Thu, Mar-06-14, 04:27
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Plan: P:E/DDF
Stats: 225/150/169
BF:45%/28%/25%
Progress: 134%
Location: NC
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It appears your doctor hasn't read the new guidelines. "Bad cholesterol is no longer the main factor guiding treatment" LDL Doesn't enter into the new guidelines until over 190. So why does he want your LDL under 70? And exactly as Liz wrote, eating low carb drops the Trigs...yours have done very well in only four months! HDL will also respond to LC, but much more slowly and yours is still quite low. Ideally, you want a Trig/HDL ratio under 2 but with continued low carb, high fat eating, Trigs will drop further and HDL will start to move up. (There is some controversy that statins have no impact, or maybe even lower, the good cholesterol!)
From Cholesterol Clarity, to raise HDL naturally, one of the best ways is to consume more dietary fat, inc. healthy saturated fats, such as coconut Oil, butter, full-fat meats, and mono oils like olive oil. additionally HDL responds to regular exercise, reduced alcohol consumption, and if you are up to it, intermittent fasting of 16 hours. Recommend reading this book if some of these denser articles and websites about statins are confusing. Did you watch the excellent two part Australian documentary about cholesterol and statins.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAKaM330xzg. This is the part on statins..the first part on cholesterol in the side bar.
Unless you already have heart disease, I believe the benefits are limited, but these new guidelines would still likely "get you" due to your weight. Did you plug your numbers into the calculator?
Last edited by JEY100 : Thu, Mar-06-14 at 06:23.
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