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What Does The Blood Sugar And Lipid Profile Reports Indicate?
Question: I did my cholestrol check....total cholestrol is 170 mg, triglycerides is 109 mg, HDL is 35 mg, LDL is 111.4 mg, VLDL is 23.6, total hdl ratio is 4.86, hdl ratio is 3.18, fasting glucose level is 102.0 mg
am i healthy? what should i do now?
am i healthy? what should i do now?
Brief Answer:
HDL is low and LDL is slightly elevated.
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Welcome to health care magic,
It is very difficult to say regarding health condition from just a blood sugar and lipid profile reports but low HDL is considered as a higher risk of cardiovascular problems.
Your HDL is very low and LDL is slightly elevated while other cholesterols and blood sugar is completely normal.
The main reason for HDL to be low could be lack of enough muscular exercise. Initial 20 minutes of walk goes in burning your sugar and then the fat start burning which should happen for another 20 to 25 minutes through a stable, moderate speed of 5 to 6 km/hour and then you will certainly see improvement in the HDL cholesterol.
In general to reduce your Chol/HDL ratio and to increase HDL follow these guidelines:
- Avoid direct sugars
- Avoid fried snacks, bakery items
- Have ample of vegetable salads- at least 1 bowlful cut raw vegetables like cucumber, tomato, carrot and vegetables which you can eat raw.
- Snacks should contain healthy nuts like almonds or walnuts and a few dry fruits but no fruit juices
- Avoid soft drinks or hard drinks and smoking cessation.
- Simple Chapati and steamed rice or rotis made up of different whole grains should be your staple diet.
- Skimmed milk and milk items made up of skimmed milk are good to check on cholesterol
- Egg white is fine but avoid egg yellow means yolk.
vitamin B3 (niacin) increases HDL cholesterol.
Hope this answer will help to understand it clearly.
Regards,
Dr.sandipkabra
HDL is low and LDL is slightly elevated.
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Welcome to health care magic,
It is very difficult to say regarding health condition from just a blood sugar and lipid profile reports but low HDL is considered as a higher risk of cardiovascular problems.
Your HDL is very low and LDL is slightly elevated while other cholesterols and blood sugar is completely normal.
The main reason for HDL to be low could be lack of enough muscular exercise. Initial 20 minutes of walk goes in burning your sugar and then the fat start burning which should happen for another 20 to 25 minutes through a stable, moderate speed of 5 to 6 km/hour and then you will certainly see improvement in the HDL cholesterol.
In general to reduce your Chol/HDL ratio and to increase HDL follow these guidelines:
- Avoid direct sugars
- Avoid fried snacks, bakery items
- Have ample of vegetable salads- at least 1 bowlful cut raw vegetables like cucumber, tomato, carrot and vegetables which you can eat raw.
- Snacks should contain healthy nuts like almonds or walnuts and a few dry fruits but no fruit juices
- Avoid soft drinks or hard drinks and smoking cessation.
- Simple Chapati and steamed rice or rotis made up of different whole grains should be your staple diet.
- Skimmed milk and milk items made up of skimmed milk are good to check on cholesterol
- Egg white is fine but avoid egg yellow means yolk.
vitamin B3 (niacin) increases HDL cholesterol.
Hope this answer will help to understand it clearly.
Regards,
Dr.sandipkabra
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Vinay Bhardwaj
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Should i take any medication for increasing my HDL or just changes in diet/ exercise is enough?
also while climbing stairs i tend to breathe fast or feel breatheless, but that doesnt happen when i play sports.
In what frequency whould i take these tests? i dont have any other ailments to quote
Should i take any medication for increasing my HDL or just changes in diet/ exercise is enough?
also while climbing stairs i tend to breathe fast or feel breatheless, but that doesnt happen when i play sports.
In what frequency whould i take these tests? i dont have any other ailments to quote
Brief Answer:
Niacin (vitamin B3),Gemfibrozil and fenofibrate can raise HDL level.
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Thanks for the follow-up query,
Among all drugs,Niacin (vitamin B3) is the most effective agent with Gemfibrozil and fenofibrate (Fibrates group of drugs)can moderately raise the HDL cholesterol level apart from diet and exercises.
You can check your blood haemoglobin level to detect whether there is anaemia or not.It is almost normal to have fatigue after climbing stairs or it could be due to our low stamina also.
You should check your lipid profile every 3 to 4 monthly for follow-up HDL and LDL values.
I hope this information will help you and if any query then you can ask me.
Regards,
Niacin (vitamin B3),Gemfibrozil and fenofibrate can raise HDL level.
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Thanks for the follow-up query,
Among all drugs,Niacin (vitamin B3) is the most effective agent with Gemfibrozil and fenofibrate (Fibrates group of drugs)can moderately raise the HDL cholesterol level apart from diet and exercises.
You can check your blood haemoglobin level to detect whether there is anaemia or not.It is almost normal to have fatigue after climbing stairs or it could be due to our low stamina also.
You should check your lipid profile every 3 to 4 monthly for follow-up HDL and LDL values.
I hope this information will help you and if any query then you can ask me.
Regards,
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Neel Kudchadkar
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