Possible Connection between Cholesterol & Kidney Disease

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What's the Connection between Cholesterol & Kidney Disease?

JoAnn Guest

Jan 13, 2004 12:03 PST

 

 

 

Today's Question

I was concerned when I read that you're more susceptible to kidney

disease if your " good " cholesterol is low. What's the connection and

what can you do about it?

-- John

 

Today's Answer

(Published 08/22/2003)

 

Results of a study from Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston

reported in the August, 2003 issue of the Journal of the American

Society of Nephrology showed that apparently healthy men with low

HDL (high density lipoprotein), the " good " cholesterol,

and high LDL

(low density lipoprotein) or " bad " cholesterol and triglycerides

have twice the normal risk of reduced kidney function.

 

The study included more than 4,000 initially healthy men whose blood

levels were checked an average of 14 years apart.

 

The findings were alarming because reduced kidney function can lead to

kidney failure,

a chronic life-threatening condition that makes one susceptible to

malnutrition, anemia and bleeding, hypertension, seizures,

neuropathy, and a host of other dangerous metabolic disorders.

 

According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), between 10 and

20 million Americans have early-stage kidney disease. Because

failing kidneys often don't cause any obvious initial symptoms, many

people have no idea that they're affected.

 

Once detected, controlling one's diet, blood pressure and cholesterol

may help slow the loss of kidney function while reducing the risk of

heart disease and stroke.

The only treatments for kidney failure are dialysis and

transplant.

 

A month before the study findings were published, the NIH launched a

major new study to look at the health of people with chronic kidney

disease, in an effort to understand why this condition worsens

rapidly in some people and why some are more prone to heart disease

than others. The six-year study will recruit 3,000 volunteers at

seven medical centers throughout the United States. (Visit

www.cristudy.org for more information.)

 

In addition to low HDL and high LDL and triglycerides, risks of

kidney disease include diabetes, high blood pressure or a history of

kidney problems. Risks are higher than average among African

Americans, Hispanic Americans and Native Americans.

 

If you're at risk, ask your physician for a blood or urine test for

kidney disease.

 

If you have low HDL (less than 40 mg/dl) and high non-HDL

cholesterol (your total cholesterol minus your HDL is higher

than 196.1), you could be at increased risk for kidney disease,

according to results of the Brigham and Women's study.

 

You can raise HDL by increasing outdoor exercise, drinking wine

in moderation, and eating only certain healthy fats

(monounsaturates such as extra virgin olive oil and omega-3s from

sources like alaskan salmon and sardines).

 

 

Dr. Andrew Weil

http://www.drweil.com/app/cda/drw_cda.html-command=TodayQA-

questionId=290495-pt=Question

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Desired Goal:

 

To combat 'hazardous' LDL blood cholesterol, boost good HDL cholesterol,

and keep as much as possible of your LDL

from becoming 'toxic to your arteries'.

Here are your best bets for

doing it with diet.

 

Foods that Raise your Good

'HDL' Cholesterol:

 

Almonds

Avocadoes

Garlic (fresh is best)

Alaskan Salmon, mackerel, sardines,

and other cold water fish (avoid all farmed varieties)

Grape Seed Oil

Extra Virgin Olive Oil (cold pressed)

Beta-carotene-rich foods (carrots,pumpkin, spinach, broccoli)

 

 

Excerpt

" Food your Miracle Medicine "

(How Food can Prevent and Cure

Over 100 Symptoms and Problems)

by Jean Carper

 

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