Way O/T: Free; VA scripts. Cozaar 50mg/Plendil 5mg for BP; I am 198 lbs, little fat... hence, it is basically a starter dose. As is the 20mg Mevacor (a 40 tab sliced in half). I may reduce the Plendil and Cozaar both in half as an experiment. Total Cholesterol dropped from averaging 265 to 175. Enormous. It is the combination of a 2-cup Oatmeal breakfast and other fiber sources which probably do the most lipid lowering, imo. If your intake is 25-30+ grams/day of combo soluble/insoluble fiber, you should have little problem lowering lipids. A fenofibrate drug doesn't provide natural benefit nor insoluble digestive benefit, imo. The obvious key is specifically the LDL to HDL ratio. The rise of HDL could be a combination of diet factors which I cannot separate easily. A litre of home-made soy milk daily is one possibility, but there have been too many diet changes over the last 2 years to single out any one cause. It is known that moderate alcohol intake raises HDL; however, it of course affects BP as well in a negative manner. It still amazes me that the soybean is so incredibly nutritious and so inexpensive; yet, undesireable in this neck of the woods and certainly in the US. I spend, perhaps, $10 for a Year's supply of beans for milk production and eat the "okara" by-product as well. I made a conscious effort to reduce NaCl intake; it has been painful akin to the switch from coke to diet coke many years ago... bad at first, but then tolerable, and then o.k. Who doesn't like salt on their watermelon, or salt-water taffy? My blood work confirms lowered Cloride and Na; I maintain normal potassium and magnesium via diet and supplements to make up for sweating. Kiwi, mangos, papaya, potatoes, etc. (I rarely ate fruits/vegetables in quantity until a year ago) One more idea, and I'm not making any claims: Try a 30-day megadose of Vitamin K2 every 6 months, it is not toxic, but if you're on blood thinners, contra-indicated:
Do some research on Cozaar's other recent beneficial findings via Servier and/or Google. Some of the other stains' beneficial findings have been posted here ad nauseum.
Again, everything is moot if one doesn't exercise regularly.
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