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Looking to lower my 'bad' LDL cholesterol. Unsurprisingly the main culprits are dairy & red meat. Only use milk for coffee but have a bit of an issue with butter & cheese. Also have been eating a bit more red meat of late as apparently metformin depletes B12.

Looking in the fridge have ~750g of cheddar & 300ml pot of double cream with an unopened pack of butter. Have been eating Ox liver once a week. Not a huge meat eater.

Obviously will be cutting down on the dairy but is there any guidance on max weekly consumption for somebody wanting to reduce bad cholesterol? Anyone have any tips?
Thanks.
 
Were you actively losing weight when your lipid panel was done as LDL can increase during weight loss? If that is the case then, depending upon how high your LDL was calculated, it might be worth just continuing as you are until your next test.
Are you comfortable sharing your cholesterol results?

Rather than reducing the foods you mention, what about increasing your fibre intake and particularly soluble fibre, with high fibre foods/supplements such as chia seeds and psyllium husk and see if that improves things?
 
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Were you actively losing weight when your lipid panel was done as LDL can increase during weight loss? If that is the case then, depending upon how high your LDL was calculated, it might be worth just continuing as you are until your next test.
Are you comfortable sharing your cholesterol results?

Rather than reducing the foods you mention, what about increasing your fibre intake and particularly soluble fibre, with high fibre foods/supplements such as chia seeds and psyllium husk and see if that improves things?
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Yes I was losing weight at the time and had been for about 3 months.
Looking at the NHS app it's says my
Serum cholesterol/HDL ratio is 3.2
Se non HDL cholesterol level: 2.6 mmol/L
Serum HDL cholesterol level: 1.2 mmol/L
These results are from March '24
 
Well no one here is an expert, obviously!

We can only share our own experiences really.

@Eddy Edson took a bit of an interest in this following his PAD (peripheral arterial disease) diagnosis, and previously posted this helpful summary of the NHS lipid management guidelines

Eddy Edson

Thread 'NHS England lipid management guidelines'

Up to date and summarised in a helpful chart:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/aac/publication/summary-of-national-guidance-for-lipid-management/

Some random things which catch my eye:

- It really brings things much more into line with Euro and US guidance than I had noticed for the UK previously.

- No "HDL ratio" stuff here: it's all non-HDL and LDL cholesterol.

- PAD is recognised as a condition which puts you in the secondary prevention category, in line with international guidance. Previously, I hadn't seen that explicitly stated in UK guidance. (It does say "symptomatic PAD"...
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I see you mention LDL and HDL, but like me eating a lot of fats can affect your triglycerides, you should have this reading along with your other chlorestorol reads.

Mine is high so am to the gym and cutting back on my cheese.
 
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