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Well, I have bought ‘the clot thickens’ today … thanks to the group for the recommendation. My recommendation is to watch : The dr Ekberg seems to be able to explain things clearly which helps me. He does say that if you are FHC then you ( we) are a special case. Not sure I wanted that but...

Hi. Thanks for that. I hadn’t thought of sweetcorn being sweet ! I guess I’m trying to avoid fats too because I am familial high cholesterol and have been told to cut out fats. Statins are making me ill so the suggestion is to try a pcsk9 inhibitor route. I am hoping this will mean I can ditch...

I would have thought very high lipoprotein a would suggest familial high cholesterol. My mother had this, I gave it and I think my sister does too. It wasn’t picked up in mum until she was elderly. Critical info… lipoprotein a should not be above 31. Mine was 232. :(. My total gp measured...

I found that useful as a newbie too. Can’t believe I am in this place. I am stick thin and now feeling starving all the time. Seems like high dose statins has put me here. Your numbers were helpful. I was 5.2 before lunch and then 7.8 two hours later. Does it matter if it just happens once a...

Ditto. About six years ago I would have a cooked dinner around 6pm and a small pudding. I would get what I called a sugar rush and had to sit for the rest of the evening. I ditched sweet things at that point to avoid this weird feeling. I have just been told I am hitting T2 diabetes ( statin...

Thanks, I love the title, I will look out for that.

Hi. Newbie here. Pre-diabetic with GP advising me to go to .DN. Very triggering to a previously anorexic individual who is only BMI 20. So no, i am not going. Determined to kick this but not sure if i can. I mustn‘t ‘t lose weight and I have to watch fats due familial high cholesterol! Catch...