Hi,
Hope everyone is as safe and as well as possible.
I was diagnosed with Type 1.5 in Feb. I'm currently still producing some insulin and I'm controlling blood sugars using the High Fat Low Carb diet. However, my last blood tests showed my cholesterol had increased to:
Overall: 6.0
HDL: 1.4
Triglycerides: 1.9
Cholesterol/HDL Ratio: 4.3
Non HDL Cholesterol: 4.6
LDL: 3.7
DN said he was sure this increase was down to diet and asked if I wanted to begin medication. As I wanted to wait for appointment with consultant (in May) I decided to defer that, continue with diet and try to swop in more healthy fats eg. more nuts/avacado/olive oil.....rather than lots of cheese/dark choc/crackling etc. and hopefully keep an eye on what that did to the cholesterol levels - especially good v bad measures.
However, given that it's unlikely I will be able to get a blood test for a long time due to Covid I'll have no idea what's happening. If I don't have plenty of fats I immediately lose weight (I'm 5ft 2 and weigh 7 stone .....I really don't want to lose any weight) so I can't forgo fats - but I'm a bit concerned that I've no idea what's happening with cholesterol.
Has anyone had any similar situation? How did it all pan out? I would welcome any advice/thoughts anyone has - especially before my (presumably telephone appointment) in May. Had my cholesterol been ok then I would have continued with HFLC diet for as long as possible, but now I'm not so sure???
Many thanks, Em.
Hope everyone is as safe and as well as possible.
I was diagnosed with Type 1.5 in Feb. I'm currently still producing some insulin and I'm controlling blood sugars using the High Fat Low Carb diet. However, my last blood tests showed my cholesterol had increased to:
Overall: 6.0
HDL: 1.4
Triglycerides: 1.9
Cholesterol/HDL Ratio: 4.3
Non HDL Cholesterol: 4.6
LDL: 3.7
DN said he was sure this increase was down to diet and asked if I wanted to begin medication. As I wanted to wait for appointment with consultant (in May) I decided to defer that, continue with diet and try to swop in more healthy fats eg. more nuts/avacado/olive oil.....rather than lots of cheese/dark choc/crackling etc. and hopefully keep an eye on what that did to the cholesterol levels - especially good v bad measures.
However, given that it's unlikely I will be able to get a blood test for a long time due to Covid I'll have no idea what's happening. If I don't have plenty of fats I immediately lose weight (I'm 5ft 2 and weigh 7 stone .....I really don't want to lose any weight) so I can't forgo fats - but I'm a bit concerned that I've no idea what's happening with cholesterol.
Has anyone had any similar situation? How did it all pan out? I would welcome any advice/thoughts anyone has - especially before my (presumably telephone appointment) in May. Had my cholesterol been ok then I would have continued with HFLC diet for as long as possible, but now I'm not so sure???
Many thanks, Em.