Re: Heart Scans

Google phrases like

the great cholesterol myth

and do some reading. There are plenty of reasons to do all the things
you mention, e.g., better eating and more exercise, but you needn't do
it because of your cholesterol numbers.

Also read up on coconut oil and other good, saturated fats, and be sure
to get enough of them - not just fish oil, but add nuts to your diet,
and just generally stick as close to whole, unprocessed foods as you
can. If you want to be a religious fanatic about your diet, swear off
fast food and soda. For everything else, do the best you can.

-S-

"JPD" <googlegroove2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I'm going on a health kick. (Which explains why I've been studying up
on fructose and wheat and such lately.)

My latest lipid panel came in with numbers that are going downhill
fast:

Cholesterol 266
Triglyceride 150
HDL Chol 53
LDL Chol 183

Using the Typ approach -- http://trackyourplaque.com -- I'm going to
try to turn it around fast without using statins. Basically, it's give
up wheat and sugar; take fish oil, Vitamin D3, and niacin; make sure
my thyroid is right; and get some exercise.

And it starts with a heart scan. That's a CAC scan, or Coronary Artery
Calcium scoring.

There's a local hospital that has a good low-radiation scanner -- a
Somatom dual-source scanner (DSCT) -- which is a lot better than the
high-end 64-slice machines in most places, and they charge only $129
for the scan! But the hitch is that I'll need a doctor's referral.

Tomorrow I'm going to talk to my doctor about the scan. I'm hoping I
won't have to go outside my insurance to get a referral.

So, any opinions here on heart scans? Or on TYP?


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