I’m scared

[Emmachaney4]

Doctor phoned me today to tell me I have high cholesterol I’m really scared 😟

[hypercat54]

HI if you have high cholesterol you will be advised of certain foods to eat and those to avoid. You might also be given meds to lower it.

Having high cholesterol isn't serious as long as it is dealt with. It can be a factor in heart problems but not at your age - it is more likely your anxiety will get you first! Relax and chill. x

[HelpingElbow]

High cholesterol is curable. Nothing to worry about. Minor changes in diet followed by regular exercise is all that is required.

[Emmachaney4]

Thank you both it’s made me feel a bit better I don’t really eat a lot I skip meals most of the time but I do like drinking fall fat milk and a lot of it wich as from today I’m cutting it out do u think this is why I have high cholesterol?

[Gabiopal53]

There are all kinds of reasons that can raise your cholesterol diet being one of them you might have a minimal High but docs are really cracking down on people with anything under the norm or over the norm of what their little charts say my cholesterol is fine it's my bad cholesterol that's a little high so they have me on medication for it and the last time I went into the doctor he said my cholesterol was doing just fine no highs no lows both levels the LDL and HDL we're good so look it up on the net or talk to your doctor or nurse practitioner if you're really worried if it's major High then yeah you'll go on medication and they'll really strict on your diet like me you don't eat much but the things you do eat can hurt you I don't know what this milk you're talking about is but maybe if you just stop it for a couple of weeks if you can and then have your cholesterol tested again if that's the culprit you know besides when you go in for a follow-up he'll probably put you on medication just to be safe.

[b1b1b1]

Switch to skim milk. I takes a little while, but soon full feat milk will taste like heavy cream to you and you will prefer skim milk.