I saw a health trainer recently.Im not quite sure if i have the name right. It was a non nurse healthy living type of coach if that makes sense. Got a few more appointments with her.
I saw a health trainer recently.
Not clinically trained. Had info to help with diet, lifestyle choices, eating, smoking exercise etc. made more sense than any HCP and listened to me instead of just using script and tick boxes.
did they put you on statin as well as met, the chol isn't nice IMO? though it can come down through dietI did panic quite a bit when they told me. Ive always had this huge fear of heart attack and when i read that your 5 times more likely to have one as a Diabetic it proper freaked me out. My getting out the house therapy for the agoraphobia really took a huge dive for a good 5-6 days. And between the Metformin side effects (i wont go into details) and fear of eating anything unhealthy i dropped 3/4 of a stone in weight. All back to normal now tho with a bright outlook on things.
Im 36 and cannot stop watching Adventure TIme! Its a bleedin masterpiece.
I did panic quite a bit when they told me. Ive always had this huge fear of heart attack and when i read that your 5 times more likely to have one as a Diabetic
Hi Gordon,
Welcome.
Just found your thread, and think you are developing a great attitude to this!
And I love your avatar.
Regarding your test results, do you see all the little exclamation marks?
Those are the results that are higher than they should be.
Detailed cholesterol tests give 3 results, tryglicerides, HDL and LDL. Ideally, the tryglicerides should be as low as possible, and the HDL as high as possible. But there are other people on here (or google) who can give you more info).
But the good news is that most of us lower carbers seem to find that our cholesterol levels sort themselves out, without us being aware of them, after a few months of lower carbing.
And I think that avoiding processed fats, margarine, hydrogenated veg fat (basically anything like bought cakes, biscuits, crisps, etc) and replacing those fats with unprocessed ones like butter, olive oil, coconut oil, and eating low carb cakes and biccies, will make a tremendous difference to you.
Congrats on how you are doing so far!