# Combating high cholesterol with Huel? (4 months on) **URL:** \ **Category:** Nutrition\ **Created:** [March 6, 2017, 1:02pm UTC](https://discuss.huel.com/t/combating-high-cholesterol-with-huel-4-months-on/5719 "2017-03-06T13:02:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![itsjoerack](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.huel.com/itsjoerack/32/1751_2.png) [@itsjoerack](https://discuss.huel.com/u/itsjoerack)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2017, 1:02pm UTC](https://discuss.huel.com/t/combating-high-cholesterol-with-huel-4-months-on/5719/1 "2017-03-06T13:02:40Z")
Hi guys, I’ve been having Huel for breakfast and lunch every day now for the past 4 months (with the exception of 2 weeks over Christmas). I have dinner as normal, and if we’re honest, my dinner habits haven’t changed substantially and as having Huel for breakfast and lunch isn’t filling me up very well, I do think my portion sizes in the evening have increased. I have been tracking my cholesterol using Thriva, and my first set of results before starting on Huel showed worrying levels of Chloesterol and LDL Cholesterol. Now I don’t claim to know much about this at all… which is why I’m asking you guys for your opinion - but after 4 months of Huel, I did another Thriva test to track any changes, having rid myself of any unhealthy breakfasts or lunches. **The below shows my Cholesterol levels from the test done before Huel, and 4 months on Huel for breakfast & lunch** ![](https://cdck-file-uploads-us1.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/flex020/uploads/huel/original/2X/f/f7276c2ae575fa76de69d1a86aec84773e1b68d9.png) **The below shows my LDL Cholesterol levels from the test done before Huel, and 4 months on Huel for breakfast & lunch** ![](https://cdck-file-uploads-us1.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/flex020/uploads/huel/original/2X/d/d36d97cc33a5fd3f71b7ce405d9d4a4477d663f7.png) My main reason for starting on Huel is because I’m such a fussy eater that I don’t like any veg hardly and I know my intake of important nutrients is minimal. I was hoping though that by replacing usually unhealthy breakfasts and lunches with Huel would have a noticeable effect on my Cholesterol, but it doesn’t seem to. Unless my dinner eating habits have been so significant that it counteracts the changes made for Breakfast and Lunch? I don’t think I can face going 100% Huel, but I’m now questioning whether I should be continuing with Huel or whether I need another solution to improve my diet. Thanks, Joe ---
**Author:** ![ElectroDan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.huel.com/electrodan/32/2042_2.png) [@ElectroDan](https://discuss.huel.com/u/ElectroDan)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2017, 3:16pm UTC](https://discuss.huel.com/t/combating-high-cholesterol-with-huel-4-months-on/5719/2 "2017-03-06T15:16:41Z")
So your levels of good cholesterol (HDL) have gone down, but your bad cholesterol (LDL) has gone up? ---
**Author:** ![chughes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3ec8ea/32.png) [@chughes](https://discuss.huel.com/u/chughes)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2017, 6:27pm UTC](https://discuss.huel.com/t/combating-high-cholesterol-with-huel-4-months-on/5719/3 "2017-03-07T18:27:02Z")
Dietary improvement is the top recommendation for reducing cholesterol, but the list continues with exercise, stopping smoking and drinking, and generally losing weight/slimming. There are also genetic factors: it could be a family thing. Could any of those be working against you? ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.huel.com/tristan/32/7986_2.png) [@Tristan](https://discuss.huel.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2017, 6:42pm UTC](https://discuss.huel.com/t/combating-high-cholesterol-with-huel-4-months-on/5719/4 "2017-03-07T18:42:08Z")
A lot of what we’ve been told about cholesterol is just completely wrong. On my mobile at the moment, but [this is a good article to start with](http://www.artofmanliness.com/2015/08/25/everything-you-know-about-cholesterol-is-wrong/) if you want to do some research. I’m not saying don’t try to improve your health, absolutely do, but focusing on cholesterol levels could be taking you down the wrong path.