Fri, Aug-01-14, 02:56
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Senior Member
Posts: 3,184
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Plan: atkins
Stats: 210/126/127
BF:
Progress: 101%
Location: South of England
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Originally Posted by ID4
Yours were amazingly low ... part of the reason I couldn't stay away from the fat. I felt like "I was coming down with something" when I broke up with fat temporarily, ate lots of salmon, and took ~3 fish oil pills a day. It didn't feel right ... in all fairness, I wasn't getting the most rest then, either.
I also discussed getting a thyroid test (FT3) and a vitamin D3 test, but was without food ~19 hours when I visited the docs office, and did not want to go back and have blood drawn again ...I already felt like you-know-what.
Some of what I ready about being hypothyroid could possibly explain my bad numbers, except that hypo folks usually gain weight, I thought.
I do know, deep down, that the docs/researchers aren't completely sure what their numbers mean. That said, I also expect that those of us on LC/ketogenic diets' numbers are supposed to improve, even by their standards. I will cross my fingers. If they at least improve away from "you have to start meds now" territory, I will be happy.
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Quite frankly, cholesterol levels are pretty much pointless. Most cardiologists report that heart trauma victims in general show no sign of high cholesterol. The "experts" keep changing their minds on what, which, how fluffy, what to eat, fat or no fat, certain types of fat, ldl, hdl.... I'm told by my doctor my triglycerides are too low and that suggests a predisposition to cancer..... What the heck.
The bottom line for me is that I would sooner die from a mega heart attack than cancer, especially as I had to watch and nurse both my parents thru long, agonisingly painful and undignified deaths from cancer.
But they really dont know. I think the whole cholesterol thing is a red herring and counting the number of freckles we have would be more significant
Jo xxx
Last edited by ojoj : Fri, Aug-01-14 at 04:48.
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