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Oh wow, it sounds like my understanding is off considerably. I was under the impression only 15% decrease is possible with lifestyle changes! Can you provide a
by 2devnull 3y ago
Oh wow, it sounds like my understanding is off considerably. I was under the impression only 15% decrease is possible with lifestyle changes!
Can you provide any basic literature on how large of an effect can be achieved through lifestyle alone? It sounds like my vaguely recalled ~15% is way, way off.
(I do wonder how statins are so easily justified if lifestyle is so effective, but pharma profits/lobbying may explain that.)
- hotpotamus 3y agoI've personally gone from well over 200 to less than 150 via changing diet; I always thought that was the primary way to control cholesterol.
- 2devnull 3y agoSo 25%, which is well above the 15% effect I’ve seen, but you could just be an outlier. Also possible that such research suffers from self reporting problems, and many who claim they’ve made lifestyle changes are not reliable in those self reports. Fwiw, my experience is similar to yours. Lifestyle changes (weight loss moreso than diet) improved my “bad” cholesterol and glucose.
- hotpotamus 3y agoIt's probably worth noting that I went from fatass to healthyish (about 50 pounds lost) so that's fairly drastic as well. We are certainly each unique medically speaking, but I'd still think that the single biggest change for the better you can make in your health is to try and kick the obesity. While BMI might be far from a perfect measure, I'd still like to get to at least the top end of the normal range.