How to Lower Cholesterol
Inside Issue #58:
How to Lower Your Cholesterol: My Results from the Turbulence Training Lifestyle
Beginner TT Lifestyle Tips
The Best Tool for Personal Trainers
1 - My Results from the Turbulence Training Lifestyle
Do you know everything you need to know about your health status?
Sure you look great in the mirror (or at least you are looking better and better each week), but do you know everything you need to know about your cardiovascular health, blood sugar levels, and cholesterol levels (both good and bad cholesterol)?
Preemptive disease prevention is the single most powerful technique anyone could ever use to extend their life and stay healthy and energetic for decades to come.
You might be a father of a young family who wants to be around to see his children go to college, get married, and have kids of their own. Who wouldn't, of course?
But often, men and women have stressful, time-consuming jobs that don't give you time for exercise, not to mention the crappy eating options that go along with that type of lifestyle. So you owe it to your family to know how your health is, and then to try and improve it.
Knowing your health information is extremely important to anyone that has a family history of heart disease or diabetes. Research shows that genetics are one of the biggest factors determining your risk for these diseases. So the more you know now, the better you can avoid problems in the future.
You want to be able to provide for your family for a long life, right? Spending a hundred bucks now on your health could save your family literally tens of thousands of dollars later.
And as a trainer, it is important to know your personal health information so that you can continue to set the best example to your clients. If you think you can eat all the fast food you want just because you are active, the truth is that it can seriously and negatively impact your health. And who would want to be trained by someone that has terrible cholesterol levels or high-blood sugar?
And what if, after getting your results back, you find something out of place. Won't you be glad that you took the steps to correct it now instead of later? Getting your blood tested is such a simple thing to do. And when you get your results, you and your family will all have the piece of mind knowing your health status, and what you need to do to improve it.
Now I've been living the Turbulence Training lifestyle for many years. And although I'm still relatively young, I believe that it is never too early to know your blood cholesterol and blood sugar values.
In fact, I suggest that everyone over the age of 30 should get a baseline physical examination and get as many of the following blood tests done as possible.
So earlier this year, I went to great lengths to get my results. I was willing to do whatever I had to in order to get my results and to learn as much about my health as possible.
So not only did I get the normal blood tests done (cholesterol, triglycerides, and blood sugar), but I also went to a University laboratory to have even more blood tests taken that will give me an even more accurate estimation of my cardiovascular disease and diabetes risk. These additional tests included hemoglobin-A1C (HBA1c), C-reactive protein (CRP), and homocysteine.
It is also important to know your hormone levels for fat loss, so I had insulin and testosterone tested as well. If your insulin levels are not controlled, you will have a hard time losing fat.
And if you are a man with low testosterone levels, then you will have a hard time putting on muscle and losing fat. Men that eat a very low fat diet tend to have low testosterone. But they can be returned to normal simply by eating healthy fat sources.
So simply by following the TT lifestyle (eating lean protein sources, healthy fat sources, low-glycemic and high-fiber fruits and vegetables), you can improve your health status. And add intense exercise to the mix, as found in the TT workouts, and your health levels will improve dramatically so that you can live a long, prosperous life full of vitality.
My Results
(All goals are for primary prevention of disease)
Total Cholesterol = 157mg/dl (
HDL = 54 mg/dl (
LDL = 103 mg/dl (
(Lab's comment on HDL: Your level is very high!)
TG = 1.90 mM (Goal: less than 2.3mM)
Glucose = 73mg/dl (Goal = less than 130)
HBA1c = 4.6 mg/dl (Less than 7 is very healthy.)
(HBA1c measures your average blood glucose over the past 4 - 6 weeks and is considered to be a better indicator of diabetes risk than glucose.)
Insulin = 6.7 IU/ml (
CRP = 1.16 mg/l (Normative range for untrained persons 1.6-4.3 while trained persons can be as low as 0.52)
Homocysteine = 11.2 µM
(Normative ranges 5-15 µM, average 10 µM: 15-30 µM = moderate hyperhomocysteinemia)
Testosterone (total) = 647ng/dl (
If you would like more articles on how to improve your HDL while lowering your LDL and TG's, let me know at cb@cbathletics.com
2 - Beginner Tips for the Turbulence Training Lifestyle
We all want security in health and wealth. No one wants to be sick or fearing a heart attack. And we all want to be able to care and provide comfort for our families. But many people have been greatly confused and mislead by companies with hidden agendas when it comes to health.
Here is a great example. The chief medical officer of the American Diabetes Association recently stated, "There is not a shred of evidence that sugar, per se, has anything to do with getting diabetes." I think there is plenty of research to argue against that.
So let me give you some beginner tips that I recently provided to Men's Fitness magazine to help you start losing fat and turning your health around.
Nutrition tips
1 - Eat a serving of fiber-rich vegetables or fruit at each meal.
2 - Eat a source of lean protein at every meal.
3 - Eat 8 small mini-meals per day. Now that might be tough, but if you currently eat 2 meals per day, split those in half and eat 4 meals. Then in 4 weeks, try to go to 6 meals. Always split up the appropriate daily calories into those meals. Don't use the increased number of mini-meals as an excuse to overeat.
4 - Don't drink any calories. That means no juice, no soda, and no added sugar to your coffee or tea.
5 - Eat whole natural foods, avoiding foods that come in a bag or box.
Workout Tips
1 - For absolute beginners, just start with something that you like to do.
2 - When you start a structured exercise program, choose total-body exercises (presses, rows, squats, hip extensions, planks, etc.). All of these of course, are outlined in the TT workouts. I recommend the TT for Fat Loss Special Report.
3 - Use light weights until you perfect your exercise form.
4 - Spend no more than 5 minutes per workout on abs. You have better things to do than hundreds of crunches per day.
5 - Use interval cardio instead of slow, steady state cardio (even if an interval means walking at 3.8mph rather than walking at 3.5mph).
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Men's Fitness Training Adviser
President
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cb@cbathletics.com
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The information on TurbulenceTraining.com is for education purposes only. It is not medical advice and is not intended to replace the advice or attention of health-care professionals. Consult your physician before beginning or making changes in your diet or exercise program, for diagnosis and treatment of illness and injuries, and for advice regarding medications. Do not make use of any of the information in this newsletter unless you are in good health or you have first reviewed them with and received approval from your personal physician.
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