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Next Time You Get A Blood Test Ask For The Following Three Tests
Most of you have had routine cardiac blood testing, including HDL, LDL, cholesterol ratios, and triglycerides. However, how many of you have ever had your high sensitivity C reactive protein, homocysteine, and in particular, your OXIDIZED LDL cholesterol levels checked?
The vast majority of both women and men will die of cardiovascular disease (CAD), which includes both heart attack and stroke. The sad fact is the blood tests to which you're accustomed do NOT give an accurate risk analysis of CAD.
If you want to truly lower your risk for CAD you need to understand the importance of following your high sensitivity C reactive protein, homocysteine, and OXIDIZED LDL, in addition to your HDL cholesterol level, and then do something about it!
Do not think you're safe with a low or normal LDL cholesterol level. More than half the people who die of heart disease have "safe" LDL levels. And, the opposite is also true. There are people with high LDL cholesterol levels who do not develop heart disease.
The answer to this paradox is that it is NOT the LDL cholesterol level that is important; it is the state, or condition of the LDL cholesterol that matters. ONLY when your LDL cholesterol is oxidized (damaged) does it stick to the arterial lining.
Furthermore, oxidized LDL cholesterol only sticks to the arterial lining (endothelium) in areas that have also been damaged (oxidized) by homocysteine, an amino acid complex produced in the liver.
In addition to damaging the arterial lining, homocysteine oxidizes LDL cholesterol and causes more of it to stick, which results in a cycle of inflammation and oxidation ultimately leading to plaque formation and narrowing of the arteries.
The stage is being set for plaque, arterial spasms, and clots to completely clog off an artery causing a heart attack and/or stroke.
If you are taking a statin drug to lower your LDL cholesterol ask yourself, "why?" To lower your LDL cholesterol, which in and of itself does very little to lower your risk of death? Remember, more than half of people who die of heart disease have low to normal LDL levels.
The key to lowering your CAD risk is lowering your OXIDIZED LDL cholesterol and arterial inflammation ....irrespective and independent of your LDL cholesterol level or ratios.
No matter what your LDL cholesterol level is, you will NOT develop arterial plaque if your LDL cholesterol is not oxidized and there is little-to-no arterial inflammation! This can, and should be tested with the 3 tests: oxidized LDL, homocysteine, and high sensitivity C reactive protein.
Various vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and omega-3 fatty acids reduce and prevent oxidation of LDL cholesterol, and lower homocysteine. Antioxidants also reduce arterial inflammation and help the arterial lining function properly.
Minimal oxidizied LDL cholesterol and a homocysteine less than 6.5 nearly eliminate arterial inflammation, which means a significant reduction in plaque development. And, no plaque formation means a significant reduced risk of heart disease and stroke. This can all be achieved without the use of statin drugs, which carry significant health risks.
Not all vitamin and mineral supplements are created equally; therefore, one must choose a quality nutritional supplement regimen, and take the appropriate amounts, ratios, and balances of supplements to optimize arterial and heart health.
Just as it is not safe to have high cholesterol and do nothing, neither is safe to have low cholesterol and do nothing to reduce oxidation and inflammation. As in both cases (high or low LDL cholesterol), lethal oxidation and inflammation will occur unless it is reduced by vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and omega-3 fatty acids.
If your doctor does not wish to follow your high sensitivity C reactive protein, homocysteine, and OXIDIZED LDL cholesterol levels in addition to other cardiac lipid tests there are laboratories in which you can self refer to obtain additional testing that include both interpretation and supplement suggestions.
The addition of 3 simple tests to your annual lab work could make the difference between true health and disease; or said another way, between life and death.
Author Resource:-
Dr. Ladd McNamara, the author, lives and works in Southern California and is a major distributor for Usana Health Sciences.
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