Question 1

might consuming coffee with half and half affect my cholesterol test?

Accepted Answer

Cholesterol : Half and half has lots of fat, if you consume lots with coffee your lipid level will be raised.

Question 2

can coffee affect someone with high cholesterol?

Accepted Answer

Cholesterol : Coffee is ok at one or two cups a day.

Question 3

does instant coffee raise cholesterol? let's say 2 coffees daily with about 6 oz of whole milk?

Accepted Answer

: I would guess coffee should lower cholesterol; however I would not use it to lower cholesterol if it is very high especially in familial hypercholesterolemia.

Question 4

can drinking coffee make the cholesterol worse than it is, or does it not affect the cholesterol?

Accepted Answer

Cholesterol : One or two cups a day probably doesn't cause much change.

Question 5

is green coffee bean extract helpful for weight loss ? diabetes, cholesterol...

Accepted Answer

Better options: Green coffee or tea extract may help but there is no valid scientific data to support these claims. For the three things you mentioned, exercise, healthy diet, and if needed, medications are more effective. Weight loss, through exercise and diet is the best approach.

Question 6

been having sharp but intermittent pain in my upper stomach/lower esophagus.  could this be an ulcer? take medication for depression and cholesterol.  drink coffee in the mornings.

Accepted Answer

It : It may be, but you really need a medical work up to determine the cause of the pain. If you vomit dark coffee ground like material or have black, tarry, smelly bowel movements, this could be signs of gastro-intestinal bleeding and should be addressed asap. Take care.

Question 7

im diabetes type 2, total cholesterol-140, hdl-4, ldl-88, fasting sugar 99, can i drink coffee w/o sugar. will it increase cholesterol or sugar..?

Accepted Answer

Coffee: Coffee without cream or sugar will have no significant effect on cholesterol or sugar levels.

Question 8

swollen little bump under boyfriends eye after drinking coffee and eating sweet,what is the cause if sugar cholesterol levels are normal?thrombophila?

Accepted Answer

Sometimes a: small swollen lump under the eyelid can be a sty. Medical evaluation would provide accurate diagnosis.

Question 9

can i take green coffee bean supplements wfish oil-omega 3 1200mg x 2
caltrate 600d  x 2
40 mg corgard (nadolol) for md mvp
80 mg pravastatin for cholesterol?

Accepted Answer

Sure but + & - are ?: We have millions of compounds in our body, of our own production. You are worrying about a few supplements, some complex (beans); some very refined (pravachol) & intensively studied. By law, dshea 1994, see fda.Gov, if sold otc as a dietary supplement, the marketers are exempt from evaluating or proving their claims, so who knows? Ans: no one. Are trials of complex combo’s done? No; who would pay?

Question 10

if you are fasting for a hdl test can you have black coffee?

Accepted Answer

Fasting: Fasting means no food, black coffee qualifies as food and will stimulate metabolic processes, so no coffee.

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Does instant coffee raise cholesterol? let's say 2 coffees daily with about 6 oz of whole milk?

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Can drinking coffee make the cholesterol worse than it is, or does it not affect the cholesterol?

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Is green coffee bean extract helpful for weight loss ? diabetes, cholesterol...

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Been having sharp but intermittent pain in my upper stomach/lower esophagus. could this be an ulcer? take medication for depression and cholesterol. drink coffee in the mornings.

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Im diabetes type 2, total cholesterol-140, hdl-4, ldl-88, fasting sugar 99, can i drink coffee w/o sugar. will it increase cholesterol or sugar..?

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Swollen little bump under boyfriends eye after drinking coffee and eating sweet,what is the cause if sugar cholesterol levels are normal?thrombophila?

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Can i take green coffee bean supplements wfish oil-omega 3 1200mg x 2 caltrate 600d x 2 40 mg corgard (nadolol) for md mvp 80 mg pravastatin for cholesterol?

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If you are fasting for a hdl test can you have black coffee?

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