Does Fish Oil Raise Your Cholesterol Levels?
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Is it true that fish oil raises your LDL? Does your product do that?
Comment: from Warren Matthews of Xtend-Life
No, not in the sense that it is of a concern! LDL measurements can be quite misleading as they are generally calculated as oppose to being directly measured. Also the tests do not take into account if the LDL is oxidised or not. It is the oxidised LDL that is the worry. Not all LDL is bad.
We sometimes have customers who contact us in a panic because their LDL has gone up…usually accompanied by a substantial reduction in triglycerides (which the Omega 3 helps) plus an increase in HDL. Any increase in LDL levels under these circumstances is nothing to be concerned about because of the way they are calculated.
Joanna gives a more detailed explanation below. And…Jenny the difference in the impact on LDL between different brands of oil would be negligible.
Answer: from Joanna (Medical Nutritionist for Xtend-Life)
This is not generally true, no. Good, pure quality, high DHA fish oil helps to significantly lower Triglyceride levels, and can also help to raise HDLs as part of a cholesterol balancing process. We recommend our Omega 3/DHAs in conjunction with our Cholest-Natural formula (when necessary, as well as our Total Balance formula) as a full and optimum protocol for cholesterol balancing.
However, there are circumstances where the LDL value may appear to increase. This may happen when calculations are based on NMR lipoprotein analysis, not conventional lipids (HDL, calculated LDL, triglycerides, and total cholesterol). So if, say, a person has an excess of intermediate-density lipoprotein, or IDL, and very-low density lipoproteins, VLDL, fish oils can effectively clear IDL and VLDL, thus very helpful. But, sometimes it also causes a shift of some IDL and VLDL into the LDL class. Thus, the apparent increase in LDL.
Conventional LDL is a calculated value, not measured. The calculation for LDL is thrown off by any reduction/increase in HDL or rise/fall in triglycerides. So, if a rise in HDL from 48 to 54 occurs, for example, it means that calculated LDL will become more accurate and rise towards the true measured value. Calculated LDL is therefore approximating measured LDL more accurately as HDL rises.
So although it is a rare occurrence, if you did find that LDLs were rising significantly on fish oil intake and you haven’t had lipoproteins formally measured, there may have been a substantial postprandial (after eating) abnormality like IDL that was unrecognized.
Omega 3 / DHAs are highly recommended because of all of the above benefits in cholesterol balancing and in overall health, so this occurrence should be recognised for what it is, a difference in calculation, rather than detrimental to health.
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still not get it. I become concerned since I took fish oil 500mg once a day together with samarin and my SGPT liver enzyme not go down, 3 times the normal. Before i took samarin alone with the same dose, the SGPT going down to close to normal. So, I dare not take fish oil anymore cos fear it will make my fatty liver, non alcoholic type, get worse. But I really want to take actually the fish oil cos it will help clearer my vascular in the brain (I got ischemic in the brain).
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In 1998 Warren Matthews (a New Zealander) then 51 years of age reached a turning point in his life due to a number of ‘interesting’ experiences.
If you would like to know more about these please go to Warren’s blog for more background. Also as many people do when they reach 50 years of age he started becoming more aware of the generally poor health of others around him, both young and old. Friends would occasionally contract diseases, some terminal such as cancer, or die suddenly from heart attacks.
Early in 2000 Xtend-Life Natural Products (Intl) Ltd went ‘live’ and made available to the public its first generation of Total Balance a highly sophisticated multi nutrient supplement (as opposed to a multi vitamin/mineral supplement).
Dr Munem now directs the Xtend-Life Research and Development Department and has become a close friend of Warren’s. Since the first products were released in 2000 Xtend-Life has enjoyed a steady growth thanks to an ever increasing foundation of loyal customers who purchase products every month and refer their friends and family to Xtend-Life as well.
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