My Cholesterol Story...how I Beat My Cholesterol

By Author: Ed Willard
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Have you been struggling for months or even years to get your cholesterol readings to a normal level? Maybe you've tried dieting, or maybe your doctor even put you on one of those well known cholesterol medications, and still you can't seem to get your numbers down below that highly coveted 200 mark?

Well, I had the same problem, but a little worse than most, actually a lot worse! Would you believe 800+? Most people respond to that figure with, "HOW HIGH?" That was about two years ago. Then about a year ago, it was down to only 520 or so, yea... only!

When I found out about the 800 count and had been hearing people lamenting about counts of 200 plus to 300 or so I just thought, "well, I guess I'll be dead soon", and "what's the point?" "How can I get my cholesterol down to anything slightly resembling normal when I'm starting out at 800?"

That bad news came during a "Health Screening" provided by my employer. The woman doing my personal screening suggested I try flaxseed oil. She said that she had experienced high cholesterol and high blood pressure and brought them both under control using flaxseed oil. ...
... What did I have to loose, I picked up a 32oz. bottle and proceeded to sporadically take that one bottle a tablespoon at a time over the course of the next year. Now that's commitment isn't it?

As I said, the next health screening the following year did show some improvement... down to 520, wow, still almost three times the desired norm! I bought another 32oz. bottle of the flaxseed oil and proceeded on the same sporadic program, the occasional tablespoon dose. I just could not remember to take a daily dose. I wasn't yet committed to what I still thought was an impossible goal, even though I had experienced some degree of success.

Then I started to experience some peculiar sensations. I would have these slight heat flashes and flushed feelings. Sometimes I even felt like my face was under pressure, for lack of a better description. I decided to make an appointment with my family doctor. I won't go into all the details, but I did end up on a mild blood pressure medication. She also suggested that I loose about five pounds and get some exercise and that maybe I could go off the medication at some point. She was being very conservative with that 5-pound figure. I figured that I needed to loose about 30 pounds or so.

Anyway, that appointment was the turning point for me. My commitment level made a 180 degree turn. I have not missed a dose of flaxseed oil since that day (other than about three days during a bout with a mild case of food poisoning). The results have been amazing, to say the least. I am proud to report that my most recent cholesterol reading was an amazing 175! I could hardly believe my ears! Wow, now that's what I call great news.

Who would have believed that an 800 plus cholesterol reading could be so drastically reduced? If I had only believed it were possible I would have become much more serious a lot sooner about taking my daily dose of flaxseed oil. Don't be hardheaded like me. Try it for yourself. You'll be glad you did!

It was amazing to me that there could be such a simple answer to such a serious problem. The simple answer...for me it's FLAXSEED OIL!

Ed Willard is just an average Joe who has a great success story to tell, about overcoming high cholesterol. To learn the continuing saga of My Cholesterol Story go to Cholesterol'sSilverBullet.com
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