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Cholesterol: cue the violins

peacetrain

peacetrain

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My nurse rang me about an hour ago with my cholesterol numbers. Not good news. LC is working for my bg levels but HF doesn't seem to be helping my cholesterol. All the good elements are up, but so are the bad ones :-)

In November my cholesterol was 5.4 (I haven't got the breakdown)

Not knowing about the LCHF regime and being a pizza, bread and cheese addict, I cut out all cheese . I never used margarine or butter anyway so no need to change that and I made sure I had porridge every morning, ate more fish and nuts. Oats got reduced to 15/20g portion before cooking because of bg levels.

In February my cholesterol was 4.5
Trigs. 1.53
HDL. 1.05
LDL. 2.8

I refused statins again.
I joined this site and began LCHF
I added cheese back into my diet and also butter for cooking with, in addition to my usual olive oil. I've been having more eggs too, about 6 a week. In the last few weeks I've also started having full fat yoghurt and cream cheese.

This week my cholesterol has come in at 5.5

Trigs. 1.7. Up but still within limits
HDL. 1.2. Slight increase
LDL. 3.4. Increased and more than the upper end of advised range.

I am so thankful that I have followed the LCHF diet and must thank everyone but I think I may have to rethink the cheese, butter and eggs. Perhaps my body can't cope with them in the same way as some of you. At least I know I can remedy.

I haven't tried such things as benecol and wonder if the drinks are beneficial. They may have carbs, I'll check.

Thanks again (walks up stairs slowly, head hung low)


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Have you lost weight? Apparently that can affect you readings as the fat cells kick out cholesterol. I lost 4 stone and my cholesterol went fro 5.4 to 6.9. I read somewhere that you need roughly 6 months at the same weight to get a true reading.

I've been the same weight for roughly 3 months now so am wondering what mine is going to read doing lchf.


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peacetrain said:
My nurse rang me about an hour ago with my cholesterol numbers. Not good news. LC is working for my bg levels but HF doesn't seem to be helping my cholesterol. All the good elements are up, but so are the bad ones :)

In November my cholesterol was 5.4 (I haven't got the breakdown)

Not knowing about the LCHF regime and being a pizza, bread and cheese addict, I cut out all cheese . I never used margarine or butter anyway so no need to change that and I made sure I had porridge every morning, ate more fish and nuts. Oats got reduced to 15/20g portion before cooking because of bg levels.

In February my cholesterol was 4.5
Trigs. 1.53
HDL. 1.05
LDL. 2.8

I refused statins again.
I joined this site and began LCHF
I added cheese back into my diet and also butter for cooking with, in addition to my usual olive oil. I've been having more eggs too, about 6 a week. In the last few weeks I've also started having full fat yoghurt and cream cheese.

This week my cholesterol has come in at 5.5

Trigs. 1.7. Up but still within limits
HDL. 1.2. Slight increase
LDL. 3.4. Increased and more than the upper end of advised range.

I am so thankful that I have followed the LCHF diet and must thank everyone but I think I may have to rethink the cheese, butter and eggs. Perhaps my body can't cope with them in the same way as some of you. At least I know I can remedy.

I haven't tried such things as benecol and wonder if the drinks are beneficial. They may have carbs, I'll check.

Thanks again (walks up stairs slowly, head hung low)


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Hold your head up high :)
 
Don't do statins to the horror of the diabetes team. No use to women apparently and removes it indiscriminately from cells including brain cells. I can't afford to lose any.


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Hi mrs vimes, I want to keep my grey matter to, statins just work for me .....:)
They are not for everyone though......
Best wishes ....Kat
 
Too true kat, got to admit every now and then I think OMG FULL FAT and gave a complete panic attack. It takes a bowl of sugar free lime jelly and cream to calm me down!



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Mrs Vimes said:
Have you lost weight? Apparently that can affect you readings as the fat cells kick out cholesterol. I lost 4 stone and my cholesterol went fro 5.4 to 6.9. I read somewhere that you need roughly 6 months at the same weight to get a true reading.

I've been the same weight for roughly 3 months now so am wondering what mine is going to read doing lchf.


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I've lost almost 6 stones since the beginning of September, some of it due to the diabetes before diagnosis. I know it's dropped off fast but it's just happened. I've another 3st 3lb to lose before I reach the upper limit of my ideal weight range.


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dang, sorry you didnt get the result you was hoping for :( but that weight loss is hard core, you rock!
 
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Too true kat, got to admit every now and then I think OMG FULL FAT and gave a complete panic attack. It takes a bowl of sugar free lime jelly and cream to calm me down!



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And I've just chucked all my full fat ingredients ... Not in the bin, but down my gob!!! I went on a bender because of the cholesterol results ... Not a carb bender thankfully, just a fat bender. Ha ha ha "bend it like diet doctor" ha ha


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Peace train the higher cholesterol then could be down to the weight loss. So give it a couple of months and it should settle. She says. I'm waiting to see if mine does. My trigs were 0.6, hdl 1.6 or 1.7 but total 6.9. Fingers crossed.
I got called in to the 'none diabetes trained surgery diabetes nurse' to get advice on lifestyle changes. After 15 minutes she said "you've spent a lot of time researching this haven't you."
It is going against everything we were taught about low fat and stuff but my sugars are almost level the majority of the time. If I'm wrong I'd rather die of a massive heart attack than a long, lingering, painful death from complications.
Fingers and legs crossed lchf is right!


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Your Trig/HDL ratio is within limits (under 2 is ideal)
Your Total/HDL ratio is slightly raised. (should be under 4)
Trigs just on the upper limit
HDL just on the lower limit
LDL too high except you don't know the breakdown between good ones and bad ones.

Dare I say the word Statins? I was put on them on diagnosis. 3 weeks later I had another test and my cholesterol had dropped massively. They work very quickly. I have since taken myself off them until my next test to see what happens. Would you be averse to taking them for 3 or 4 weeks rather than cutting out your butter, eggs, cheese etc? Only a thought because your levels aren't disastrous. Probably a silly thought.
 
peacetrain said:
Thanks for your support Kat. The 10cal tubs of sugarfree jellies by Hartleys don't say suitable for vegetarians, yet the contents appear to be. So annoying when it's not clear. I wondered about emailing them to ask.


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Greens also do the quick setting crystals and they are veggie. I used them at cookery club with my six year olds. We made fresh fruit trifle. Parents asked for the recipe ha ha


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