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- Type of diabetes
- Don't have diabetes
- Treatment type
- Diet only
Morning All,
Hope you don't mind me asking what is probably a very obvious question.
Went with Hubby to see the nurse yesterday as he had more blood test results to collect. Kidney function- all normal, thyroid function-all normal and cholesterol-slightly elevated. Which was no great surprise as he is a new T2 and the blood test had been a non fasting one.
His total cholesterol was 5.2 mmol/L which is practically normal for someone without diabetes but I understand that diabetics should be aiming at 4 or less.
LDL (bad) cholesterol was 3.3 mmol/L and I think this should be less than 2 for a diabetic ?
HDL (good) cholesterol was 0.89mmol/L and this should be around 1 ?
what I'd like to know is will following a LCHF diet alter cholesterol or are there particular foods which he should try and eat ?
Nurse tried to prescribe him statins (which he politely refused !) as he wants to avoid meds and manage with dietary changes if possible.
Funnily enough his overall cholesterol is actually less than it was when he was tested 10 years ago-in spite of the diabetes. I also managed to get her to print out his blood test results (very reluctantly) as our surgery doesn't allow online patient access.
Whilst there she decided to take his blood pressure which was 148/84. When he had checked at home on Friday it had been 130/94. As always for a 'normal' person a BP of 140/80 would be considered good but if diabetic you have to aim lower still....
She muttered that 'we would have to keep an eye on that' and mentioned ace-inhibitors. Hubby said that he was keen to manage it via diet and exercise and pointed out that he had been 185/112 a mere 6 weeks ago and his GP hadn't been bothered (!) I think he is doing very well but it seems the diabetic nurse doesn't believe in positive reinforcement.
So nice to get the support here
Hope you don't mind me asking what is probably a very obvious question.
Went with Hubby to see the nurse yesterday as he had more blood test results to collect. Kidney function- all normal, thyroid function-all normal and cholesterol-slightly elevated. Which was no great surprise as he is a new T2 and the blood test had been a non fasting one.
His total cholesterol was 5.2 mmol/L which is practically normal for someone without diabetes but I understand that diabetics should be aiming at 4 or less.
LDL (bad) cholesterol was 3.3 mmol/L and I think this should be less than 2 for a diabetic ?
HDL (good) cholesterol was 0.89mmol/L and this should be around 1 ?
what I'd like to know is will following a LCHF diet alter cholesterol or are there particular foods which he should try and eat ?
Nurse tried to prescribe him statins (which he politely refused !) as he wants to avoid meds and manage with dietary changes if possible.
Funnily enough his overall cholesterol is actually less than it was when he was tested 10 years ago-in spite of the diabetes. I also managed to get her to print out his blood test results (very reluctantly) as our surgery doesn't allow online patient access.
Whilst there she decided to take his blood pressure which was 148/84. When he had checked at home on Friday it had been 130/94. As always for a 'normal' person a BP of 140/80 would be considered good but if diabetic you have to aim lower still....
She muttered that 'we would have to keep an eye on that' and mentioned ace-inhibitors. Hubby said that he was keen to manage it via diet and exercise and pointed out that he had been 185/112 a mere 6 weeks ago and his GP hadn't been bothered (!) I think he is doing very well but it seems the diabetic nurse doesn't believe in positive reinforcement.
So nice to get the support here