Fish Oil Pills

[Seminole]

Hello Everyone,

I was wondering what people thought about taking these? I have been taking 4 a day and was disappointed in that latest cholesterol readings went up by about 20 points to 210. I have been off pills since July and want to stay off them and thought these would help. I noticed these have 25 grams of cholesterol in each dose of 2 pills and was wondering if this was causing the rise in readings. I really eat very clean 95% of the time so not sure what else I can do I excersise 6 days a week as well with weights and Cardio

[Boss Man]

You have other options of course.

1. Try a different kind, that might have less Cholesterol.

2. Try something like supplemental Beta-glucan, if you don't want to have more Whole-grain.

3. Try Evening Primrose Oil.

4. Co Q-10

5. Try Krill Oil.

6. If you eat Eggs, simply switch to Omega 3 Eggs.

All these things don't require a major change to your diet or supplemental regime, so they should be workable. I wouldn't do them all though, just choose which ones look best for you if you do and maybe do a little self education first to make sure you feel 100% comfotable about any choice you make.

[Seminole]

Thanks Boss Man I will do some investigative work on your suggestions.

Even though overall cholesterol was up there was some good stuff as well

HDL 84

Trig 60

LDL 114

[Boss Man]

Excellent on Triglycerides. LDL only really needs to drop 15 minimum, so that's good.

[Seminole]

Excellent on Triglycerides. LDL only really needs to drop 15 minimum, so that's good.

Thanks but again kind of disappointed with the over all results since I have been really good and working out like crazy as well but maybe the holiday food was still in the system and may have contributed to the results as well.

I use to have triglycrtides over 200 at 1 point not to long ago. HDL was always in the high 40's to low 50's can't remember old LDL readings but I am sure they were pretty ugly as well.

Since May 1st I am down 43 LBS and have become a gym rat again I love it.

[Seminole]

wtach the saturated and trans fat intakes. both have a very nasty effect on cholesterol levels.

Thanks and I have been for the most part but I think I was slacking a little on eating and also coming out of the holidays I am sure didn't help and plus I think I need to drop the egg yolks as I was eating on avg 1 1/2 a day so I think I will stick with whites and see what happens.

[Boss Man]

HDL being in the high 40's to low 50's wasn't ideal, as less than 40mg's is definitely a no-no, but your current reading of 80+, is much better. Yes it could be a bad thing if it contributed to a Total Cholesterol reading fo 200+, but in this case LDL is the one and it's not too high over the 100mg max.

[Seminole]

HDL being in the high 40's to low 50's wasn't ideal, as less than 40mg's is definitely a no-no, but your current reading of 80+, is much better. Yes it could be a bad thing if it contributed to a Total Cholesterol reading fo 200+, but in this case LDL is the one and it's not too high over the 100mg max.

Thanks again I am really going to be careful the next 5 weeks before I go back to the Dr and have the blood work done again. Like I said above I am going to toss 12 yolks a week that I had been eating and see if that helps along with watching everything else I eat which like I said is 95% good

[Seminole]

Egg yolks aren't going to be an issue, especially at 1 1/2 per day.

Well that is what I thought but I have to figure out what is causing the rise and figured I would start there. diet has been pretty stable the last 9 months and why the cholesterol is rising is something I don't understand. I am also going to stop the fish oil pills as well. I go back in 4 weeks to get checked again and will see if these 2 changes make a difference