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"Piotr Tomaszewski" <[email protected]> wrote
>I went low carbing about 7 months ago and lost 8 lbs. I did
>not have very
> much to lose. My cholesterol rose from 173 to 286, HDL
> stayed about same
> at 61, and LDL rose from 107 to 218. My trigs went lower
> from 85 to
> 58. I am concerned for my health and am considering
> switching my diet. Is
> there someone else who had similar problems.
This is a problem only if you and/or your physician
interprets it as a problem. Your numbers are fairly close to
my own: LDL about doubled, HDL stayed flat; trigs about
halved. LDL is *good* for you. So are low trigs. If your HDL
is high to begin with you may see some reduction in it on LC
but the surge in LDL (good cholesterol) tends to be more
than enough to mask the decline in that and triglycerides.
Savvy doctors nowadays don't look just at the total number:
they look at the relative proportions of the cholesterol
components and from my own personal experience, I'd say
yours look pretty good.
--
Bob
Kanyak's Doghouse
http://www.kanyak.com
>I went low carbing about 7 months ago and lost 8 lbs. I did
>not have very
> much to lose. My cholesterol rose from 173 to 286, HDL
> stayed about same
> at 61, and LDL rose from 107 to 218. My trigs went lower
> from 85 to
> 58. I am concerned for my health and am considering
> switching my diet. Is
> there someone else who had similar problems.
This is a problem only if you and/or your physician
interprets it as a problem. Your numbers are fairly close to
my own: LDL about doubled, HDL stayed flat; trigs about
halved. LDL is *good* for you. So are low trigs. If your HDL
is high to begin with you may see some reduction in it on LC
but the surge in LDL (good cholesterol) tends to be more
than enough to mask the decline in that and triglycerides.
Savvy doctors nowadays don't look just at the total number:
they look at the relative proportions of the cholesterol
components and from my own personal experience, I'd say
yours look pretty good.
--
Bob
Kanyak's Doghouse
http://www.kanyak.com