Male, 54, 6'1", 208, semi-active, eat mostly veggies/fish/lentils/oats/no sugar, BP has consistently been in good range (120/80).
In late 2017, I was 235 lbs and had a pretty bad diet. My cholesterol numbers were high, and doctor suggested baby aspirin and a statin. Instead, I decided to give diet, exercise and supplements a try. I started on a supplement regimen in early 2018 (along with improved diet and exercise), and the numbers have been mostly improving, especially on my most recent test in May 2019 -- though triglycerides are still high for some reason.
I'm curious what people here think might have been the biggest factor(s) in the improvement, and what I might do to improve the triglyceride numbers. I know I have another 20 lbs or so to lose, and could be better about the exercise regimen (so far it's just walking/jogging few days a week). Bad cholesterol runs in my family, though tests indicate it's not genetic, i.e. not FD (familial cholesterima).
Here's the stack:
- Niacin - 2g/day ("Endur-acin" extended release) - am only.
- Plant Sterols/Stanols - 5.4g/day ("CholestOff+"- 2.6g 2X/day) - am & pm.
- Krill Oil - 3.75g/day ("Viva Products" - 1.875g 2X/day) - am & pm.
- NMN sublingual - 1g/day (ABN, .5g 2X/day) - am & pm.
- NR oral - 1g/day (TruNiagen .5g 2X/day) - am & pm.
- Probiotics - 1 pill/day (RenewLife Ultimate Flora 50B strains) - am only.
- Vitamin D3 - 5,000 IUs - am only.
- Multivitamin 2x/day (Centrum Silver) - am & pm.
- Garlic extract - 4g/day ("Sundown Naturals" odorless - 1g 2x/day) - am & pm.
Here are the results:
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Ref. range 2008 2012 Dec-2017 Feb-2018 Jun-2018 Oct-2018 May-2019
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HDL 40-200 46 47 56 68 69
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LDL 0-100 192 170 202 196 184 213 123
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Total Cholesterol 125-200 281 247 304 280 286 316 224
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Triglycerides 0-150 279 183 247 176 206
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Total/HDL Ratio < 3.5 6.61 5.96 5.11 4.65 3.25
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Non-HDL Cholesterol < 130 258 233 230 248 155
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I'm also interested in overall longevity, and have been supplementing with that goal in mind as well. I've recently added 500mg/day metformin to the above, and am thinking of adding weekly rapamycin as well.
Thanks in advance for suggestions and observations.