Recent Content by jpen

Hi - I've been meaning to get back to you, @bulkbiker and others who responded to my post, to update about my follow-up lipid test. So new results - (after fasting properly!) - are Chol: 3.4 Trig: 1.1 (whoa!) HDL: 1.12 LDL: 1.8 Ratio: 3.0 So that makes much more sense to me and I'm happy with...

Yes - the more I read, the more it seems that cholesterol is a very contentious subject. When I visited the Dr yesterday he was not at all worried about the lipid results. 'One swallow does not make a summer' was his remark - which echos a bit what bulkbiker was saying about the variability of...

Yes my use of the term 'white' carbs was a bit of a short cut I guess. Its how I try to explain to my family what I do and don't eat. So the diet I'm on is no flour, rice, oats and most other grains, (so no bread wholemeal or otherwise :-) no pasta, pastry etc), no potatoes and limited root veg...

Thanks bulkbiker. Yes - that was one thing I thought I would do - suggest to the dr that I repeat the test. I am seeing him this afternoon - so will be interested to see what he says. I am already on a statin and it wouldn't surprise if he doesn't want to up the dose or something. So much to...

Yes - I thought the trigs number looked weirdly high. And the trig/HDL is worrying too. I wasn't expecting to get blood tests done that day, but had just visited the drs nurse to get the blood test request and we realized that that day was gonna be the only time I could get it done due to...

Yes. I thought I had read that somewhere. Not sure of the mechanism. Was just looking for any possible explanation.

Yes I get that - about the colour thing. All carbs are the same in terms of metabolism. Its just that my understanding is there's generally heaps more of them in the 'white' food than other sources. So by cutting out the white foods, it helps with keeping the carbs down. I'm not wanting to go...

Thanks! I'll go see whats I can find in the cholesterol threads.

Thanks for reply! Numbers are: Total chol current 4.4; previous 3.6 HDL current 1.08; previous 0.94 LDL current (wouldn't provide an exact number but likely to be over 3.); previous 1.5 Triglycerides current 4.0; previous 2.6 Ratio current 4.1; previous 3.8 I had lost much more weight before...

Hi all, I have been reading here on and off for a while, but only posted a couple of times before. Now I have a question regarding my latest blood test results. I was diagnosed T2 in July 2018. I am a 65 year old female. Since then I have changed diet, cutting out all "white" carbs, eating much...

Hi Diakat - thx for reply and apologies for being so late getting back to you - didn't realize I HAD any replies - really I do appear to be quite hopeless at this don't I? <sigh> I started off in the greeting section and could not figure out how to post - so replied here and asked a question...

I have just joined (well I THINK I have - not sure if I have completed step 3 or not!) and can't figure out how to post a message either. Hence my replying to this one. I would like to interact with others - but after 2 days of faffing around - I am very disheartened.. How do I post a new intro...