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Please Review And Advise To Control The Cholesterol Level

Posted on Fri, 6 Dec 2024

Question: I have done my complete health checkup through HealthCareMagic.
There is no option to attach the health checkup report.
So I have taken all the low/high data from the health checkup report and mentioned below.
Please go through the details and advise for further action. Thank you in advance.

Age: 42 Yrs/Male
Weight: 67 KGs
Height: 175 CM
Blood Pressure: 130/85

CHOLESTEROL 220 High (Desirable: <=200 mg/dL)
HDL CHOLESTEROL 47 (Desirable: >40 mg/dL)
Triglycerides 246 High (Desirable: <150 mg/dL)
DIRECT LDL CHOLESTEROL 173 High (Desirable: <=100 mg/dL)
T. Cholesterol/HDL Ratio 4.0000 (Desirable: <5)
LDL/HDL RATIO 3.0000

Glucose 107 (Reference Range: 70 - 110 mg/dL)
HbA1C 5.9 High (Reference Range: <5.7)

Vitamin D 18 Low (Reference Range: 30 - 100 ng/mL)
Vitamin B12 188 Low (Reference Range: 200 - 1100 pg/mL)

I do Yoga (For 30 Mins), Walk (For 45 Mins) and expose to sunlight for 15 Mins on daily basis. I eat Flax Seed, Walnut, Almond on regularly.
I generally don't take outside food. I generally smoke one cigarette per day, sometimes not. I drink very rarely (Occasionally).
Please review and advise to control the cholesterol level.
I do regular health checkup yearly twice and I am getting almost same cholesterol results last many years.

Answered by Dr. Bhanu Partap (12 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Please refer to the detailed answer below

Detailed Answer:
Hello

After going through the reports provided by you I can understand your concern and I would like to assure you that there is no significant abnormalities in your reports.

However there are some borderline issues with HBA1C, cholesterol, vit d and b12 levels which can be easily take care with the help of

1. Adopting healthy lifestyle routine
2. Initiating vit d and b12 supplement

Now healthy lifestyle is a holistic approach which should be followed wholeheartedly. I am leaving link to few articles here, these will guide you properly

https://healthmonastery.com/how-to-lower-cholesterol-diet-lifestyle-more/

https://healthmonastery.com/tips-to-lower-your-cholesterol-levels-naturally/

Apart from these there are also very useful article which you can go through and take advantage.

If you have any doubts, feel free to contact back.

Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Bhanu Partap (29 minutes later)

Thank you for the update
Initiating vit d and b12 supplement - Can you please provide the specific medicine name for Vit D & B12?

I have used "Uprise D3 60k Cap 8'S" few years back.

Answered by Dr. Bhanu Partap (21 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Hello again

Detailed Answer:
Yes, you can use uprise d3 60k 1 cap once a week for 4 weeks and tab zincovit 1 tab daily for 1 month.

Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Bhanu Partap (12 minutes later)

Thank you Dr.

Last clarification:
Do I need to take Uprise D3 60K 1 Capsule once a week for 4 weeks or 8 weeks? Actually it's coming with 8 capsules per sheet.

Answered by Dr. Bhanu Partap (2 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Hello again

Detailed Answer:
No. Remaining 4 you can consume one capsule once a month for next 4 months.

Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Bhanu Partap (2 hours later)

Excellent, thank you so much for the clarification.

Answered by Dr. Bhanu Partap (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Hello again

Detailed Answer:
My pleasure.

You can also visit my blog site for useful and specific health information.

WWW.HealthMonastery.com

Kind Regards

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar