Triglycerides are 47, HDL is 89, ratio is 0.52 and my doctor STILL wanted to put me on a statin because my LDL was 138 so my "total" cholesterol was over 200. Ridiculous!
Using the European measurement, the ratio should be 0.45 or less. I found out this week that mine is 0.27..my doctor had no clue what I was talking about. The older I get, the more I think that medical schools are actually just training camps for the pharmaceutical industry.
A lot depends on the age of your doctor. They tend to stick with what they "learned" in medical school and never update themselves. Probably because new nutritional information never comes with inclusive tickets to the Bahamas like stuff from the pharmaceutical industry does....
@lindapestridge3073 The UK measures cholesterol in mmol/L, and the US uses mg/dL. To convert from mmol/L to mg/dL mutiply mmol/L by 18. To convert mg/dL to mmol/L, divide mg/dL by 18.
80 years old. Ratio was 1.97, six months later of low carb, IF, and increased aerobic and strength training ratio was 1.14, lost 10 lbs, stronger, better BP. Finally showing some abs again!
I am on Keto with intermittent fasting and have lost almost 50 pounds in the last six months. I recently had my annual exam and my Triglycerides were 80 (very low) which is great, and my HDL is 76, which the print out actually listed as “High” because it was “out of range” but high HDL is good! So, my numbers were 80/76 = 1.05 which is freaking amazing! My P.A. wanted to start me on a statin (cholesterol lowering medication) because doctors only use the LDL and Cholesterol numbers. I tried to explain that my Triglyceride/HDL ratio, based on studies, indicate that my CV health was not in jeopardy. She looked at me like “huh?” Needless to say I refused the Statins... once again.
Best treatment for atherosclerosis: Vitamin C Why do only coronary arteries clog with cholesterol and not veins or small capillaries? Scurvy = No vitamin C in your diet. Symptom: Your blood vessels break and you bleed to death. Think of the sailor of the past. Scurvy of the heart = Just enough vitamin C from food. Symptom: Arteries around the heart are not strong enough to resist high blood pressure. Damage is repaired with cholesterol LP(a) to prevent worse. After years of repair, your arteries become clogged. Enough vitamin C supplement of at least 3000 mg. per day gives strong and flexible arteries. Cholesterol is not needed as a repair agent. Cholesterol in your coronary arteries is broken down and burned in your liver. Source RU-vid: - Cardiovascular disease and vitamin C (Dr. Rath Foundation) - Ending the Cardiovascular Epidemic by Natural Means - Dr. Matthias Rath
I had a ratio of 5. With an A1c of 6.8 I had no symptoms except weight gain. I would've died of a heart attack in 2 years if I continued with my sedentary and indulgent lifestyle. Lol I reversed it in 4 months with fasting, exercise and a low carb diet. Lost 15kg in the process. My ratio is now 2. And A1c is 5.2. I'm still working on lowering these numbers and to keep this lifestyle forever.
I suggest you do a monthly lipid test in a pharmacy for about USD10. Record in your log type and dosage of medication you take. Every morning I take vitamin 5000 units of D3 comes with Vitamin K2 with, 1/2 multi vitamins + 15g cheese + 15~20g butter at 1 hour before low carb breakfast. Between meals with make a drink of apple vinegar + 2g of PAN salt. Last meal taken normally before 5pm. 1 to 2 hours before going to bed take 1/2 dose of high blood medication, fish oil and magnesium glycinate. Take 1.5 years to take off 15kg. Regards.
Yes, TG/HDL more important than LDL Triglycerides reflects blood sugar level and insulin resistance is a very important factor in heart disease. Triglyceride level actually reflects how much of your LDL is the harmful small particle LDL. The higher the triglyceride the higher the risk for coronary heart disease.
Latest studies confirm what you mentioned. The important thing is small particle LDL which is able to penetrate the endothelium of the arteries leading to plaque formation. TG/HDL ration is the most important figure to look at, ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-OyzPEii-wo0.html
If triglycerides reflects the blood sugar level..wouldn't that mean that type 1 diabetics have high triglycerides? I am type 1 and have a 67 mg/dl triglycerides and 75 mg/dl HDL.. and my A1C is 6.4...
this is what I say to my doctor!!! My triglycerides are 84 and my HDL is 84, but my LDL is 233 and my doctor keeps wheezing I MUST take statins...of course I refuse !!! I feel perfect, my insulin is 3,my hbA1c is 5.3 and this morning sugar is 99...
@@Moanabene mine keeps trying to push statins on me based on 170 LDL. My HDL in the last lab was 90% and my triglycerides 77. So I keep saying no, keep the statins away from me. My BP is also very normal in the 110s/80 or less.I also lowered my A1C from 6.2 to 5.6. I want to lower it more for the next lab to consider myself safe from Diabetes. Of course, I will continue to be mindful and careful.
I am 44 and have never had TG lower than 330, it was over 8,000 when I was hospitalized with acute pancreatitis a few years ago and normally is around 600-800. Always been told my cholesterol was inaccurately high due to the ultra-high TG marker. Can’t manage to maintain a healthy diet, but I do get regular exercise. Feels like I’m living on borrowed time listening to peeps like this dr.
i have high triglycerides. when I reduce it through excercise, ldl sky rockets. can you please give an explanation? my ldl is 208, triglycerides is 276. previous it was 160 and 321 respectively.
I also heard that the LDL particles are the big fat puffy ones with the Ideal triglyceride/HDL ratio. The big particles don't get lodged in your epithelium like the small LDL particles can. That makes me feel like I am doing something right.
@@UncleHemimy triglycerides to HDL ratio is 79/91 which is less than 1, and my LDL pattern is A, but I have a high number of small and medium LDL. I took myself off statins more than 6 months ago because of side effects.
@@mikebrown600 I went on Low Carb High Fat diet and have stayed on it for three years now. My HDL went up, trigs went way down, remnant cholesterol went down, total and LDL remain the same. So the total didn't change but the makeup did.
@@justrusty Yep, that’s what I would have predicted. Pretty much the same story here. It’s criminal that doctors and health professionals aren’t teaching this widely. Thx for the reply.
Ratio of 2 or less is great. 2.1 not bad at all. There are some who advocate 1.2 or less but for some people harder to get there. For best health carbs consumption should not exceed 50 grams per day and should have at least 16hr fast period between every 24hrs. Not that hard. Stop eating at 6pm or so and don't eat first meal until 10am next day.
Optimally TRG < 70 HDL >70 for men. Omega-3 Index >8% An additional Marker is Insulin Fasting Insulin which ideally should be no more than 5. The best supplement is Omega 3 from fish oil. I take 1.5 g as EPA and DHA. Happened automatically on Keto + Intermittent fasting.
We measure all of these: Trig/HDL ratio and fasting insulin. Just have to watch if the insulin is less than 2 as this may be a sign of the pancreas is dysfunctional or failing.
After 3 years of keto and now over a year on carnivore and my t/h ratio is 1.15. Hdl is 60, triglycerides are 69, ldl 90. 4 years ago my ldl was 186. So eating nothing but animal protein, fat and eggs has cut my ldl to less than half. I’ve lost 220lbd and I’m off all 12 meds.
My TG/HDL=0.58, while my TC=225, LDL=130, VLDL=9. I've had several drs aggressively push statins on me over the years due to my TC and LDL numbers, but I knew better so I politely declined and never went back to them again.
THank f you for this short and sweet video. Are there other ratios to look at . My Triglycerides are 53 mg/dl and HDL is 58 mg/dl so my ratio is 0.91 if I understand you correctly.
Your HDL should be over 60 mg/dl. It's important to remember that once your HDL reaches about 80 mg/dl there is no additional protective effect. In fact, levels over 100 may be harmful. Furthermore, higher HDL levels offer no protection if your triglycerides rise above 150 mg/dl. So....if you're trying to lower your triglyceride/HDL ratio by raising your HDL, you will fail to actually lower your risk of a cardiovascular event. Your problem is the high triglycerides. Lower them, right away. Cut out alcohol, white flour, white rice, white pasta and candy. No sugar, period. It is possible to see TC levels fall within weeks of these dietary changes. THAT is how you lower your risk of dropping dead.
63yo here WFPB diet for over 40 years... LDL and triglycerides low 70s, HDL 50 so ratio 1.4, total chol 140. BP 120/80, HBa1c 5.5.. I was actually a bit overweight when I had those results.(BMI 26.5) Eat food, not too much, mostly plants ..
@@drott150 that’s anecdotal. Overwhelming odds are, if you are healthy/eat well and excercise and have good cholesterol, you lower your chances of heart disease significantly. That doesn’t mean 0 risk, but overall it lowers risk.
@@drott150 holy essay. Lol. My point being, me as a 33yr old in great shape with good cholesterol numbers, not even anecdotally, statistically has good odds if maintaining that same health of avoiding factors that increase my odds for heart disease later in life. There are many other risk factors for heart disease and I never said there wasn’t ie: high blood pressure, heriditary factors, drug use etc. In the end, I will follow the good advice of my family doctor over youtube videos or random youtube commenters.
They wanted to prescribe low doses of statin bc my HDL is 52 but triglycerides 90 LDL 140 lol but i feel great. That's BS. I'll work on getting the HDL even higher 60 should be fine
Can anyone help me? I’m stuck with what to do and my doctor isn’t interested just told me to go on a low fat diet. Pathology Investigations Serum lipid levels Serum HDL cholesterol level 1.8 mmol/L [1.0 - 3.0] Serum cholesterol level 8.2 mmol/L [1.5 - 5.51; Above high reference limit Serum triglyceride levels 3.18 mmol/L [0.5 - 2.01; Above high reference limit Serum cholesterol/HDL ratio 4.6 ratio Serum non high density lipoprotein cholesterol level 6.4 mmol/L Serum LDL cholesterol level 4.9 mmol/L Thanks you
Just did test and My HDL was 84 and TRIGS were 84 LDL was sky high thats not the number that I am concerned with because I don't eat process foods or no sugar whatsoever
Had blood test yesterday with 357 colesterol 158LDL, Trigeseride at 99/ HDL at 70. So -I am under 2 ratio. And Yeah I am not in high ketosis anymore because I put in 100 grm carbs to save my HIPERthyroidsm. But at least I still eat kindly, stay away from procesed foods and sugars🎉🎉
No units for reference? Presumably, these numbers are in the US units of mg/dL. Well, here's the conversion: if, like the rest of the world you're using mmol/L, then the figures are:
caution with using RATIOS to determine RISK ... from the presentation ... the triglycerides running high correlates to the higher risk of CHD ... it's also known that blood sugar and blood pressure correlate heavily for CV risk ... using HDL in a ratio allows for the RESULT to move due to the HDL going up/down ... but does your (actual) RISK change w/ the change in the HDL (in this example) ... don't IGNORE all other MARKERS (measurements) that more closely correlate to (clinically shown) CV disease risk ...
I would get your ApoB lipoproteins checked but you may just produce more cholesterol genetically but as long as you keep that Tri/HDL ratio below 2 and keep that refined carbohydrate minimal, you should be fine. It's all about how those LDL particles are, healthy or unhealthy. They become unhealthy through oxidation (stress), and high insulin secretion (Tri/HDL ratio).
Old news, this ration is a population statistic that indicates a SAD diet or excessive alcohol consumption. It is only a marker of two non-causal numbers that are doubly non-causal that shows a diet of processed refined foods and/or excessive alcohol consumption. If you got a bad ratio it indicates a risk, if not it says nothing about your risk of heart attack. The causal risk factor for a heart attack is APO(b).
Agreed. But how many doctors are measuring APOb and how many people know to ask for it? 1-2 % of doctors and patients? Trig and HDL's are on 90% of patients' labs. Ease of implementation is always important when trying to help change people's midset and behavior. It wasn't old news when I made this video 5 YEARS ago, lol. Agree on your WHY the ratio is high in most patients though.
You should stop calling the LDL bad. Without it you would be quickly dead. It is extremely important in immunity function and absolutely necessary for brain function.
What about those who's ratio is below 2 but the Trygs are higher than HDL? I just started carnivore and my Trygs were 167 and HDL was 71. Tested a month later and my Trygs down to 130 and HDL up to 85. I will test again next month to see if my numbers improve.
That ratio is better than your last one. Great job. If you want to know more, have them test your ApoB and LPa cholesterol #'s. Also, your blood sugar and Insulin #'s matter because that's what causes oxidation of the cholesterol and is a big driver of ASCVD (arteriosclerotic cardio vascular disease)
I am learning about this because I was shocked by how high my HDL cholesterol is. Recent blood work shows my HDL at 100.8, LDL at 71.2 and my ratio is 1.82. Triglycerides are 55. Is this okay?
The triglyceride HDL ratio lab test is ready which shows if it's high that maybe you have three times more likelihood of having a stroke or heart attack than somebody who has a lower number so what we're saying is this is a true science here this is exact so if you have a very high number here then you are way more prone to have a heart attack
Triglycerides are 80, HDL is 95, ratio is .84 - my doctor wants me on a low-dose statin because of mild plaque in my heart vessels, not because of my total cholesterol of 238. An not sure what to do…
Look into a low carbohydrate (refined carbs), zone 2 cardio training and MBSR (mind-based stress reduction). Look to the cause of the plaque, don't treat the effect which is the plaque itself. Check out the comment by @bohemiachef.
great video, just want to mention something else based on my research, this ratio isn't perfect without flaw, there was another index taken BMI into consideration introduced in the past few years called SPISE = 600 × HDL-cholesterol0.185/triglycerides0.2/BMI1.338 looks to be a better indicator for insulin resistance compared with HOMA-IR result, for those who have relatively low TC/HDL ratio but also low TC and HDL number, if you don't eat plant based diet, then you are most likely insulin resistant so you have to look at both not just the ratio. Normally when you switch to a low carb diet you should expect to see TC coming down while HDL goes up above 60, if HDL doesn't then you may have higher insulin resistant problem. Also similar to different types of LDL particles, it seems HDL particles are not created equal too, some people may have very high HDL due to genetics but doesn't necessarily mean it has good protection of atherosclerosis, you may want to do an HDL function panel which isn't a commonly used test
Thank you doctor, actually I work as software engineer but I am interested in learning latest development in medicine. When I watched related videos on RU-vid, I usually will spend a little extra time to do my own research and read latest papers to get better understanding of what's happening behind the scene
I eat very little carbs... as much meat as I can get my hands on and eggs (some cream). My TG are .66 mmol HDL 1.70. BMI is a joke - Im sorry, I have abs and it says I am close to overweight.
@@archanagautam4105 TG/HDL is over 5. I would not be happy with that at 50+, let alone at 15. In order to cover minerals, lipids, enzyme function, and some key biochemical levers, I'd recommend the scientific literature material promoted by Morley Robbins, Dr. Barry Sears, PhD, and Dr. Udo Erasmus, PhD (but only the toxicity of most seed oils. He's overall wrong about animal fats and animal protein for many people -- but maybe not all). Iron fortified food is something I avoid. I try to eat mostly real food (no labels or boxes). I take bio-available magnesium supplements and I eat an average of 1-2 ounces of liver per day (bio-copper). Carcinogenic Iron in Cereal Video -- ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HGbwFtmJOi4.html Iron behaving badly: iron as contributor to inflammatory and degenerative diseases -- bmcmedgenomics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1755-8794-2-2 Summary of Rogue Iron Accumulation in the Human Body -- veritascontent.blob.core.windows.net/audio/YTC_Archive/ytc010719-MorleyRobbins.mp3 Morley Robbins - My Theory Of Everything -- ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Iq94ROB5qEs.html Morley Robbins - Magnesium, Copper and Iron Synergy - August 11, 2020 -- ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-kYEGfE9DUJ4.html Understanding Copper Toxicity (actually, ceruloplasmin deficiency - and magnesium, retinol, and maybe copper deficiency): ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-QyV4TgXCGC0.html Systemic Iron Status: Mag-Zinc-Copper Panel with Iron Panel + Vitamin A & D: requestatest.com/mag-zinc-copper-panel-with-iron-panel-plus-vitamin-a-and-vitamin-d-test Ideal Values for Full Monty Lab Tests: therootcauseprotocol.com/ideal-values-for-lab-tests/ 92 - The Root Cause, what is it? (a discussion with a degreed nutritionist getting her Full Monty Results analyzed): healthygutgirl.com/92-the-root-cause-what-is-it/ My Full Monty Iron Panel Results with Morley Robbins: divinesuperconductor.libsyn.com/my-full-monty-iron-panel-results-with-morley-robbins The Brain Science Behind Social Conflict And Depression: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-klxNNq8xjdk.html Dr. Mildred Selig (The Magnesium Factor) -- www.mgwater.com/seelig.shtml Dr Thompson Explains his Book - Calcium Lie 2 -- ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-TV-36i2nmx4.html Dr. Udo Erasmus on the Importance of Healthy Oils for Optimal Health & Well-Being -- ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-H2uWKRS67h8.html Jerry Tennant, MD, - Healing is Voltage -- oneradionetwork.com/health/jerry-tennant-md-healing-is-voltage-amazing-information-09-24-09/ TG/HDL ratio is VERY REVEALING! Silent CV Risk: Triglyceride/HDL Ratio -- ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tXaR9yLUQc4h.htmlttps://ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tXaR9yLUQc4.html AA/EPA ratio is VERY REVEALING! Managing Covid-19 with Pro-Resolution Nutrition -- drsears.com/managing-covid-19-with-pro-resolution-nutrition/ Dr. Ellie Phillips D.D.S. - Results of Patrick’s Oral DNA test and Dental Hygiene Visit -- oneradionetwork.com/dental-healing/dr-ellie-phillips-d-d-s-november-9-2017/ Note -- some blood types appear to tend to do better with meat (Eat Right for Your Type book), but those that do will get better nutrition from quality pasteured meat, not depleted meat from tortured feedlot animals. Type O's and B's can fare poorly on vegetarian diets -- I have a friend who literally became crippled with pain on a mostly vegetarian diet. I eat an ounce of organic, pasteured liver a day as a supplement. If you have a very toxic liver, you might need to clean it up before being able to process the nutrients in the liver.
I’m not sure I did this right. My tri is 68 and my hdl is 81 . So that means my ratio is 0.83950617 or let’s just call it 0.84 is that right? My total cholesterol is 342 ,and my Dr. is freeking out because I refuse to go back on statins. What is your Opinion? Thank you
@@TheFeelyourself I divided my triglyceride number 68 by my HDL number 81 = 0.83950617. Wow that was a year ago. I couldn’t remember how I did it. I keep doing the math until I figured it out. I hope this helps
@@janetbishop6031 thats great. i mean what kind of lifestyle or diet you adopted to get to these numbers? though i have reduced quite a bit, but not to your levels.
@@TheFeelyourself I started taking K2 (2) 100 mcg soft gel a day along with 400 mg Magnesium at night before I go to bed because my morning coffee interferes with the absorption of Magnesium. K2 takes the calcium out of your arteries and puts it into the bone where it belongs. I try to stay below 50 carbs a day because the plaque in the arteries is caused by sugar.Not only table sugar ,all carbs turn to sugar. Your body converts the sugar (glucose) to fatty acids and forms triglycerides that is transported through the bloodstream to be stored in fat cells. I was told long ago that triglycerides is the amount of fat in your blood so I cut down on the fat, and my cholesterol got worse. So I kept cutting it down and cutting it down until I was almost completely fat-free. I had a heart attack, and had to get 4 stents put into the back of my heart. I’m fine now no thanks to the information I received that was incorrect. I started doing my own research, and found that by cutting out the fat I only make matters worse. You need the fat. Just make sure it’s the right fat the good fat. I use Real butter, olive oil, coconut oil. So somewhere in these changes I’m doing the right thing. I hope this helps
@@janetbishop6031 thats a lot of good info, and happy to know you are doing good. And taking personal interest in your health. Yes we are surrounded by sugar in different forms, and so i am cutting down on carbs, sugar and grains, and mostly taking good fats. hoping things will get better within 6 months or so. also LDL is important for body and brain, so artificially controlling is not good. my ratio tgl/hdl was hovering between 4.5 to 5.5, which is not great, but have managed to get to 3.9 for the first time. hoping to get under 3, in sometime. will introduce K2, but not sure which one really, will check. to our health, cheers!
My triglycerides are 79, and my HDL is 49. Which puts me at 1.6, which is good, right? But, my Apo-b is 139. Which i guess should be 79 or less. So, how do we explain this scenario? My CAC score is 71. Am i to be worried, or not.🤔 I'm 66
52/79= .65. wow, I'll live forever now. i do IF 18/6 for the last 5 yrs. Lost 50 lbs, never gained any back. . IF=intermittent fasting. 63 yr old male.
& don’t take a statin resting blood sugar 125 -135 after one week away from my statin 97-104 resting blood sugar.sugar is ten times worst than your LDL
My last labs, my fasting insulin was 20 and my fasting glucose was 125. But VLDL was 19, my Triglycerides were 94, my HDL was 43, and myTG/HDL was just 2.18. So a mixed bag.
Even if you are having a BMI of 25-26 but still having a bit of belly you can try dropping BMI to 23. Will help to make a big drop in trig : HDL ratio. Also 5mg rosvarstatin might help. Regards.
@@whlawson5812 I'd have to lose a lot of weight to get to a BMI of 25! It's amazing how low your triglycerides can go when you eat fewer than 75-100 carbs a day!
@@terrifictomm Gather a few friends that need to bring down some serious weight. View a few U tuberson low carb weight lost. Then come out a list to do like feeding time of only from 8am to 6pm. Target two meals per day. Use a hand phone to take pictures of every meal. Target 750 calories per day. I have 60g to 30g of butter per day. Protein from eggs, fish, chicken, pork etc. Take pictures of each meal and send it to each other. Glucose test before and 2 hour after a meal. Whenever your hand shivers you take a blood glucose test. If your hand shivers when blood sugar is still high at 100 mmol/l = your brain is still depending a lot on glucose in the blood. Have 1/2 multivitamin per meal. Supplement with 200mg magnesium, 400mg potassium everyday. Take 2g salt daily. By 3rd month you should able to drop 6kg. Use this as motivation for further weight lost. First three months is most difficult. Then bring feeding time from 8 to 4 pm. Your path to loosing enough weight could be as long as 2 years. When I has to have a Mc Donald I buy only one triple cheese burger and add nothing else. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Regards.
Sorry Tom: My typo about 750 calories per day. Should be 1500 calories per day or 750 calories per meal. If it is too difficult you could do time restrictive eating from 7 am to 7pm for one week. Then 7am to 6pm for two weeks. Then 7 am to 5pm for 3 weeks. Then 7am to 4pm. But no change on the 750 calories per meal or 1500 calories per day. If you hand shivers before a meal time do a blood glucose test before eating. Regards.
HDL 60, TG 58 (ratio < 1.0). LDL 65. Total 137. I am on lowest dose of statin (rosuvastatin). But most of all I do lower carb diet, IF, and exercises 5 hr/week. Fasting insulin is 4.9 with fasting glucose 98. So my HOMA-IR is 1.2. Not ideal yet.
The issue I have with cholesterol lowering is it lowers testosterone. If you cholesterol goes up testosterone goes up too. If you bring it down testosterone comes down too. Has anyone else seen the same thing?
Absolutely correct. Sex hormones are made from Cholesterol. Testosterone levels are trending down, (at least in the US), by a lot. They trace that fact back to the beginning of the SAD and the tremendous increase in soy products. I suspect that since statins are so commonly used here, that also contributes to the decline in average testosterone.
I am 7 months in on a strict carnivore animal fat/protein diet. I am 54yo, 5-10 166lb lean. My Total Ch is 243, TG 53, HDL 64, and blood pressure below 120/80. Should I be concerned about anything with a TG/HDL ratio of 0.8? This seems to be a consistent trend with meat diets, especially for those like myself recovering from fruit based raw diet of 6 years. Thanks for this video!
Your TG/HDL is in a good range. It is a pseudo-marker for systemic inflammation and your level of oxidized LDL (as opposed to your total LDL). So far, so good. I think the following information is critical to know, but not very well known at all, so I will share it here (the author of Iron Behaving Badly was literally knighted!): Carcinogenic Iron in Cereal Video -- ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HGbwFtmJOi4.html Iron behaving badly: iron as contributor to inflammatory and degenerative diseases -- bmcmedgenomics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1755-8794-2-2 Summary of Rogue Iron Accumulation in the Human Body -- veritascontent.blob.core.windows.net/audio/YTC_Archive/ytc010719-MorleyRobbins.mp3 Morley Robbins - My Theory Of Everything -- ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Iq94ROB5qEs.html I have more links I deem critically important, so feel free to ask and I'll share them.
My triglycerides to HDL ratio is only 0.8. This means I have low probability of heart attack. My LDL is at 3.3mmol/L which most likely majority of them are fluffy type rather than bullet type
I've had a ratio below 1, similar to yours, for years, and I finally had the LDL particle size checked, twice. My LDL particles ARE all large (almost no small-particle), like the Trig/HDL predicts. I have heard from doctors that the ratio is such a reliable predictor of LDL particle size that it's probably unnecessary to measure particle size directly.
@@danedonohue870 I am badly over weight & metabolically impaired for over 20 year before dropping body weight from highest of 83kg to 65.5kg on low carb diet. In the 3rd week on 50g of daily carb the blood glucose is still at 5.5mol when my hand shivers. On 2nd month hand shivers and blood sugar is 4.8mol. On 3rd month hand shivers and blood sugar is at 3.8mol and body weight is 76kg. Too long & too much relying on medications. Think our body is like a bunch of very2 complex bio chemical reactors. Now on 26th month of low carbs. Blood work results are a bit of roller coaster. In the last 7 months see big improvement. Although body weight now has not changed since the end 2022. Not easy to explain & share accurately as records is lost when handphone was lost.
You should have provided examples. My triglycerides average between 27 and 33 based on my last three tests, and my HDL is between 59 and 77. I'm at 1:2 or 1:3. Is this good or bad?
Your HDL averages twice the level of your TG so you have no worries, at least as far as the level of your ratio. However, although your ratio is just fine, there is no assurance that having a good TG/HDL ratio is truly predictive or whether you will experience a heart attack. It is a very complex subject. It may give you comfort that based upon epidemiological studies your general risk would seem less but that is absolutely not any kind of guarantee. Just keep that in mind.
@MisterCurious Personally, I give no weight to the ratio. I don't have issues if I have high LDL either. HDL is a marker for other problems, not a causative factor. I get my coronary calcium scans every three years and watch my apob and small ldl.
Triglycerides are 1.4 and HDL is 4.2 when I divide T by HDL, I get 0.33 yet my GP says I’m a heart attack & stroke in waiting. I’ve been doing Keto and OMAD for 7 weeks.
Unfortunately this video is using the US mg/dl metric, not the more common mmol/l metric used around the world. Take the numbers shown in this video and multiply them by 0.43 to get the numbers that you're more familiar with. My TGL/HDL ratio is 1.02, or about 2.35 as measured in this video.
So if your ratio is bad, does that mean you must go on a statin? I was on a statin years ago & the side effects bothered me so I stopped it. I’ve been doing low carb & intermittent fasting for about 4 months & walking almost daily. My trigs dropped about 100 points (still high, I have more work to do) but my ratio still sucks! 😕 My HDL actually went down since making all those lifestyle changes. What can I do to improve my numbers naturally?
Reduce your refined carbohydrates, and alcohol and eat more monounsaturated fat instead of saturated fat. HDL responds to high-intensity interval training. (look it up).
Absolutely not. Statins are far more dangerous than people realize, especially taken over a long period. I fixed my lipid profile naturally by cutting processed foods (refined carbs and sugars), eating more cruciferous vegetables/pasture raised eggs/healthy fats, exercising vigorously 3-4 times per week, fasting regularly, and getting good sleep. I am now in the best health of my life...and I take NO big pharma poison!
I started eating open sandwiches(1 slice instead of 2) and being very skint on butter and margarine. I took my time to make nice food and eat more slowly so you feel more satiated. It works, if you eat nicer food you actually eat less because the fast food trick is to encourage everyone to eat fast so they can't taste how bad it is. Yes, I use salt because that's not the problem: sugar and processed foods are the problem. Yes I add condiments but not bucket loads like a diseased idiot: to feel satiated. Bit of mayo, you're favourite; bit of fancy chutney and a slice of red onion and olives. Then you feel energised and feel like going for a walk with the dog and playing around and meeting people. And the trick: to eat more slowly. Great video on RU-vid about it. Eating more slowly changed all my numbers. I recommend that one step. 😅 The other trick, taught by David Icke no less: the only way you can defeat the Lizard people is with laughter and cheerfulness 😮😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂❤🎉🎉
This ratio estimates the percentage of small particle LDL. It is the damaged (oxidized), small particle LDL that cause atherosclerosis. Normal, undamaged LDL is beneficial. Glucose is used for energy, or it is converted to fat (triglycerides) in the liver, or it is converted to and stored as glycogen in the liver and muscles. Constant, excess glucose causes insulin resistance that drives all metabolic disease. Fructose does not raise insulin, but it causes fatty liver and damage to mitochondria that convert fuel to energy in cells. It all starts with sugar.
I'm confused. Folks are mentioning these numbers are not correct. My tg is 85 and hdl is 48. I'm getting 1.77 and my tc is 185 and ldl is 125. Doc won't entertain no meds even though I'm plant based. Is 1.77 correct and therefore I'm good because it's below 2??
That’s non-sense. Find new doctors. Your ratio is good but you should look at your fasting insulin and HbA1c and you can do a more definitive test like Apo-b and and have them look at the cholesterol particle density to see if you have small, dense ldl particles which is bad. Cholesterol number means nothing irrespective of the whole picture
That’s non-sense. Find new doctors. Your ratio is good but you should look at your fasting insulin and HbA1c and you can do a more definitive test like Apo-b and have them look at the cholesterol particle density to see if you have small, dense ldl particles which is bad. Cholesterol number means nothing irrespective of the whole picture
Marketing video? I’m trying to spread helpful information. The way you lower your triglycerides is stop eating so much sugar and saturated fat and the raise the way you raise your HDL’s is intense interval training. Hope that helps.
My Tri/Hdl went from 3.61 6 months ago to 1.19 Today! However....My CRP has skyrocketed on keto?? from 7 to 18 should I be concerned???? Thank you for this video.
@@rhondaw6503 Be aware of what Advanced Glycated Endproducts (AGE) are. Basically AGEs occur in meat that has been grilled or fried at high dry heat. Especially in the presence of sugar (BBQ sauce etc) and fat (olive, vegetable or seed oils etc). For instance the AGE score of raw steak is about 700 (which is a low number). If you pan sear it, the AGE value jumps up to ~7000 and sometimes higher. Same for fish, chicken and even certain vegetables. If you marinate your meat in an acid like vinegar or lemon juice before cooking, it can cut the AGE number in half. Also, gently cooking meat using low temps with moisture greatly reduces the AGE score. Steaming and poaching are best. Or eating raw if the meat is safe (like sushi) is the very lowest AGE score. Anyway, this may have something to do with your inflammatory markers going up on the meat heavy diet. Research and learn more about AGEs.
@@drott150 Thank you I actually do not eat any sugar at all and I never fry my food I do cook in a fry pan and then a small counter top oven most of the time. But I really appreciate your response and your detail thank you so much
I know a guy who has TG 900 and HDl 30 and A1C of 10--12 range. No matter what medication he took, that did not change and he stopped taking meds in last 20 years and wanted to die after enjoying his life. So, he started drinking, eating more bacon, butter and ice cream and he smoked a lot too and stopped daily walks and exercise. He eats 6-8 times a day like a horse and watches movies all day on HBO and Netflix. He is 95 and overweight (275 pounds) now and never had a heart attack. How do we explain this? Did his metabolic parameters become normal after he started drinking, smoking, eating bacon, butter and ice cream? He does not want to get tested because he is afraid of seeing any bad results. Maybe the meds made him sick.
the keto diet might just GET you to the 2 (or less) number ... but more important is your (average) blood sugar, blood pressure and triglyceride ... which are ALL known risk correlators to CV disease ... (lower those in populations and populations live longer) ratio is useful ... but should NOT be used as the ONLY indicator of risk ... (in heart disease or any other medical context)
And the so- called "bad" LDL cholesterol is only bad if small dense LDL particles. Not all LDL is bad...only the damaged particles r bad! The big fluffy partickes are not bad. The problem is metabolic health and inflammation. That will damage the LDL. Get HDL up and Trigs down...yep. Eat real food, get exerciae. Stay away from processed carbs and oils and limit the added sugars.
Sorry but your explanation of the ratio seems to be wrong. If I take (my) tri/HDL I get 0.5-something. No way this ration gets me to 2, 4 or even 6. Isn't this ration HDL/tri? as in that case I would have about 2...
you likely have a low tri (50) ... some people have triglycerides in the 250 and above range (no meds) ... so w/ an HDL of 40 against a TRI of 270 ... you got 6.75 ... a 0.5 ratio is good ... so if your BP and A1C is good ... and you have no other symptomatic indications ... you're in good shape ... (metabolic/cardiac wise)
@@pontificusvascillious5287 thanks for this explanation, but if we are talking tri/HDL my numbers are 0,93/1,6 -> 0,581 it doesnt matter if I take mmol/L or any other unit as we are calculating ratio. If I calculate HDL over tri I would get 1,6/0,93 -> 1.720 wich would make more sense in a 2-4-6 ratio scale than 0.5? So I was guessing and suggesting the ratio formula would be swapped... which makes quite a difference.
@@henkmeerhof8647 it looks like your UNITS of measure are different. are you in the UK or somewhere other than the U.S.? i'm not sure if the unit's cancel doing this calc w/ a scale different than it's original development ... in the u.s. the range for triglycerides is 150 mg/dL at the high side ... in the u.s. the range for the HDL is > 39 mg/dL
