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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ianf0ster" data-source="post: 2748219" data-attributes="member: 506169">Hi @SJSS Are you a normal weight?  Or are you overweight/obese?The reason I ask is that for most (T2 Diabetics) a low carb way of eating raises HDL, Lowers Triglycerides and either has no effect on LDL or actually lowers it a bit.However, for relatively slim T2D on a low Carb way of eating (like me) the HDL and Trigs change as expected, but the LDL goes up quite a bit.So does this matter? - Am I raising my overall risk of CVD even though I'm lowering that same risk by no longer being diabetic and improving my both my HDL and Trig readings?I don't understand why the same diet should raise LDL for slim people while not doing that for those with more weight, but it seems that this is the case for many of us. This anomaly made me look for more information and thus I discovered Dave Feldman who raised funds to do his Lean Mass Hyper-Responder study:47 people like me were compared with matched individuals from the NHANES study an over several years their CVD health was compared via scans.Strangely (but fortunately it seems) the LMHR people had either no or less arterial plaque than those from the NHANES study even though they had much higher LDL.Your LDL is about the same as mine and your HDL and Trigs are appreciably better, so I suggest that you have a look at the information about Arterial Plaque, LDL and Statins. Perhaps read out 'Cholesterol and Statins thread ( <a href="https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/cholesterol-and-statins.156985/" target="_blank">https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/cholesterol-and-statins.156985/</a>)</blockquote>

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