Fri, Jul-16-10, 14:19
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Senior Member
Posts: 5,160
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Plan: Weston A. Price, GFCF
Stats: 165/133/132
BF:?/12.7%/?
Progress: 97%
Location: Philadelphia
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Originally Posted by jschwab
Me and hubby are in the same situation. I exercise (run) alot and and he much more sporadically (getting more into it now, though) and his HDL is thirty points higer than mine. The difference is he eats 70% calories from saturated fat. When he eats eggs, he eats only the yolks. He eats all the fat and fatty organ meats as much as he can. His TC is very high, but with an HDL in the 80's and a slim, trim body, he's not worried in the least.
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You're sweet! I do eat a lot of saturated fat, but not quite 70% of calories - that would pretty much mean living on coconut oil and only a couple bites of anything else! Even beef tallow is only about 50% saturated.
My HDL is 71. I think it's important to point out that not all fat raises HDL. Saturated does, and monounsaturated fat and polyunsaturated omega-3s probably do. On the other hand, polyunsaturated omega-6 fat actually lowers HDL, and it raises LDL too! In other words, avoid vegetable oil. Chicken and pork are higher in omega-6 than beef, bison and lamb, so it's probably better to emphasize "redder" meats.
Last edited by capmikee : Fri, Jul-16-10 at 14:24.
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