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Low Cholesterol causing problems, How can I raise it?

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Posted: 10-19-2009 9:00 PM
 

Ive been pondering the subject of why my testosterone is so low (250-350 range) although Im a young (20 yrs), otherwise healthy guy. Without giving a full medical history Im wondering how much of it can be explained by my extremely low cholesterol (156).  This is despite that I tend to do everything "wrong" already as far as cholesterol is concerened (about a dozen eggs per week, lots of organic, grass-fed meats, lots of fats (coconut, olive, organic butter) and really only strength train for exercise, no running or jogging. One thing i assume is perhaps I overdue on vegetables and thus fiber which is removing too much cholesterol (and possibly lowering androgens while increasing SHBG?). I am also low in taurine, several fats I eat alot of and dont make much Vit D (also low <30) even while getting a lot of sun. This leads me to belive low cholesterol is the root of all these problems as I simply dont have the buidling blocks needed to make hormones, bile to digest fat and make vit D from the sun.With this is mind I plan to supplement with taurine, digestive enzymes (especially bile salts) and cut down a bit on my fiber intake, is there anything else I can do to get my cholesterol back to healthy levels (which will hopefully take care of my testosterone and deficiences) short of becoming sedentary and eating trans fat?

 

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