Philomath
Member
This is for my wife who just recently went to gyno and got lab results showing high cholesterol. He wants her to go on statins, naturally, but she told him she wanted to try natural methods first. Of course he wants her on fish oil (2000 mg daily for 2-3 months Interestingly, I don't think the Dr. asked or cared if she was feeling well. He just read the ATP-III Guidelines from her lab and said she's at risk.
I've seen some great recommendations on the forum for using things like Vit E, Magnesium and Taurine and others pointing out higher Cholesterol numbers are not necessary a bad thing. So Let me throw out some labs and please help me look for other considerations
AGE 47 Female - Ovaries intact - slightly overweight (10-15lbs, 1/2 coming after Peating) - no major health issues in past several years. Blood drawn 14 days after end of period
Total Cholesterol: 250 [/u]
Triglicerides: 166
HDL: 77
LDL: 140 mg/dL - high
TSH: 3.650 (obviously high)
T4 thyroxine: 8.2 ug/dl - average
T3 uptake: 23 - low
T3: 120 ng/dL - low side but in average
Free thyroxine index: 1.9
Free T4: 1.04
Thyroid Peroxidase: <6
Thyoglobulin antibody: <1.0
Progesterone: 1.1 ng/mL
C Reactive Protein: 0.31 - low
FSH, Serum: 15.7
Estradiol: 56.7 pg/ml
Vitamin D: 22.8 (low)
C02: 24 mmol/L average
Serum Sodium: 139 mmol/L - average
Serum Potassium: 4.2 - average
Serum Chloride: 98 - average/low
Serum Glucose: 88 -average
B12: 615 pg/mL average
Serum Calcium : 5.3 mg/dL high average
I'm getting her to take Progest-e regularly. I could use recommendations/thoughts on how to take thyroid (if necessary) and amounts of magnesium.
Thank you ALL!
I've seen some great recommendations on the forum for using things like Vit E, Magnesium and Taurine and others pointing out higher Cholesterol numbers are not necessary a bad thing. So Let me throw out some labs and please help me look for other considerations
AGE 47 Female - Ovaries intact - slightly overweight (10-15lbs, 1/2 coming after Peating) - no major health issues in past several years. Blood drawn 14 days after end of period
Total Cholesterol: 250 [/u]
Triglicerides: 166
HDL: 77
LDL: 140 mg/dL - high
TSH: 3.650 (obviously high)
T4 thyroxine: 8.2 ug/dl - average
T3 uptake: 23 - low
T3: 120 ng/dL - low side but in average
Free thyroxine index: 1.9
Free T4: 1.04
Thyroid Peroxidase: <6
Thyoglobulin antibody: <1.0
Progesterone: 1.1 ng/mL
C Reactive Protein: 0.31 - low
FSH, Serum: 15.7
Estradiol: 56.7 pg/ml
Vitamin D: 22.8 (low)
C02: 24 mmol/L average
Serum Sodium: 139 mmol/L - average
Serum Potassium: 4.2 - average
Serum Chloride: 98 - average/low
Serum Glucose: 88 -average
B12: 615 pg/mL average
Serum Calcium : 5.3 mg/dL high average
I'm getting her to take Progest-e regularly. I could use recommendations/thoughts on how to take thyroid (if necessary) and amounts of magnesium.
Thank you ALL!