I’m not high in blood lipids, but high in cholesterol! How to do?
My blood lipids are not high, but my triglycerides are a bit high! How to do?
My blood lipids are not high, so my LDL cholesterol is high! How to do?
I don’t have high blood lipids, just a little bit high HDL! How to do?
Many people ask for advice, and many people say the same thing when they see a doctor. If you have a test sheet, I can take a look at it for you.
But if you express it verbally, and you don’t have a test sheet, I’m stumped. I don’t understand what you’re saying, let alone tell you how to lower blood lipids.
Because the triglycerides, cholesterol, low-density cholesterol, and high-density cholesterol are actually part of blood lipids.
Therefore, the four expressions in boldface above are all wrong, and we cannot understand them at all.
Blood lipids include triglycerides and cholesterol:
One, high triglycerides
If the triglyceride level exceeds 1.7mmol/L, it will increase, if it exceeds 2.1mmol/L, it is a kind of hyperlipidemia, and if it exceeds 5.6mmol/L, there will be acute pancreas. risk of inflammation.
So, get the blood lipid list, first look at the triglycerides, if it is high, tell us how much the triglycerides are, so that we can tell everyone what to do.
(How to Lower Triglycerides)
1. Control your diet
Controlling triglycerides should firstly eat a healthy diet, because unhealthy diet is the main cause of elevated triglycerides, such as fried foods, fatty foods, desserts, etc. Causes triglycerides to rise. Refined grains that are often overlooked, such as steamed bread and rice, can also increase triglycerides. Therefore, after the triglyceride rises, it is necessary to eat a healthy diet, reduce the above-mentioned foods, and increase vegetables, fruits, whole grains and other foods.
2. High-purity EPA fish oil
Secondly, you can also choose high-purity EPA (fish oil with omega-3 purity over 85% and EPA-based) fish oil to help reduce triglycerides.
3. Lipid-lowering drugs
For triglycerides exceeding 5.6mmol/L, on the basis of the above, fibrate lipid-lowering drugs must be preferred under the guidance of professionals to reduce triglycerides to a safe level , reduce the risk of pancreatitis.
It’s important to remember here that it’s not a statin, a statin mainly lowers LDL cholesterol, raises triglycerides, and if needed, it’s usually a fibrate.
(high cholesterol)
1, high density, it doesn’t matter,
Cholesterol includes high-density and low-density. High-density is a good blood lipid, and it does not matter if it is high.
2. Low density cholesterol is the key
Mainly focus on low density, low density is the worst blood lipid in blood lipids, and low density has 3 indicators, namely 3.4mmol/L, 2.6mmol/L, 1.8mmol/L .
If there are no risk factors, then the average person falls to 3.4mmol/L or less.
If there is a clear cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease, such as myocardial infarction, cerebral infarction, cardiac stent, cardiac bypass, coronary heart disease, angina pectoris, carotid plaque, etc., as well as hypertension + Diabetes, these people need to be controlled below 1.8mmol/L.
In addition to the above two categories of conditions, other high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity, smoking, family history, etc. are generally recommended to be controlled below 2.6mmol/L.
(How to reduce density)
Low density is less affected by diet, but the basis for controlling low density is also a healthy diet. As for high-purity EPA fish oil, it only slightly reduces low density, not as obvious as for triglycerides . For most cases where low density does not meet the standard, statins should be the first choice under the guidance of a doctor.
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In short, don’t say that I have high blood lipids in the future, but to be precise about how high my triglycerides are, or how high my low density is.
Testing blood lipids requires four blood lipid tests: cholesterol, low-density cholesterol, high-density cholesterol, and triglycerides.
To get the blood lipid list, first check whether the triglyceride exceeds 1.7mmol/L. If it exceeds 1.7mmol/L, it is abnormal; if it exceeds 2.1mmol/L, it belongs to hypertriglyceridemia, which is also a kind of hypertriglyceridemia. Hyperlipidemia. If it exceeds 5.6mmol/L, it should be taken seriously, as it will increase the risk of acute pancreatitis and be dangerous.
Look at low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, first consider whether you have cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, whether you have plaque, whether you have high blood pressure, diabetes, and secondly, whether the low-density lipoprotein exceeds 1.8mmol/ L, 2.6 mmol/L, 3.4 mmol/L.