Hi Peggy,
Actually an HDL reading of 93 is quite high In fact anything over 40 in
high- I did see one report that said for a female it should be 50 but
everything else Ive read said 40 In either case yours is EXCELLENT so stop
worrying. If your LDL reading was that low it would be cause for worry.
Actually its the ratio between LDL and HDL that is important not the total
numbers. With a reading of 89-93 that should offset almost any LDL reading.
My HDL ranges from 98 to 104 my total is a bit on the high side but my doc
says with that HDL reading I was in the low to normal on the ratio. O and
btw welcome to the group.
Huggs
zoe
Thursday, May 31, 2007, 4:50:25 PM, you wrote:
> Hi!
> I have been trying to slog through past posts to figure out how to begin my
kefir making. I
> live in Venice, CA and have a great source of raw goat and cow's milk
available. They also
> sell kefir for $11 bucks a quart. I asked the folks who sell it if I can
start it by using their
> kefir as a starter. They are being very elusive. I did a batch of goat milk
with some goat kefir
> - sort of chunky mixture I bought. They called it Kefir cream (I think) - it
had chunks. I
> don't really know if it worked yet - I think I will just buy grains and start
that way. Anyway -
> that is what made me join you guys. Now I can really learn.
> Then this cholesteral convo continues and I just recently had blood drawn for
a physical (my
> husband and I are adopting a child, so you have to get a physical from the
Western World of
> medicine) and they tested my cholesterol. My HDL is very, very low. On one
test it was 93
> and on another it was 86. I am otherwise very healthy - physically fit, eat
really well - all
> from scratch, organic. So all of you have piped in about having high
cholesterol and I am one
> of those low people. I am going to begin castor oil packs on my liver and
have a Naturopath
> about to get on board. If you have any ideas let me know or if anyone else
out there is low
> like I am but not half dead. :)
> Thanks for having me.
> peggy
> Dom's kefir info webpage
> http://users.chariot.net.au/~dna/kefirpage.html
> How-to kefir-making webpage
> http://users.chariot.net.au/~dna/Makekefir.html
> Kefir FAQ webpage
> http://users.chariot.net.au/~dna/kefir-faq.html
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