Cholesterol drops from 6.3 to 5.2
At his annual BUPA Premier Health assessment Nick was told his high cholesterol was “normal for someone his age”. Intent on changing this, he enlisted Diets Don’t Work help. Three months later, his cholesterol had fallen so much (from 6.3 to 5.2) that his doctor didn’t believe it and had to double check the results.
One year in to Personal Training, Nick’s health check provides an official scientific record of his gains through exercise, motivation and nutritional improvement.
The following is taken from his BUPA report by doctor P Sharma:
“Since your last assessment you have arranged regular sessions with a personal trainer; this has helped to reduce your body fat percentage and imoroved your fitness whilst lowering cholesterol levels, LDL cholesterol levels and waist/height ratio – well done! Since completing a regular exercise programme your episodes of back pain have reduced. Changes to your diet incorporate a healthy balance of fruit and vegetables and limited saturated fat, which is reflected by a significant improvement in your cholesterol profile.” “Based on your cholesterol level, blood pressure and other parameters, we worked out that you have a 4% chance of having coronary heart disease in the next 10 years, which is much better that the average for your
age of 14%.”
Body fat percentage: from 21% to 19%
Waist-height ratio: from 49 to 45
Total Cholesterol: from 6.3mmol/l to 5.1mmol/l
LDL: (bad cholesterol) from 4.5 to 3.2mmol/l
HDL (good cholesterol): from 1.4 to 1.6
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