Reply to Diet/Execise needed to curb low HDL/pre-Diabetes patterns?



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Andrew

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Thanks to all for your suggestions! I would like to follow
up with some data and questions.

I am not a smoker, excessive drinker, or drug user. Most of
my weight gain has been in fact in the form of muscle, no
doubt, however, I have reason to think that fat has gone up
too. It is difficult to gain muscle mass without loading a
little fat in your diet, so I think I have increased both
since I lost weight a long time ago. To give you some
numbers, I have gained 50 pounds since a few years back -
most of this is muscle, don't worry, but I suspect some of
it is fat as well.

I do occassionally overtrain myself unintentionally, but I
don't think it is related to the problem of low HDL/pre-
Diabetes patterns.

My triglycerides are around 80 and my HDL is around 25 to
give you some benchmarks, so as you can see, I'm bouncing
around a ratio of 3.

Re: Niacin - what are people's opinions of Niacinamide or
whatever the "flush-free niacin" is - is it worth the
money? Will it have a noticible impact or should I just
just jog more?

Re: Diet - what are examples of foods that are high in
protein but low in carbs and fat? I need a high volume of
protein to support my weight training, but it seems like
most meat, nut, and cheese products are inevitiably bundled
with fat & carbs - any ideas on good protein only foods?

Really appreciate the help.