Resurgam
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Hi Resurgam,You have been losing weight so your cholesterol will have been busy transporting fat around the body - that is probably what has been picked up.
Cholesterol is not something which lolls around idly, it has work to do in the body, and it does it well.
Well that’s all quite a puzzle.
So if the tri’s are fine, you don’t have to worry about that? And if the insulin/gad is clear then you’re clear on late t1 and still in the managing t2 club?
Thyroid is a maybe given the weight loss, but it would be a coincidence if thyroid happened at the same time as your high BG and the weight loss that’s easily explained by a new diet.
I have no clue about cholesterol, I’ve just been hoping that it settles down in my case. Sounds like there are plenty of people who have been through it and understand it in this thread.
Relax mate, you’re not dying anytime soon. Plenty of time to get a handle on it. The wheels of medical diagnostics turn verrrry slowly.
I'm afraid I am no expert on this - once I found that lowering my cholesterol could be lowering my life expectancy I sort of lost interest.....Hi Resurgam,
I did lose a fair bit down from 12 stone 1lb to 10 stone 5lb currently, but it’s been stable now for about 10 weeks, how long would you expect it to be for the cholesterol to start settling down?
Hi mate,
@HSSS provided a link to this site and the FAQ has a neat section explaining the theory- see attached. The question is am I a lean hyper responder? The results so far suggest possibly, I’m thin, very active/fit, on a LCHF diet, have high LDL score and high HDL score, the bit of the puzzle that’s missing is the trig score which should also be low. All I know on that is my trig score at end of Oct 20 was 1.6, which was okay and just below my HDL at 1.8, however total cholesterol was only 5.7 back then so the whole picture has changed, HDL & LDL have gone up about 25% each, just need to know what the Trigs have done. They should have dropped or not increased much from 1.6, we’ll see I guess!
https://cholesterolcode.com/faq/
It sounds like you may be a Lean Mass Hyper Responder. If you do Facebook, Dave Feldman has a LMHR group (that’s the name of the group) and you can join and ask all the questions you like. He is studying it in detail and some of his findings are very interesting .........his hunch, although as yet unproven, is that high cholesterol is protective and helps our immune system. If yours has only gone up with diet, it’s unlikely you have familial Hypercholesterolemia. Would be handy to have your up to date trigs figure at some point though.
I won’t take statins, my cholesterol has always been around 5.0 so if it’s shot up now, the root cause is fairly obvious (change of diet possibly combined with weight loss), so for me the change to make prior to a retest in say 3 months is to cut back on the eggs & dairy fats, I’ve been having cheese omelettes 4-5 times a week so clearly that’s likely a big factor. I’ll cut those out and see if that makes a difference. My only worry is chances are the weight decline starts again and as I said I’m BMI 21 already with low body fat so can’t really afford to lose any.
Why won't you take statins?
Lots of rubbish spouted against them. I'm on a low dose with absolutely no side effects. Furthermore they reduce inflamation as well, which is medically quite beneficial.
I’d addWhy won't you take statins?
Lots of rubbish spouted against them. I'm on a low dose with absolutely no side effects. Furthermore they reduce inflamation as well, which is medically quite beneficial.
however total cholesterol was only 5.7 back then so the whole picture has changed, HDL & LDL have gone up about 25% each, just need to know what the Trigs have done.
I don’t know the LDL though only the total non HDL? I could try and guesstimate the LDL but from my Oct test I guess but it would be a guess!If you use this calculator, you only need the 3 readings you have - total cholesterol, ldl, HDL and the calculator will figure out trigs.
https://www.hughcalc.org/chol-si.php
I don’t know the LDL though only the total non HDL? I could try and guesstimate the LDL but from my Oct test I guess but it would be a guess!
Sorry yes meant non HDL, my earlier post did give that impression I agree! Also my Hba1c at end of October was 37 not 36, not sure why I had 36 in my head ...getting old I guess!Oh. It won’t work then. It sounded from your comments above that you had 3 of the 4 pieces of information.
Why won't you take statins?
Lots of rubbish spouted against them. I'm on a low dose with absolutely no side effects. Furthermore they reduce inflamation as well, which is medically quite beneficial.
I agree that for some people there are no side effects but I don’t take them for the following reasons:Why won't you take statins?
Lots of rubbish spouted against them. I'm on a low dose with absolutely no side effects. Furthermore they reduce inflamation as well, which is medically quite beneficial.
I'm on a low dose with absolutely no side effects. Furthermore they reduce inflamation as well, which is medically quite beneficial.
Latest test results today! Looks a lot better I think than 5 months ago, cholesterol back to historic levels. Only downside was loss of muscle mass, but I knew that already & already working on that now gyms are open again. So looks like the low carb diet has worked for me, guess just got to keep it going.
Very weird how cholesterol shot up & then back down again, does feel like my body has settled down over past 6 months - weight steady, far less hunger cravings, probably eating less also! I have eased off on some of the more very heavy saturated fats which I did indulge in heavily initially, so maybe that’s helped. Took a fasting blood test also this time, with just a glass of water in the hours before the test,
Hba1c = 38
Total cholesterol = 5.6
HDL = 1.9
Non HDL = 3.7
Non Ratio = 2.9
Triglycerides = 0.99
LDL = 3.25
Qrisk = 2.2%
BP = 122/69
Think overall the above is pretty good?
Thanks bulkbiker, yes pleased with the trig/HDL score in particular, going to treat myself to steak & bernaise sauce tonight to celebrate!Trig/HDL ratio is 0.52 anything under 0.87 is considered excellent. Well done.