LDL cut in half

[Gianluca]

Nothing special about this this BW but happy and wanted to share my lipid profile improvement, my LDL cut literally in half, also my post meal triglyceride went from 150 to 107, improvements on my Hemoglobin as well and liver Enzymes I believe are optimal, need to work on HDL a bit

Things I have changed.

1- Started NP thyroid
2- Kyolic Garlic
3- less meat more plants, almost none of Dairy
4- Switched from 20mg Test Cyp Everyday IM to 70mg 2 x week SubQ

I bet the thyroid made most of the changes in lipid, It would have been nice to see for each of the first 3 what impact had on lipids

 

[Nashtide]

Nothing special about this this BW but happy and wanted to share my lipid profile improvement, my LDL cut literally in half, also my post meal triglyceride went from 150 to 107, improvements on my Hemoglobin as well and liver Enzymes I believe are optimal, need to work on HDL a bit

Things I have changed.

1- Started NP thyroid
2- Kyolic Garlic
3- less meat more plants, almost none of Dairy
4- Switched from 20mg Test Cyp Everyday IM to 70mg 2 x week SubQ

I bet the thyroid made most of the changes in lipid, It would have been nice to see for each of the first 3 what impact had on lipids

Well done!

 

[Nelson Vergel]

Excellent. Thanks for sharing

 

[maxadvance]

What prompts an NP Thyroid scrip?

 

[BenM]

Excellent! Well done.

I've really got to figure out how I can see some improvement in my lipids...

 

[davidrn]

I wondered if you had a similar reason for seeing your LDL drop as I did. It appears so, my FreeT3 was a little low(3, range 2.4-4.4), and TSH elevated,(1.95) so my PCP increased my Naturthoid(NP) from 60mg to 90mg. My thyroid issues seemed to resolve, but my Total Cholesterol went from 200 (+/- 10) to 155, and my LDL dropped from 120's to 80's.
I didn't have any heart racing or any hyperthyroid issues.

 

[Vince]

That's the best part of optimizing your thyroid levels, improvement in LDL cholesterol.

Good job.

 

[Gianluca]

What prompts an NP Thyroid scrip?

Hypothyroidism symptoms despite I'm on Hydrocortisone plus my T3 was at 3.2 LabCorp scale, not low but not optimal neither

 

[Sean Mosher]

I don't see many scripts for NP Thyroid as I hear they are one of the newer NDT's to the market (last 3-4 years).
Were you ever on another NDT?
If so, how does NP Thyroid compare?
I believe Acella is the manufacturer?

 

[Gianluca]

I wondered if you had a similar reason for seeing your LDL drop as I did. It appears so, my FreeT3 was a little low(3, range 2.4-4.4), and TSH elevated,(1.95) so my PCP increased my Naturthoid(NP) from 60mg to 90mg. My thyroid issues seemed to resolve, but my Total Cholesterol went from 200 (+/- 10) to 155, and my LDL dropped from 120's to 80's.
I didn't have any heart racing or any hyperthyroid issues.

before starting NP 60mg day my Free T3 was at 3.2 on same scale plus I was symptomatic, but actually still some, that brought my FT3 at 4.4 after about 2 maybe 3 hours of taking it, the blood work attached on the post shows a FT3 of 4.1 but blood was taken in the afternoon, my doc actually want me to take another 30mg after about 7 hours of AM dose

 

[Gianluca]

I don't see many scripts for NP Thyroid as I hear they are one of the newer NDT's to the market (last 3-4 years).
Were you ever on another NDT?
If so, how does NP Thyroid compare?
I believe Acella is the manufacturer?

Correct, Acella is the manufactuer, this is my first time on Thyroid so I have only tried this, actually I want to ask my Doc next time how this NP compare to a desiccated Thyroid coming from Empower Pharmacy for example

 

[sokaiya]

HDL being low may be genetic. I've gone over this point with one of the best cardiologists as well. I have always had low HDL no matter what i do.

 

[Vince]

HDL being low may be genetic. I've gone over this point with one of the best cardiologists as well. I have always had low HDL no matter what i do.

Try eating eggs, go high fat and low-carb.

 

[Vince]

Get crackin' ?

 

[Gianluca]

HDL being low may be genetic. I've gone over this point with one of the best cardiologists as well. I have always had low HDL no matter what i do.

My HDL dropped due to TRT, before it was about 40 I believe

 

[Gianluca]

Try eating eggs, go high fat and low-carb.

Eggs are high in Arachidonic acid, good to check on that, I used to eat 3 eggs everyday, now I prefer one egg a day and eggs whites for the rest

 

[Vince]

Eggs are high in Arachidonic acid, good to check on that, I used to eat 3 eggs everyday, now I prefer one egg a day and eggs whites for the rest

I have read that some people eggs can affect them negatively. I presume that is because of their apo-e. But I don't know for sure. I do have friends that have apo-e 3/4 and of course have a hard time with their lipid panels. I am an APO-e 3/3 the most common type and improve lipid panel when I eat plenty of eggs.

 

[Vince]

Eggs are high in Arachidonic acid, good to check on that, I used to eat 3 eggs everyday, now I prefer one egg a day and eggs whites for the rest

I don't know if you saw my thread on the Cleveland Heart Clinic. I still get all my testing done there.

Cleveland Heart Clinic Labs

 

[sokaiya]

I do eat whole eggs every morning and yes they are good for you, however nothing budges my HDL. Not avocado, eggs, butter, fish oil, fish, MCT oil, etc.

 

[Vince]

I do eat whole eggs every morning and yes they are good for you, however nothing budges my HDL. Not avocado, eggs, butter, fish oil, fish, MCT oil, etc.

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