Need help with cholesterol/My Intro and 2cents on Cholerterol

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Hi, Everyone,

 

I just joined today and can tell already this will be one interesting

and informative group to be in.

 

I'm a retired RN, long interested in natural living and healing and

now have the good fortune to be an active, healthy and very alive 70

year old. I live in a rural area of Nebraska and enjoy a very simple

life today, after spending most of it in the " big city " . I do both

flower and veggie gardening in the summer and travel a bit in the

winter.

 

I read all the posts about cholesterol and want to put in my 2 cents

worth. While there are many causes for elevated cholesterol an

underactive thyroid is perhaps the most overlooked and this

association is well documented. I would encourage anyone with high

cholesterol to ask to have a thyroid function blood test. My own

cholesterol was elevated a few years ago and I now realize it was due

solely to an underactive thyroid. I did bring it down at that time

with oat bran and beta sitosterol (plant stanols) and perhaps a year

later went on thyroid medication. Earlier this year my cholesterol was

again elevated....and my thyroid dosage was insufficient had to be

increased. I brought it down again, this time with oat bran and red

yeast rice (which is a natural statin.) My cholesterol is now back to

normal.

 

I realize that thyroid hormone supplementation is not considered

" natural " and there may be other ways to stimulate a sluggish thyroid

other than with medication. Nevertheless, getting to the root cause

of the high cholesterol is invaluable in formulating a plan of action

to combat it and bring it to a normal range and ruling out a sluggish

thyroid is a good place to start.

 

Hopes this helps someone.

 

Mitsy in Nebraska

 

 

 

 

> Does anyone know which herb is good for lowering cholesterol?.. HELP!!!

> Lots of Love

> - Sharron

>

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Welcome to the group. Hope you enjoy it as much as I do. Love, Malissaseagrape1954 <seagrape wrote: Hi, Everyone,I just joined today and can tell already this will be one interestingand informative group to be in. I'm a retired RN, long interested in natural living and healing andnow have the good fortune to be an active, healthy and very alive 70year old. I live in a rural area of Nebraska and enjoy a very simplelife today, after spending most of it in the "big city". I do bothflower and veggie gardening in the summer and travel a bit in thewinter. I read all the posts about cholesterol and want to put in my 2 centsworth. While there are many causes for elevated cholesterol anunderactive thyroid is perhaps the most

overlooked and thisassociation is well documented. I would encourage anyone with highcholesterol to ask to have a thyroid function blood test. My owncholesterol was elevated a few years ago and I now realize it was duesolely to an underactive thyroid. I did bring it down at that timewith oat bran and beta sitosterol (plant stanols) and perhaps a yearlater went on thyroid medication. Earlier this year my cholesterol wasagain elevated....and my thyroid dosage was insufficient had to beincreased. I brought it down again, this time with oat bran and redyeast rice (which is a natural statin.) My cholesterol is now back tonormal. I realize that thyroid hormone supplementation is not considered"natural" and there may be other ways to stimulate a sluggish thyroidother than with medication. Nevertheless, getting to the root causeof the high cholesterol is invaluable in formulating a plan of

actionto combat it and bring it to a normal range and ruling out a sluggishthyroid is a good place to start. Hopes this helps someone.Mitsy in Nebraska > Does anyone know which herb is good for lowering cholesterol?.. HELP!!!> Lots of Love> - Sharron> Thank You,

Malissa Owings

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