Contents Patients Cholesterol

Cholesterol and Triglycerides
Copyright © 2003 Matthew G. Beckwith, MD

	Normal Values	How to Improve
	Normal Values	Dietary Changes	Other Changes	Medicines
LDL (Bad Chol)	See Below	Reduce Eggs Milk Products Meat	Aerobic exercise	Statins Cholesterol absorption inhibitors Niacin Bile acid sequestrants
HDL (Good Chol)	Men >= 40 Women >= 50		Aerobic exercise Weight loss Smoking Cessation	Niacin Statins Fibrates Cholesterol absorption inhibitors
TG (Fats)	<= 150	Low-calorie Diet	Aerobic exercise	Fibrates Statins Niacin Cholesterol absorption inhibitors

Normal Values for LDL
Risk Factors for Heart Disease Age: Male over 55 Female over 65 Family History of Heart Disease Tobacco Use (now or in the past) Obesity Sedentary Lifestyle	LDL Goal Based on Risk Factors Zero or 1 risk factor: Under 160 2 or more risk factors: Under 130 Moderate-Risk Diseases (See below): Under 100 High-Risk Diseases (See below): Under 70
Moderate-Risk Diseases Erectile Dysfunction Pre-Diabetes Dysmetabolic Syndrome Chronic Kidney Disease	High-Risk Diseases Heart Disease Diabetes Stroke Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) Peripheral Arterial Disease Carotid Stenosis

Anything that comes from an animal contains cholesterol. This includes:

Triglycerides are fat. Anything fat contains triglycerides. However, all excess carbohydrate calories are also converted to triglycerides.

Therefore, the way to reduce triglycerides is just to eat a lower- calorie diet.