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Old Mon, Mar-20-17, 03:52
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Plan: P:E/DDF
Stats: 225/150/169 Female 5' 9"
BF:45%/28%/25%
Progress: 134%
Location: NC
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Two members who come to mind are Ken and Rob, bringing down LDL by eliminating dairy, etc. Ken tried niacin too, the story in his journal, not sure of start date but here is around New Years. http://forum.lowcarber.org/showthre...&page=175&pp=15
I would recommend having the CAC scan done as an alternate test to cholesterol. Though...isn't the reason statins are given for aFib not based on a cholesterol theory? AHA treatment guidelines: http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Condi...779_Article.jsp

I have read that with LC diets, about half LDL goes up, half goes down. So not helpful for you, other than another reason LDL doesn't matter as much as other indicators. I focus on Trig/HDL...and yet again, all five years since being LC, my Trigs were in the thirties (33). My oncologist remarked that every year I have the lowest Trigs in his practice (for those who measure lipids) and HDL 100. This year he also complimented my Proteins results. I didnt follow everything he said, but the A/G levels were similar to what was common when he started his residency in 1980. Now the more commonly seen blood results are less healthy than mine (since I eat closer to the diet before the USDA issued guidelines to cut fat and thus increase carbs). There are so many ways eating LC is healthy in the long-term, though possibly more of the benefit comes from lower sugar and processed foods, while switching from saturated to healthy real food mono-unsaturated fats has less impact.
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