My efforts to raise my HDL with niacin, krill oil, pantethine, cinnamon, flax seed, and walnuts are starting to take effect. My HDL is moving up faster than it did in 2008.

Here are my CardioChek measurements for March 13, 2001 (numbers in parenthesis are changes from February 27, 2011):

Total Cholesterol 187 (+17)
HDL (good cholesterol) 38 (+9)
Triglycerides 100 (+6)
Calculated LDL (bad cholesterol) 129 (+7)
Total Chol to HDL Ratio 4.9 (-1.0)
LDL to HDL Ratio 3.4 (-0.8)
Triglycerides to HDL Ratio 2.6 (-0.6)

That's about a 30% increase in HDL in 2 weeks.

Now that the weather is better, I also plan to add a long walk every evening.

Yesterday at Sam's Club there was a sample lady with milled golden flax seed put in small sample cups of yogurt. It was a good price, so I bought some more flax seed. I even added 2 T to a small container of Dannon Carb Control yogurt (3 g carbs per container) this morning. It was good.

Oh, for comparison and based on what I've read, here are the "goal" values:

Total Cholesterol <200
HDL (good cholesterol) >49 (for women)
Triglycerides <150
Calculated LDL (bad cholesterol) <100 (assuming that it even matters here, which it probably doesn't!)
Total Chol to HDL Ratio <4
LDL to HDL Ratio <3
Triglycerides to HDL Ratio <5 (although much lower is better)