text message to let me know cholesterol 6.5 BUT no breakdown HDL/LDL

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I had blood tests last week (53 years old) I am about 2 kilos away from being inside the 'normal' weight on bmi so not hugely overweight although I could lose a few kilos and I will.

I already eat a pescatarian / meditarranean diet, lentils, chickpeas, fish, nuts, avocados, sweet potatoes, courgettes, leeks. I mix soya yogurt with natural kefir. I eat a lot of salads, saute veg in olive oil. Honestly, my diet is extremely healthy, and I thought I was going to be rewarded with good health.

I don't know if it matters though, if you don't smoke, and you're not significantly over weight. is the modern thinking that high cholesterol isn't necessarily bad?

I have the same and have breakdown of hdl and ldl. The nurse told me I have to get it down but when I plugged in the numbers to check the ratios basically it’s all looking pretty good. Which is fortunate as I’m slim, fairly fit and although I could make some improvements to my diet, it’s essentially ok. I’m 50. Can you get the breakdown - I think it is outdated just to look at total.

If you download the NHS App you should be able to see a breakdown ( but only if they ordered a full lipid profile)
You can also look up Qrisk ( give it a quick google) and work out your cardiovascular risk based on your current height, weight, blood pressure and blood test results.

Yeh, I'll have to ring up and get a breakdown of the HDL/LDL
I can't believe they gave me one figure, that's so basic.

I'm beginning to forget about it, I don't smoke, only barely overweight (will fix that), low blood pressure. Bit of googling reassures me.

I'm not in the UK so I don't know if I can view it online. Don't think so. That's a good system you ahve there!