Latest tests results with some strange results
Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2017 8:32 am
Hello,
I just had blood work done on 12/30/2016 that my family doctor wanted me to take. It was a complete lipid panel and a comprehensive metabolic panel.
Here are the results compared to the last time I had these done on 4/28/2016:
Name-------------------4/28/16----12/30/16----Standard range desired by hospital with units
Total Cholesterol------155----------238-----------<=200 mg/dl
HDL---------------------40-----------45-------------40-60 mg/dl
LDL (Calculated)------101----------155------------<100 mg/dl
Non-HDL Cholesterol--115----------193------------<130 mg/dl
Triglycerides-----------70------------190------------30-150 mg/dl
Everything on the comprehensive metabolic panel was within range, including Glucose which was 94 mg/dl
The 4/28/16 information was when I was taking 10mg of liptor, which I stopped taking altogether in mid May.
I have been taking the following supplements:
Vitamin C = at least 4 grams 3 times a day since 3/19/16
Lysine = at least 2.5 grams a day since 3/19/16
Proline = at least 2 grams a day since 10/23/16 (due to having bypass surgery on 10/23/2015)
Vitamin A = 10000 IU a day since 4/6/16
Vitamin B Complex = 1 capsule a day since 6/2/15
Vitamin E = 1200 IU a day since 4/6/16
CoQ10 (Ubiquinol) = 200 mg a day since 6/2/15
Vitamin K1 * K2 = 1500 mcg of K1, 1000 mcg of K2(M-4) & 200 mcg of K2(M-7)(Super K from Life Extension) a day since 6/6/15
Vitamin D3 = 5000 IU a day since 2/17/15
Vitamin B3 = 2 grams per day since 11/22/16
Magnesium Glycinate = 700 mg per day since 3/19/16
Arginine = 3 grams per day since 10/23/16
Citrulline = 6 grams per day since 10/23/16
Potassium Bicarbonate = 1.6 grams per day since 3/19/16
Nattokinase = 2000 FU per day since 10/18/16
Serrapeptase = 80000 SPU per day since 10/18/16
Omega 3 & Omega 7 = 1 capsule a day since 8/4/15
As you can see I am throwing a lot of supplements at this, some I have been taking over a year, and still my Cholesterol numbers are high, at least per the doctors.
Also, for those that do not know, I had a heart attack on 1/6/15 where a stent was put in, that stent was blocked within 3 months and then I had bypass surgery on 5 arteries (2 bypasses used arteries and the other 3 used veins) on 10/23/15. My goal is git rid of blockages left and don't have my arteries close back up.
Are these numbers off based on what I have done?
What can I do different?
Why is my Tryglycerides so high now? I fasted for at least 12 hours like I always do?
I must admit, that the last month prior to this last test (Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday times in the US), that I didn't eat as good (i.e. eating more junk with sugar, eating less salads, etc.) and worked out less. Could that have been the reason for the elevated numbers? I just can't understand why they are that high with all of the supplementing I am doing that is supposed to help.
Please let me know the error in my ways.
Thanks,
Chuck
I just had blood work done on 12/30/2016 that my family doctor wanted me to take. It was a complete lipid panel and a comprehensive metabolic panel.
Here are the results compared to the last time I had these done on 4/28/2016:
Name-------------------4/28/16----12/30/16----Standard range desired by hospital with units
Total Cholesterol------155----------238-----------<=200 mg/dl
HDL---------------------40-----------45-------------40-60 mg/dl
LDL (Calculated)------101----------155------------<100 mg/dl
Non-HDL Cholesterol--115----------193------------<130 mg/dl
Triglycerides-----------70------------190------------30-150 mg/dl
Everything on the comprehensive metabolic panel was within range, including Glucose which was 94 mg/dl
The 4/28/16 information was when I was taking 10mg of liptor, which I stopped taking altogether in mid May.
I have been taking the following supplements:
Vitamin C = at least 4 grams 3 times a day since 3/19/16
Lysine = at least 2.5 grams a day since 3/19/16
Proline = at least 2 grams a day since 10/23/16 (due to having bypass surgery on 10/23/2015)
Vitamin A = 10000 IU a day since 4/6/16
Vitamin B Complex = 1 capsule a day since 6/2/15
Vitamin E = 1200 IU a day since 4/6/16
CoQ10 (Ubiquinol) = 200 mg a day since 6/2/15
Vitamin K1 * K2 = 1500 mcg of K1, 1000 mcg of K2(M-4) & 200 mcg of K2(M-7)(Super K from Life Extension) a day since 6/6/15
Vitamin D3 = 5000 IU a day since 2/17/15
Vitamin B3 = 2 grams per day since 11/22/16
Magnesium Glycinate = 700 mg per day since 3/19/16
Arginine = 3 grams per day since 10/23/16
Citrulline = 6 grams per day since 10/23/16
Potassium Bicarbonate = 1.6 grams per day since 3/19/16
Nattokinase = 2000 FU per day since 10/18/16
Serrapeptase = 80000 SPU per day since 10/18/16
Omega 3 & Omega 7 = 1 capsule a day since 8/4/15
As you can see I am throwing a lot of supplements at this, some I have been taking over a year, and still my Cholesterol numbers are high, at least per the doctors.
Also, for those that do not know, I had a heart attack on 1/6/15 where a stent was put in, that stent was blocked within 3 months and then I had bypass surgery on 5 arteries (2 bypasses used arteries and the other 3 used veins) on 10/23/15. My goal is git rid of blockages left and don't have my arteries close back up.
Are these numbers off based on what I have done?
What can I do different?
Why is my Tryglycerides so high now? I fasted for at least 12 hours like I always do?
I must admit, that the last month prior to this last test (Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday times in the US), that I didn't eat as good (i.e. eating more junk with sugar, eating less salads, etc.) and worked out less. Could that have been the reason for the elevated numbers? I just can't understand why they are that high with all of the supplementing I am doing that is supposed to help.
Please let me know the error in my ways.
Thanks,
Chuck