Cholesterol Meter

[Alineden]

Hi. I wasn't sure where to post this so apologies if I haven't chosen the best place.

I'm trying to get into the low carb high fat way of living but I still have those little niggling doubts after a lifetime of being told low fat is the healthy way to go.

Soooooo to make it easier in my head to eat belly pork for breakfast etc I figured that if I could keep a check on my cholesterol I would have more confidence eating fat.

Can anyone recommend a good accurate cholesterol home test meter available here in the UK?

Thanks

Alan

 

[Deleted member 308541]

Amazon UK and Boots sell them,

I have never used a tester like this as I get mine done at a pathology shop, so cannot recommend a kit.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Best-Selle...holesterol-Monitors/zgbs/drugstore/2826256031

https://www.boots.com/boots-pharmaceuticals-cholesterol-home-test-kit-10064612

 

[Guzzler]

Even full lipid panels performed in a laboratory don't always tell us what we need to know. I personally would save the money to spend on good quality, nutrient dense foods. After all, you need to be able to interpret what the meter will tell you.

I would advise you to try to understand the importance of cholesterol (in all its shapes and sizes) before worrying yourself with a number (TC?) and parting with your hard earned.

Here is a great thread started by BB, it is really worth your time and effort to go through it.

https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/cholesterol-and-statins.156985/

 

[Mbaker]

I would recommend that you read this chaps work, Dave Feldman https://cholesterolcode.com/extreme-cholesterol-drop-experiment/.

He has proven that cholesterol is a changeable measurement which can be altered dramatically in 3 days both ways by current mainstream thinking i.e. from good to bad and vice versa - enough to dupe insurance companies. It is key to remember that the "fear" we have had instilled into us was via an unproven hypothesis by Ancel Keys, called the Diet Heart Hypothesis - this is / was more than seriously flawed reporting on saturated fat. In general LCHF / Keto increases HDL and lowers Triglycerides. In around 66% LDL is decreased....but for the remainder LDL can go up. So the question is does higher LDL cause heart attacks and strokes - the short answer is not proven, despite millions being spent to prove otherwise.

Often the simple answers are the correct ones, did societies who used more saturated fat products suffer historic significant incidence of stroke and heart attacks compared to these days - answer no. You may ask why the current thinking then - money, money, money (drugs industry aka statins). For full peace of mind I would suggest the audio book the Big Fat Surprise (warning you may get angry when you listen to how we got in this scare mongering position).