I can't remember the numbers, but after a brief spike, my LDL went down lower than pre-Atkins, almost so low as to no longer be in the high range, and my HDL went up quite a bit, so the ratio rocks.

How do you figure out your ratio? I have all my numbers so just need the formula. Thanks

Yeah, what Hailey said.

Please and Thank You

I started in back on Atkins in September and didn't get a lipid panel until December and the numbers were not so good. Total 240 and HDL only in the 40s. I was disappointed, but I was under a lot of stress at the time and the person who took them said that was probably part of the problem, and that I should come back after all the holiday stress was over.

I don't know if it was stress reduction or the fact that after that test I added coconut oil to my diet (which about doubled the percentage of saturated fat I was consuming) but I got them taken again a couple of weeks ago and the numbers had improved considerably. My total cholesterol had dropped 20 points, HDL went up 8 and triglycerides dropped 40 points.

Wyv