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One Response to “What is the scientific validity of fish oil dissolving styrofoam correlates to it in dissolving cholesterol?”
I don’t know about the Styrofoam but I can certainly tell you that fish oil does not dissolve cholesterol. Actually, when you start taking fish oil your total cholesterol remains very stable. What really changes is your lipid profile, meaning that your HDL cholesterol will go up( good cholesterol) and your triglycerides will come down.
These 2 parameters are the most important cardiovascular health predictors, contrary to what some doctors will make you believe (that Total and LDL cholesterol are the important numbers to come down. Then, they start feeding you cholesterol pills). Close to 50% of cardiovascular deaths are people with normal range total cholesterol(less than 200).
So, the problem is not to dissolve cholesterol but to have a healthier profile. Add exercise to omega 3 and your numbers will be in the ideal range.
January 28th, 2009 at 1:00 pm
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I don’t know about the Styrofoam but I can certainly tell you that fish oil does not dissolve cholesterol. Actually, when you start taking fish oil your total cholesterol remains very stable. What really changes is your lipid profile, meaning that your HDL cholesterol will go up( good cholesterol) and your triglycerides will come down.
These 2 parameters are the most important cardiovascular health predictors, contrary to what some doctors will make you believe (that Total and LDL cholesterol are the important numbers to come down. Then, they start feeding you cholesterol pills). Close to 50% of cardiovascular deaths are people with normal range total cholesterol(less than 200).
So, the problem is not to dissolve cholesterol but to have a healthier profile. Add exercise to omega 3 and your numbers will be in the ideal range.
Alfredo E.