it would be for life and my
husband wasn't ready for that (he's only
33).
Does anyone know how effective just
increasing exercise and changing your diet
is in reducing already high cholesterol,
or should he really consider the
prescription medication?
Thanks
lindsay
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wakkochic17
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 Mar 2004 Posts: 494 Location: South Carolina
Posted: 05-03-04 23:41pm
I have found exercise works for me (the
change in diet never did much however, but
I don't eat a very high cholesterol diet
either). I am 26 and last year I had it
checked and it was 242. They wanted to
put me on medicine and I said no as well.
I started exercising and it brought it
down to 217 within 2 months. I haven't
had it checked since but will be getting
it checked next month (of course I fell of
the exercise wagon over the winter so it
may be back to what it was). In my
family there is a history of high
cholesterol no matter what and medicine
never worked very well. I refuse to go
on meds when I have no other risk factors.
I would rather try and change my
lifestyle.
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golfer
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 29 Aug 2004 Posts: 1 Location: florida
Lifestyle Changes to High Cholesterol Posted: 08-29-04 13:49pm
Lindsey:
what I found that worked for me was a
combination of more exercise (i work out
about 5 times a week for about 30 minutes)
and much less saturated fat, and bios life
2 which I discovered at a website called
www.Americanheartheal
thservices.Com they have independent
evidence (cleveland clinic research) which
proves that this product reduces
cholesterol by about 20% or so, helps the
"good cholesterol," and
is natural (it's even listed in the pdr
for doctors... With no side effects!).
So I gave it a try and discovered it
works.. So I am on that, but it is a
blend of natural fibers and patented
means of getting it to dissolve in the
blood about 8 times better than normal...
It's cool, and so far, other than having
to have this powder in water twice a day,
it has been the best solution I could have
ever imagined... It kept me off of
statins, that's for sure... And my doctor
didn't believe it would work... Now he is
actually prescribing it to other
patients!!!
Hope that helps...
And play golf... That's good exercise
too!
Golfer
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lowerchol
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 02 Jun 2005 Posts: 16 Location: Australia
Stay Away From Prescription Medications Posted: 06-02-05 23:45pm
Hi lindsay
prescription meds can have dangerous side
effects. There are various natural
alternatives to lowering cholesterol
to answer your question simply,
yes...Watching what you eat and exercising
regularly will help to lower cholesterol.
But there are other factors involved eg.
Family history, stress factors etc
there are also many natural
alternatives/supplements that can help to
lower cholesterol. Some of these are
reportedly more effective in lowering
cholesterol than prescription medications,
without the dangerous side effects
these include: guggul, policosanol, red
yeast rice, pantethine etc. In addition
there are at least another 30 natural
supplements that can help to lower
cholesterol. Hope that helps.
