CHOLESTEROL TESTING, EVEN LDL AND HDL LEVELS ARE NOT ENOUGH!
PARTICLE SIZE AND COUNT ARE MORE IMPORTANT!
IT IS BEST TO HAVE BIG BUOYANT LDL PARTICLES AND A SMALL NUMBER OF THEM.
NMR LIPO PROFILE WILL DETERMINE THE SIZE AND THE COUNT OF LDL PARTICLES.
LDL-P IS THE LPL PARTICLE NUMBER. IT IS BEST TO HAVE THE LEAST OF THOSE PARTICLE NUMBERS.
THE SIZE OF THE LDL PARTICLE CAN ALSO BE DETERMINED. HIGH NUMBER OF THE SMALL LDL PARTICLES CAUSE CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE.
HDL –P IS THE COUNT OF THE GOOD HDL PARTICLES, THE BIGGER THE NUMBER THERE, THE HEALTHIER YOU ARE.
ALSO LP-IR SCORE NEEDS TO BE LOW AS POSSIBLE, AS A HIGH NUMBER IS ASSOCIATED WITH A BIGGER PROBABILITY OF INSULIN RESISTANCE.
SUMMARY: YOU WANT A LOW LDL-P, LOW SMALL LPL-P NUMBER AND LOW LP-IR SCORE COMBINED WITH A HIGH LDL-P NUMBER AND LARGE LDL –P.
ALSO ONE CAN TEST WHETHER THE LDL CHOLESTEROL IS OXIDIZED OR GLYCATED. BOTH ARE IMPORTANT AS OXIDIZED CHOLESTEROL PRODUCES INFLAMMATION AND PLAQUE BUILD UP WHICH MAY RESULY IN A HEART ATTACK. OXIDIZED LDL CAN BE TESTED WITH 2 OTHER MARKERS : F2-ISOPROSTANES AND MPO . MPO, ALSO A MARKER FOR INFLAMMATION AMPLIFIES INFLAMMATION. OXIDATION OF LDL CHOLESTEROL MAKING IT MORE PLAQUE FORMER. IT REDUCES NO . IT ALSO OXIDIZES HDL CHOLESTEROL MAKING IT NOT HELPFUL. F2 ISOPROSTANES ARE INVOLVED IN OXIDATIVE STRESS CAUSING CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE. PEOPLE WITH ELEVATED F2-ISOPROSTANES ARE 30 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO DEVELOP HEART DISEASE. IT IS TESTED IN THE URINE GLYCATED CHOLESTEROL BECOMES OXIDIZED AND IS ALSO VERY DANGEROUS, TO TEST FOR GLYCATION, HEMOGLOBIN A1C TELLS US WHAT THE BLOOD SUGAR HAS BEEN DURING THE LAST 3 MONTHS.
ANOTHER TEST IS THE MTHFR GENE TESTING WHICH DEALS WITH METHYLATION AS MANY PEOPLE CANNOT METHYLATE AND CANNOT BENEFIT FROM FOLIC ACID SUPPLEMENTATION. THIS LEADS TO HIGH HOMOCYSTEINE LEVELS WHICH ARE DETRIMENTAL TO CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH,
IT IS IMPORTANT TO KEEP FOLIC ACID LEVELS HIGH TO PREVENT LACK OF MEMORY AND DEPRESSION. COMT GENE CODES CAN TELL US HOW WELL WE RESPOND TO STRESS, PAIN, HORMONES, EMOTIONS AND MEMORY.
ANOTHER TEST IS THE OMEGA CHECK WHICH DETERMINES ABOUT OMEGA 3S AND 6S IN ONE’S BLOOD. A RATIO OF OMEGA 6 TO OMEGA 3 SHOULD BE IDEALLY 4. TYPICAL RATIO IS 8.1 BUT MOST AMERICANS’ RATIO IS AN UNHEALTHY 23. EVEN IF ONE TAKES FISH OILS, THE TEST SHOULD BE DONE. . IT TELLS WHETHER ONE IS ASSOCIATED WITH SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH. THE OMEGA CHECK IS ANOTHER KEY MARKER FOR INFLAMMATION. CRP IS ANOTHER MARKER.
SLEEP APNEA PUTS ALSO AN INCREDIBLE BURDEN TO THE BODY AND TO THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM, CAUSING ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION.
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