Can anyone tell me about LDL Cholesterol?

Question

So I got my blood test back. My LDL was 100!!!! To my knowledge, that is terrible. I looked up ways to lower your LDL. It talked about high LDL because of being over weight and eating healthy and losing weight will lower it. 
Here’s where I’m confused... I’m 5’6 and 115 pounds. I’m very active and I don’t eat much fatty foods unless I’m absolutely craving something haha 
My doctor didn’t say much except that it was high. 
How can I lower it because I’m really worried why I have such an extremely high LDL

Answer

It isn't extremely high if that helps calm fears. LDL should bee 100 or under. So yours is high but there are other factors too. What you other results in the lipid panel are for example. It could be diet/exercise or it could be genetic/family history. If your doctor just says "your test is bad" but doesn't talk with you about fixing it I would find a new doctor. Find someone in the medical field who will answer your questions..sorry your doc seemed to just brush it off.

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This is like me.. Im 5"6, 115 and I eat very healthy and exercise and am never sick but my blood results said my cholesterol is in the red danger zone and im at high risk for heart attack. Im like wtf.. How? I can only guess because I eat peanut butter often on toast.. So I've removed this. But I still feel like there must be some mistake. I never eat fast food, rarely have sweets or fatty meats. So weird..

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Mine was around 112 a few months ago. I was confused because on the nutrition label of everything I ate said 0% cholesterol. After googling a couple things, apparently saturated fat can cause elevated ldl cholesterol levels. And foods made with coconut milk are super high in saturated fat. Which was a lot of what I had been eating. Not sure if that helps, but decreasing my saturated fat intake helped me get mine back down to a normal level.

Answer

Do you have coconut oil? That can incorrectly elevate cholesterol. 
It’s all about the ratio though of hdl/ldl/ as well as triglycerides

Can anyone tell me about LDL Cholesterol?

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