BS: Fish Oil Capsules and bad Cholesterol

Subject: RE: BS: Fish Oil Capsules and bad Colesetrol
From: Jeri
Date: 08 Apr 10 - 04:09 PM

Gnu, I've taken different brands, but they all called it 'Co Q-10'/'CoQ-10'. 100 mg are what's recommended as a supplement, but most articles I've read say more is better.

He're some more info--quite a bit of it.

Subject: RE: BS: Fish Oil Capsules and bad Colesetrol
From: olddude
Date: 08 Apr 10 - 04:05 PM

OH VERY IMPORTANT
here is the trick, after a lot of research, your body processes Cholesterol at night, Night ....while you sleep

The reason the docs tell you to take prescription Cholesterol meds at night is for that reason. To really get the fish oil working ... Take it before you go to bed, I take 3 at night, 3 first thing in the Am

that is I am sure over kill but it is working great ... except for the fins i am growing

Subject: RE: BS: Fish Oil Capsules and bad Colesetrol
From: olddude
Date: 08 Apr 10 - 03:50 PM

GNU
I am taking like 6 pills a day of Omega3 Fish oil from Spring Valley
you can get that brand anywhere .... each tablet is 1000 mg ... I am going to cut down cause my bad Cholesterol numbers went from 150 to 40 in 6 weeks ... I threw away my prescription about a week after I got it because of the muscle pain it caused me so the fish oil did work

Subject: RE: BS: Fish Oil Capsules and bad Colesetrol
From: Sorcha
Date: 08 Apr 10 - 03:45 PM

AND I read the other day that tilapia fish, getting very popular in the US, is BAD for heart patients/cholestrol. You are supposed to be getting fatty acids Omega-3. Tilapia has little of those but LOTS of Omega-6, which I guess is bad.

Subject: RE: BS: Fish Oil Capsules and bad Colesetrol
From: gnu
Date: 08 Apr 10 - 03:45 PM

What's the name of the brand/product, Jeri?

Subject: RE: BS: Fish Oil Capsules and bad Colesetrol
From: Jeri
Date: 08 Apr 10 - 03:39 PM

I mentioned to my doc (who had my latest blood tests in hand) that I'd been taking fish oil, but stopped when I ran out. She said "Don't stop!" I take a statin and felt miserable--physically weak, no energy-- until I read up on co-enzyme Q10 (AKA 'ubiquinone'), and started taking that. I believe that CoQ10 probably saved my life, or at least gave me a chance at a reasonably long one.

Subject: RE: BS: Fish Oil Capsules and bad Colesetrol
From: mousethief
Date: 08 Apr 10 - 03:37 PM

Fish oil capsules. Capsules of fish oil. You remember in the old days mothers used to give their bairns cod liver oil? This is much the same, only (a) it's usually from other parts of the fish these days, and (b) it comes in nice gel-caps so you don't have to taste the fish.

Subject: RE: BS: Fish Oil Capsules and bad Colesetrol
From: gnu
Date: 08 Apr 10 - 03:35 PM

What kinda capsules?

Subject: RE: BS: Fish Oil Capsules and bad Colesetrol
From: mousethief
Date: 08 Apr 10 - 03:34 PM

All of my doctors and my pharmacist are big on fish oil. I don't have any before-and-after numbers but it does seem to help my mood, especially in the winter.

Subject: RE: BS: Fish Oil Capsules and bad Colesetrol
From: olddude
Date: 08 Apr 10 - 03:32 PM

Last thing, if you have an inquiring mind like I do ... don't I repeat, don't bite - the capsule to find out what it is like ...

It is a very bad idea LOL,   kind of like licking a dead fish that washed up on the shore ...

Subject: RE: BS: Fish Oil Capsules and bad Colesetrol
From: olddude
Date: 08 Apr 10 - 03:26 PM

that is Cholesterol, the h sticks on my keyboard. Now for the side effects, I noticed I am growing fins and I keep jumping for flies but other than that I don't notice anything different LOL

Subject: BS: Fish Oil Capsules and bad Colesetrol
From: olddude
Date: 08 Apr 10 - 03:22 PM

Well after my heart cath the doc buddie was yelling at me about my bad colesterol and terrible eating habits ... Well I haven't exactly been a good boy eating wise and the cholesterol meds were giving me muscle cramps so I threw them away ...

I started hammering it with fish oil capsules ... I read it really works ... ok why not ... so I did it for a month ...

blood test from yesterday

bad cholesterol ... 40
good cholesterol ... 112

triglycerides ... perfect

Doc said wow the meds I gave you really worked perfect and you must be really watching what you eat ... didn't have the heart (no pun intended) to tell him otherwise ..

That crap seems to work ...I don't recommend anyone throwing meds away but jeepers, it worked for me so far