I dropped my total cholesterol 91 points! :)

[RedCherry]

Originally Posted by Cleo

Congratulations

I also struggle with my cholesterol. I'm already a vegetarian, I will eat small amounts of dairy, but my cholesterol was at an all time high a few months ago last time it was check approaching 500.

What kind of supplements are you taking?

I get a lot of this stuff at Doctorstrust.com or Walmart. I take the following:

1000 mg of Gugulipid

20mg of Policosanol

2000 mg of fish oil

1000 mg of flaxseed oil (I get that at costco)
400 mg Lecithin (i get at walmart)
100 mg Co Q-10 (i get at walmart)

I'm like you, I eat small amounts of cheese, but no meat, milk, or eggs. I also eat whole grain oatmeal with 2T of ground flaxseed every morning. The only fish I get is all those fish oil tablets, lol.

I wish I could find the bookmarks on the research done with Policosanol and Gugulipid. They have shown very amazing results in other countries. You are starting to hear vitamins finally here with Policosanol, but still not much on Gugulipid. It has been used in India for 100's of years for not only cholesterol, but to balance your sugar.

If you don't have sugar issues, take Niacin. That is one thing the AMA will admit helps. Start with 500 mg and work up to 1000 - 1500 or so. I you have any sugar issues though, it will raise them. I was having morning blood sugar levels of almost 120, so I had to quit it. The next day, my morning blood sugar was back down to under 100.

Good luck! I am VERY encouraged to continue to eat this way, and take these supplements. It is quite a fist full, but no way I'm giving them up now.