[mindstar]

So I am genetically predisposed to high cholesterol, to the point where my father is on several medications which he can never go off (His issue is not a diet or exercise one...they took him off of his meds once to establish a baseline and his rate just kept climbing, they never did get that baseline)

I was recently tested and my results were (as quoted to me):

total cholesterol - 5.16 (high); triglyceride - 0.80 (normal); HDL cholesterol - 1.30 (normal);
LDL cholesterol - 3.49 (high); cholesterol/HDL ratio - 4.0 (borderline high).


With this in mind, is gear totally not an option for me ever? I am more interested in my health than getting too much bigger. I am having some difficulty wading through pub med articles and synthesizing them, so any help would be great. I am 28, turning 29 this year, 216lbs at about 14% if that information helps.

Cheers
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[mindstar]

no one?

[odoyal rulez]

sorry man, but personally I wouldnt touch anything if you are worried about your health, and are genetically predispositioned to having cholesterol/heart problems.

I know its not what you want to hear...but keep sweating and eating...

[CDB]

If you're more concerned about your health than gaining muscle mass don't use. Even injectables/transdermals if run long enough and/or at a high enough dose will affect lipids negatively.

[roccodart440]

I would get on a cardion and supp program condusive to getting you back in good ghealth. Starting mainly with fish oil 3-4x per day and 1200mg of red yeast rice, liv-52 and or milk thistle. 1g ED on the thistle. 3 months on this program and 3 months off gwear will show you out standing results.

If you do get on gear again stay off the orals especially winny even if it is inj. They are the hardest on the lipids and winny being the king.