Lipids: let flaming begin

[cantspeak]

why is everyone so worried about lipid levels while on? When you get off your lipids will returen to normal. Besides it takes years of bad cholesterol and diet to have heart attack or sudden cardiac death

[pdog80]

Because lipid levels go up while on cycle thus driving cholesterol levels up. You can have a heart attack while on cycle because cholesterol levels sky rocket up. This isn't a problem with peeps that do short or "regular" length cycles, but it does become a problem for those who do very long and heavy cycles.

[cantspeak]

well this is true for the year round cycles or those only off a few months a year. what about lipitor or crestor with the long cycles?

[stupidhippo]

its not so simple... cause we dont know if lets say 2 months a year of bad lipids cumulatively builds up and then in some time u have atherosclerotic bloodvessels which will make u be in a lot greater risk to suffer a complication such as a heart attack... u wont die of a heart attack after ur lipids skyrocket, it takes time.. my biggest worry with cycling is that is there enough damage done to vessel walls in a cycle that it wont reverse and when u hit the next one the process picks up from there.. IMO this would need fibrous processes to be on their way and i doubt few months of bad lipids will start them but who knows..