Hey now! The -WORD- is okay... Be nice!

True, though... he jogs like crazy & I wave as he goes by -- our HDL is about the same. LOL

i say get some exercise in.

Yeah, I definitely gotta start some exercise.

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.

slim, trim body that isnt healthy shouldnt be ok with you though

That's assuming a high cholesterol is unhealthy and it's not clear that it is, de facto. Low HDL is bad, but there are other ways to bring that number up.

I'll take a sky high HDL and a rock bottom tryglyceride anyday over TC and LDL reading. As us locarb/hifat folks know, if you have a rocking trig/hdl ratio your LDL is most likely pattern A LDL...Harmless. Proved via VAP test as mine was and I'm sure your husbands is also.

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.

good info, thanks for sharing!