\r\n \r\n Inflammation, especially vascular inflammation, can signal your liver to crank out more cholesterol to try to repair any lesions.
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\r\nMight help to have your C-Reactive Protein (CRP) and homocysteine levels checked, both of which may indicate the presence of elevated inflammation.
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\r\nPlus, for what it\'s worth, it is not unusual for total cholesterol levels to fluctuate 50 points or so within any given 24-hour period. I say "for what it\'s worth," because measurement of total cholesterol is fairly meaningless without measurement of CRP, homocysteine and apolipoproteins (APO). Allopaths use high total cholesterol numbers as a symptom to justify prescribing statins and other drugs, when the real problem that needs to be fixed is the inflammation.
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\r\nYou might find niacin, evening primrose oil and folic acid (Vit B9) to be more effective than Lipitor, without the muscle pain and weakness that all statin drugs cause eventually.\r\n

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\r\n \r\n Few days ago my husband had some blood test done primarily for checking blood sugar & cholesterol and his count was 260. Heart disease runs in his family extremely and he has had it under control by exercise. I have always cooked the good no fatty foods. I do not know how to make good tasty home cooked meals to lower the bad cholesterol and raise the good cholesterol. Can someone give me some ideas about these types of recipes?\r\n

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\r\n \r\n Personally I would be totally ignoring the current cholesterol level and addressing the more important issues of supplementing CO Q10, folic acid, magnesium, omega 3\'s etc.
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\r\nThe best and most comprehensivley researched book I have ever read on cholesterol is "The Great Cholesterol Con" by Anthony Colpo - you can buy it from Amazon.
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\r\nthe most important thing you can do when cooking is to totally eliminate all forms of vegetable oils - poly unsaturated oils provide omega 6 fatty acids, destroying the correct balance with omega 3\'s, leading to heart disease and cancer. Trans fatty acids in margarines etc will destroy his health, and possibly his vision too - vegetable oils and TFA\'s are the main causes of the current epidemic of macular degeneration in older people.\r\n

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\r\n \r\n I don\'t believe that heart disease runs in the family. It will if diet and lifestyle doesn\'t improve from generation to generation. Healthy food is organic vegetables, especially the green vegetables, and the best oil to cook with is coconut oil.
\r\nOil of primrose and olive oil for salads, and stay away from processed foods, especially processed meats and refined sugar/refined carbs.\r\n

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