My blood test results(Cholesterol & Triglycerides

[Built_Well]

Well, since I posted my latest Used Oil Analysis yesterday, I figure I might as well post my Used Blood Analysis today.

Cholesterol = 144 mg/dL

HDL Cholesterol = 43 mg/dL

Cholesterol HDL ratio = 3.3 NA

LDL (calculated) = 92 mg/dL

Triglycerides = 43 mg/dL

Glucose fasting = 94 mg/dL
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Doctor's recommendations: "Cholesterol and glucose levels look great. No treatment needed."

Built_Well's notes:

I guess I should say I'm 42 years old, 5-foot 8-inches tall, 125 pounds.

Lately I've been jogging 4 or 5 times a week, although I've gone long stretches with much less exercise. Since about 1986, I've been eating 3 grams of Vitamin C powder a day (pure ascorbic acid powder dissolved in water). I take half the total (1.5 grams) in the morning after waking up, and the other half 5 or 6 hours later. Been doing this since about 1986, after reading double Nobel Prize winner Linus Pauling's book "How to Live Longer and Feel Better."

I get my Vitamin C powder (a.k.a. ascorbic acid powder) cheap and by mail order from "Beyond A Century" in Maine.

 

[Rodmiser]

Thank you
Total Cholesterol 137
Triglycerides 108
HDL 45
LDL 70
5 9 W 194 Age 54

 

[Built_Well]

You have good numbers too, Rodmiser!

I forgot to add that the week before I had my blood test taken, I ate red meat (beef bottom round roast) every day for about 6 days straight, just before the day of the blood test ;-)

(I wanted to test things out under severe conditions, since I had gotten a glowing report several years ago too.)

I'm sure the Vitamin C and the jogging helped with the numbers.

 

[daves87rs]

Looks good guys!

 

[ZZman]

5'9. I think I might have weighed 125 in 7th grade.

Other numbers I am afraid to find out.

 

[Rodmiser]

155 in 1972

 

[ZZman]

I am double Built_Well's weight. I like to be about 190-200.

Maybe I should change my name to Built_Bad?

 

[Built_Well]

Heh heh. In my twenties, my weight fluctuated between 130 and 150 pounds.

In their thirties, most folks gain about 10 percent. In my thirties, I lost 10 percent ;-P

I eat everything in sight too. Got to when you're jogging 4 or 5 times a week.

 

[mstrjon32]

Looks like you're in good shape.

If I really work at it I can get my weight down into the low 170's, but with my standard less-than-healthy eating habits it usually hovers around 185-195. I've been as high as 215 and as low as 173 in my adult life. I'm 6'2".

I'm getting a physical for the first time in like three years next month. I'm very nervous about the results. Last time I had a blood test my LDL was a disaster.

 

[Built_Well]

I sometimes run at the university track of my alma mater. None of the students can out-run me. Neither can ROTC. It takes the track team to beat me {Lol}

My favorite running distance is 3 miles, but I once ran 13 miles non-stop in my early twenties (could have probably done a full 26-mile marathon, but I got bored).

I guess I drive my car slowly, but I run fast.

If you think driving your car fast is fun, you oughta try running fast. Wooh, now that's fun

 

[Built_Well]

Good luck with your physical, Mstrojn32. You posted exactly one minute before me, so I missed your post.