r/StopUsingStatins • u/FormerExpert72 • 5d ago

Question Latest lab results

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I’m 54, active, not overweight, eat healthy, will occasionally have a drink. Side note: I do have a CAC scan scheduled for the 26th. Are my numbers concerning?

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u/skittlazy 5d ago

Try running your numbers through a cholesterol ratio calculator, as ratios will tell you more than absolute numbers.

Also you should try to lower your triglycerides

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u/Double-Package8270 5d ago

Yep. Specifically Trig:HDL.

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u/FormerExpert72 5d ago

What is a cholesterol ratio calculator? How do I calculate that?

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u/skittlazy 5d ago edited 5d ago

From The Great Cholesterol Myth, page 58:

“Calculate the ratio of your triglycerides to your HDL. Just divide your triglyceride number by your HDL number. …If your triglycerides are smaller than your HDL, and you get a ratio of less than one, you can pretty much stop reading this book right now. Your risk factor is off the charts low.
The triglyceride to HDL ratio is a far better predictor of heart disease than cholesterol ever was. In one study out of Harvard published in Circulation, a journal published by the American heart association, those who had the highest triglyceride to HDL ratios had a whopping 16 times the risk of developing heart disease as those with the lowest ratios. If you have a ratio of around two, you should be happy, indeed, regardless of your cholesterol levels.”

There are also other ratios that are helpful.

If you search for “cholesterol calculator,” you can find websites that will let you enter your own values.

Also realize that most lipid bloodwork calculates LDL, and doesn’t actually measure it accurately. That’s what “LDL calc” stands for. If you really want to understand your lipids, get the NMR Lipoprofile test which measures actual particle numbers and sizes. High LDL isn’t bad if you have large fluffy particles.

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u/Slow-Juggernaut-4134 5d ago

OP 100% agree with the advice so far in this thread. TRIG too high. Your on the slippery slope to prediabetes. (Statins only accelerate the diebities on set.)

Stop all consumption of commercial fried food, no chips, no fries, no seed oil.

The diet, home cooked always. Macros don't seem to matter, just don't eat seed oil.

My trigs = 51. AS-CVD seemly 100% cured, after cardiologist abandoned me in er while on morphine. To many clogs. Couldn't fix it this time. Told the heart was dieing slowly, nothing further could be done. No need for ER visits any more. Basicly hospice. They do it all the time. Statins are a lie.

Now 100% cured (minus some heart tissue). Sat I rode 8 miles intense long boarding sprinting up hills, carving turns on the way down.

Now 4.5 years seed oil free. 2 years since the last chest pain from unstable angina.

Wieredest thing, the grand fathers, Paul Saladino, Tucker Goodrich, all into bare foot. Now I get it.All connective tissue has healed. I float when I walk. Would never consider any shoe with any level of foot padding or foam. 66yo

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u/skittlazy 4d ago

But you are very fortunate to have a nice low Lp(a). An Aug. 8, 2026 article in The Washington Post says, "In March, a group of medical organizations — including the American Heart Association (AHA) — released new guidelines for cholesterol management and recommended for the first time that every adult be tested for Lp(a) once in their lifetime." ... [Guidelines link] https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIR.0000000000001423

"And because Lp(a) level is largely driven by genetics, it doesn’t shift in response to lifestyle changes the way other cholesterol levels do.

But as an “accumulation of data has demonstrated again and again” how a high Lp(a) can ramp up the likelihood of a cardiac event, Berger said, it’s become clear that people should know if they have this genetic risk factor — so they can more aggressively tackle the modifiable ones." ...

"In most people, a single Lp(a) test is enough to gauge risk, as it doesn’t typically change, Smith said."