Cholesterol and Gear question

[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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[Shibby]

Well certian compounds will effect it more than others. More importantly is how it lower you HDL.

[Lmg2701]

I am more interested in my health than getting too much bigger.

I think you summed it up for yourself right there buddy. If you're really concerned about your health and you're not looking to get much bigger then just stay natural and hit the diet and gym a bit harder. There are anabolics that you can take that will be more safe than others but that doesn't mean they will be safe, just safer.

[mindstar]

Yeah, I'm decently big right now...it's just so darn addictive getting bigger...lol. I'd love to see what I'd look like at 245 or so...but maybe 215 will have to do. Cheers guys.

[Mr I]

It sound like you need to get your cholesterol in check before embarking on using gear, then when its normal use the stuff less detrimental when you do go on;

bad ones are typically;

winstrol
test - can be
dbol
anadrol


stuf thats usually ok is;

primobolan
anavar

unsure about others

mean while, get doing cardio, get the fish oils in and saturated fat lowered - no mcdonalds for you bro

[THEHULK]

It sound like you need to get your cholesterol in check before embarking on using gear, then when its normal use the stuff less detrimental when you do go on;

bad ones are typically;

winstrol
test - can be
dbol
anadrol


stuf thats usually ok is;

primobolan
anavar

unsure about others

mean while, get doing cardio, get the fish oils in and saturated fat lowered - no mcdonalds for you bro

Ill bump this

[mindstar]

i'm on the fish oil and clean eating, though I need to bring my cardio up again...i've been slacking on that. I'll see what my specialist says and re-evaluate from there. Thanks guys.

[Squeet]

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