my blood results reveals serum total cholesterol level 6 HDL Level 1.3 and Serum cholesterol/HDL ratio 4.6 is this okay. Comments please
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There is currently a massive argument over cholesterol levels.
Therefore no one can tell you whether your result is damaging or not. You need to read the evidence and decide yourself.
One school of thought is that they have no relevance to heart disease while the opposing school of thought is they do.
The school of thought that thinks they do think that if you have high cholesterol you should be on statins.
The pro-cholesterol camp information can be found on NHS sites. The people in this camp often have funding from the pharma industry.
The school of thought that thinks if your cholesterol is high it's either normal or a symptom of something else e.g. an under medicated thyroid condition, taking vitamin D supplements, being older. This school also has looked at the evidence and has concluded that taking statins is pointless unless you have already had proven heart disease e.g. have had a heart attack.
The anti-cholesterol camp are practising doctors and university researchers such as drmalcolmkendrick.org/
So back to your question is your ratio OK? It is up to you yourself to decide based on the evidence. Most of the vocal posters on here think that if your cholesterol level is not within what is considered normal boundaries you need to look at your thyroid hormone levels, whether you are supplementing vitamin D and other factors.
Like bluebug said, this is quite controversial and you should definitely do some research. The link bluebug has given you is excellent as is Dr Kendrick's book 'the great cholesterol con' that looks at all the evidence for and against.
2 years ago I was told I had high cholesterol, placed on statins and instructed to eat low fat products. Within a few months I was starting to get what is now considered side effects of statins. Cholesterol is in every cell of your body, without it you die, so it made sense to me the idea that if you reduce it you may become ill. You can't even make vitamin D withou it! I weighed up all the evidence and stopped taking statins 2 months ago and started a low carb/high fat diet. My blood sugar has reduced, as has my high cortisol levels, and have lost weight. I've not had my cholesterol tested again yet. I'm sure the doctor won't like it but it's my choice.
Your doctor will consider your levels as too high, tell you to eat less fat and may even put you on statins. I'm not saying you should do what I did. It's a personal choice but you should read up on the issue first so you can make an informed decision about whether your cholesterol levels are too high or not. You may think they are right and happy with their treatment and advice. After all, I'm not a doctor, I've just experienced aspects of this. I hope you work things out.