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Saw a cardiologist to make sense of my lipids
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egruberman
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Yeah...
Maybe ask your cardiologist why they chose Lipitor over Crestor. You should be able to achieve the same level of LDL reduction with 5mg of the latter.
Seems like this trend is continuing.
Seems like you're fishing for a cause, which most likely is genetics. That much plaque burden is the result of exposure over the course of a very long period of time. Probably didn't help much for the 3 years you cycled, but I suspect things were going south in any case.
You mentioned BP? Is your E2 good? It may be healthier to shed some size, but you may also have a genetic predisposition there in any case. @Ghoul has a protocol he recommends in another thread. It's an ARB, telmisartan plus another compound.
100% get your BP under 120/80 ASAP.
Well my cardiologist and docs aren't too worried about me as my latest calcium score was just given to me…
Doesnt mean i dont have soft plaque elsewhere ready to release and explode my innards haha
But it must be said… im not a roider type of guy… i was on trt for about 10-14 years(lost count after a while) and then i quit one day and just never went back… cold turkey quit trt… last levels were 543 if i remember correctly and ive been off trt for anywhere between 8-10 yrs
Doesnt mean i dont have soft plaque elsewhere ready to release and explode my innards haha
But it must be said… im not a roider type of guy… i was on trt for about 10-14 years(lost count after a while) and then i quit one day and just never went back… cold turkey quit trt… last levels were 543 if i remember correctly and ive been off trt for anywhere between 8-10 yrs
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15 years ago I did nothing to control E2 but I ran EQ alongside the test many times so I don't think E2 then was a problem.
In my current usage of the past 3-4 years I have never had out of range E2. I either used primo which lowered it or arimidex if I used more than 160mg. I aim for 20-30 E2. At 30mg of test cyp/e per day my E2 is 20 on .25 adex M/W/F. Now that I have dropped the dose to 20mg per day of test cyp, I'm also dropping the adex. My bet is I will rise to the 30-35 level which I can live with.
Duri
During the 10 or so years after I stopped taking steroids, I would get my testosterone levels pulled every year at the urologist and they would always be 250-330 total. I did a fasting diet and got down to 146 pounds and my total test went to 576. I stopped that and began eating normally again and the next test I had was a few years later and was 220 total t w/6 free t so I began TRT.
Yup
yup that could be my problem ive lost a lot of muscle over the years and health has declined and sedentary lifestyle is trying to to get its grippers in me… i figure ill be back on trt sooner than later tbh… i miss it too because i was more energetic and had a will ro lift and take better care of myself… but im fat n happy and lazier now… and i wanna sleep haha fuccck i need to start trt again before i give up on life haha
Guess what I'm taking
Ghoul
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love some michelin stars meal, now I gotta book one for the weekend, damn you @Ghoul
bigMoJo
Member
I wish my reports came in Italian, lol, those markers just sound so much better!
Ghoul
Well-known Member
Better? They sound absolutely delicious! Where's my Zepbound pen...
You still didn't guess mofos!
Is it Repatha?
I'm taking nothing
This is my cholesterol on cycle, on TRT I have a better HDL.
I take exactly zero supplements or drugs for my cholesterol.
I guess after losing the genetic lottery in so many different things, at least I won the cholesterol one
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bigMoJo
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WTF? No wonder you're always brewing... you've got room for damage, lol.
You eat extremely clean I presume?
Ghoul
Well-known Member
Mostly genetics. Then too much saturated fat and not enough fiber. Then everything else.
You can make a decent dent in Apo-B in 3 months with a glass of psyllium husk fiber drink a day (metamucil).
I eat normal but not sure if my normal is considered extremely clean.
I believe I'm just super lucky on the cholesterol genetic department but trust me I'm not lucky in all other departments ahaha
How does that work? Is it binding up fat so it is excreted instead of absorbed or?
egruberman
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It binds up the bile acids in the gut triggering the liver to produce more using cholesterol to do so, effectively diverting cholesterol production.
Saturated fat increases LDL by down-regulating the LDL receptors in the liver, triggering the liver to produce more LDL. Note, this varies a great deal depending on genetics.
It’s all about the liver.
