Large study shows drinking alcohol is good for your cholesterol levels | Arstechnica

[Dr.Kamiya]

Large study shows drinking alcohol is good for your cholesterol levels | Ars Technica

Researchers at Harvard University led the study, and it included nearly 58,000 adults in Japan who were followed for up to a year using a database of medical records from routine checkups. Researchers found that when people switched from being nondrinkers to drinkers during the study, they saw a drop in their "bad" cholesterol—aka low-density lipoprotein cholesterol or LDL. Meanwhile, their "good" cholesterol—aka high-density lipoprotein cholesterol or HDL—went up when they began imbibing. HDL levels went up so much, that it actually beat out improvements typically seen with medications, the researchers noted.

Specifically, people who went from drinking zero drinks to 1.5 drinks per day or less saw their bad LDL cholesterol fall 0.85 mg/dL and their good HDL cholesterol go up 0.58 mg/dL compared to nondrinkers who never started drinking. For those that went from zero to 1.5 to three drinks per day, their bad LDL dropped 4.4 mg/dL and their good HDL rose 2.49 mg/dL. For people who started drinking three or more drinks per day, their LDL fell 7.44 mg/dL and HDL rose 6.12 mg/dL.

More details in the article link up top. Link to the paper below.

Lipid Profiles After Changes in Alcohol Consumption Among Adults Undergoing Annual Checkups | JAMA Network Open

[carxynogen]

I am now thinking to start gulping the remaining drinks in my closet.

I stopped since January due to advise from my doctor to take meds for 3 mos to lower my cholesterol level.

For Choles + Uric Acid yung maintenance ko for 3 mos.

But knowing the High Uric Acid from my last result, hintayin ko lang muna until April before splurging my remaining stockpile.

[Motortrend]

The conclusion of the paper:

[papi smith]

I am now thinking to start gulping the remaining drinks in my closet.

I stopped since January due to advise from my doctor to take meds for 3 mos to lower my cholesterol level.

For Choles + Uric Acid yung maintenance ko for 3 mos.

But knowing the High Uric Acid from my last result, hintayin ko lang muna until April before splurging my remaining stockpile.

Halos sabay pala tayo, I started mid December, lipad ang uric, creatinine and cholesterol ko. Aggressive diet ginawa ko together with febuxostat, a month later my uric went a tad beliw standard and my crea lowered drastically but still above standard, dahil makulit i did not take statins. My weight also dropped 3 kilos in 1 month, walang lasa ang food ehehe. Now 2 months after I'm going to have my blood chem tomorrow, no more febuxo, diet medyo niluwagan ko rin, I gained 1.5 kgs hehe.