Has anyone tried Bergamont for cholesterol issues?

**qkcam** · 10-19-2013, 01:18 PM

my HDL is in the tank (only on a low dose of testo) HDL dropped to 28.. LDL and tri's seem ok.. but i have read great things about bergamont for helping cholesterol although i dont know if there are any offical studies. wondering how much i should take to start?
thanks

**OnTheSauce** · 10-19-2013, 05:24 PM

28 is in the tank? I've dropped to single digits on tren

**qkcam** · 10-19-2013, 06:07 PM

to me it is in the tank. . i was at 64 before.. i am only taking 20mg a week of test. doesnt that seem like an odd response? how safe is it?

**OnTheSauce** · 10-19-2013, 07:43 PM

Originally Posted by qkcam

to me it is in the tank. . i was at 64 before.. i am only taking 20mg a week of test. doesnt that seem like an odd response? how safe is it?

What were your other levels? Have you discussed with doctor ?

**qkcam** · 10-19-2013, 08:21 PM

my tri's are 130 and LDL around 120.. dr isn't saying much.. one dr said notthing to worry about and one said i could take a statin- i did get a VAP panel but know one seems to tell me much from that. i dont really trust the medical system all that much. i had been to several dr's over the past 7 months and just found out that i have a complete torn tendon with retraction on my rotator cuff..
i am gonna meet with a cardiologist next month to get his opinon..but alot of dr's freak out when then hear i am on testo.. what about you ..what's your dr say about the low hdl? does in increase when you are not on tren ?

**OnTheSauce** · 10-19-2013, 09:28 PM

I'm in the USA, no doctor will ever know about AAS use

AD · 10-19-2013, 09:54 PM

GK, will you be going off the testo soon? if that is the main thing screwing up your chol, stopping it may bring things back to normal

**qkcam** · 10-20-2013, 06:49 PM

Originally Posted by AD

GK, will you be going off the testo soon? if that is the main thing screwing up your chol, stopping it may bring things back to normal

when i stopped it before the HDL did come back up.. the problem is a feel like crap without it. so i am looking at is HDL really important can i get it up with the bergamot (gonna try) ...or do i spend my life feeling like crap.

AD · 10-20-2013, 07:23 PM

fruits and vegetables and cardio are supposed to help with hdl. or your doc may give you niacin.

how old are you may i ask? it seems strange that you need test-replacement to feel normal.

**kelkel** · 10-20-2013, 07:37 PM

Look into Slo-Niacin, NAC and Red Yeast Rice

Using Niacin to Improve Cardiovascular Health - Life Extension Dose-related increase of HDL-cholester... [Pharmacol Res. 1993 Oct-Nov] - PubMed - NCBI Powdered red yeast rice and plant stanols and s... [J Diet Suppl. 2012] - PubMed - NCBI

**qkcam** · 10-20-2013, 07:40 PM

i am trying some niacin.. and i have a pretty good diet. i am learning life and health is strange.. i am 46 my test levels and dhea were basically none exhistant. and after haveing "chronic fatigue and immune dysfunction" for over 12 years with the last 5 being sick all the time...and medicine telling me to take more antidepressants .. working out and getting sick all the time with muscles that never recover in my legs aanyway.. no sex drive.. no interest in anythig and just sick and exhausted is no way to live. i have been on the niacin for about a month and just started the bergamot.. we'll see. . my LDL and trig's are pretty good.
i am 46.. was in interferon therapy 15yrs ago and that pretty much depleated me.

**qkcam** · 10-20-2013, 07:41 PM

Originally Posted by kelkel

Look into Slo-Niacin, NAC and Red Yeast Rice

Using Niacin to Improve Cardiovascular Health - Life Extension Dose-related increase of HDL-cholester... [Pharmacol Res. 1993 Oct-Nov] - PubMed - NCBI Powdered red yeast rice and plant stanols and s... [J Diet Suppl. 2012] - PubMed - NCBI

will check into red yeast rice next.. trying niacin and bergamot now.. ryr will be next.. already take NAC.. thank you!

**austinite** · 10-20-2013, 07:44 PM

Agree with all 3 mentioned by Kelkel.

Good call using NAC qkcam!

**qkcam** · 10-20-2013, 09:38 PM

Originally Posted by austinite

Agree with all 3 mentioned by Kelkel.

Good call using NAC qkcam!

thank you ! good to hear i am doing something positive! the support is appreciated! how much NAC do you all think? i have been taking 600mg. also started some glutathione by live on labs.. can't afford alot but trying for a month

**austinite** · 10-20-2013, 09:39 PM

Originally Posted by qkcam

thank you ! good to hear i am doing something positive! the support is appreciated! how much NAC do you all think? i have been taking 600mg. also started some glutathione by live on labs.. can't afford alot but trying for a month

NAC depends on what you're doing at the time. Minimum I recommend is 600mg daily year round. Double to triple that dose in the presence of any steroids and/or liver-stressing drugs.