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Cholesterol and exercise
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Cholesterol and exercise
by tomy__0, Jan 01, 1995 12:00AM
Posted By tommy on November 03, 1998 at 02:06:45:
In an answer to an earlier post, I noticed that you said diet and exercise will lower cholesterol at best by 15%.
My cholesterol was at 308 but my diet was horrible. As an active weightlifter I was consuming about 8 eggs a day and around 1 - 2lbs of red meat. Since the findings, I have practically cut out all red meat and begun cardio-intensive exercise 25 minutes 3 times a week in addition to weightlifting.
Can I expect better than 15% reduction? The doctors seemed to think that weight loss and diet would fix the problem without medication.
My internal medicine doctor and cardiologist want me to wait between 3 - 6 months to retest my cholesterol. Is this a reasobable amount of time to wait to see if the diet is working.
Thanks,
Tommy
In an answer to an earlier post, I noticed that you said diet and exercise will lower cholesterol at best by 15%.
My cholesterol was at 308 but my diet was horrible. As an active weightlifter I was consuming about 8 eggs a day and around 1 - 2lbs of red meat. Since the findings, I have practically cut out all red meat and begun cardio-intensive exercise 25 minutes 3 times a week in addition to weightlifting.
Can I expect better than 15% reduction? The doctors seemed to think that weight loss and diet would fix the problem without medication.
My internal medicine doctor and cardiologist want me to wait between 3 - 6 months to retest my cholesterol. Is this a reasobable amount of time to wait to see if the diet is working.
Thanks,
Tommy
