Lipid lowering success stories

[nurseaboveboard]

Hey all and Happy New Year! Wondering if any of you have had success in lowering your cholesterol and triglycerides with natural supplements and lifestyle and diet changes. Please be specific! I will save you time by telling you that I have done lots of research into different methods, using some of them myself, quite successfully, so just looking to see how others have done it. Thanks! Also, does anyone know if Accutane can permanently affect lipid profiles? I know it can raise them during use, but once treatment has stopped, will they return to pre-treatment levels? I have researched Accutane, but can't get this particular question answered.

[BBFRN, BSN, PhD]

Well thank you Baptized, I wasn't aware of that. I thought the whole idea of natural supplememts was that the FDA couldn't regulate. Well, there ya go. No matter how old I get, you all manage to teach me something new! Appreciate it! Has anyone ever heard of someone naturally being able to lower triglycerides in the very high range (generally 500 and above)?

Yeah, the FDA fought hard against the red yeast rice thing, because lovastatin had been determined to be a drug that could have powerful side effects.

I know that niacin isn't used for very high T/G levels, as its benefits can be decreased at that point, and it has lots of side effects.

Very high T/G levels can be caused by several things. The standard is that it's usually heredity, diabetes, or hypothyroidism.

https://www.heartprofiler.nexcura.com/Secure/InterfaceSecure.asp?CB=19778

Here is a really great tool for medical professionals, where you can put in lipid values, etc. and evidence based practice guidelines will come up. It requires a free registration, and it's from the American Heart Assn. It's very useful- I love it.

[nurseaboveboard]

Thanks again Baptized. I will for sure check out the site. You rock!