Tue, Aug-29-17, 11:30
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Plan: mostly milkfat
Stats: 190/152.4/154
BF:
Progress: 104%
Location: Ontario
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Originally Posted by worrywort8
I read all over the place that while on Atkins my bad LDL cholesterol should go down. I went on Atkins for one month before I had to stop due to having diarrhea as a result of it. I got my cholesterol tested a couple days after getting off of Atkins and was surprised to see my bad cholesterol had shot up to the "very high" bracket and my total cholesterol was also in the "high" bracket. I'm only 30 years old.
Should my cholesterol go down now that I've cut out much of the fat I was eating before while on Atkins?
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Dave Feldman's claim is that ldl cholesterol reflects the previous three day's of eating. If it changes that quickly, you can't even be certain your cholesterol results have much to do with your period on Atkins, since you' been off it for a couple of days. Even that one day might not count, if you'd been malabsorbing fat while on the diet, and that caused the diarrhea, it might not be the fat that was digested that raised your ldl, a low carb diet in which you malabsorb enough of the fat is going to effectively be a lower fat diet. |