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LDL Is the Bad Guy, Right?
There is no thing on the lab that suggests too high of an amount which I think is also so imprecise and crazy to me when I see that on the lab. LDL being elevated is usually a representation of an underlying pathology such as hypothyroidism can create a very high LDL. Insulin resistance takes place when you cannot get rid of the glucose out of your blood In deposit it into your muscle cells using a healthy amount of insulin. So did you have high cholesterol or did you have insulin resistance which resulted in super Physiologic levels of insulin being created which overactivated hmg coa and therefore led to higher cholesterol? Right, do you need a statin drug or do