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<blockquote data-quote="Ryhia" data-source="post: 2331947" data-attributes="member: 503862"><p>I followed a low cal/lowish carb diet of around 800 cals when I was first diagnosed. Did 8 weeks, then ran into issues so I had to abandon it on the advice of my GP. My HbA1c three month into my diagnosis (the results of the low cal effort) showed that my cholesterol was 4.7 which was fine. My cholesterol only started going higher after I changed to low carb eating proper, my next HbA1c was 6.7 but I was losing weight so assumed levels would go down when weight stabilised. A year after cholesterol had risen so much everyone was telling me I needed statins. I didn't do low cal shakes on my 800 diet I just used to live on salads or home made soups and I also have the 800 fast diet. My cholesterol results after following the 800 diet were ok hope yours is too.. </p><p></p><p>If you can't wait for your test, the whole cholesterol test kit I purchased for £9.99 for 2 tests turned out to be pretty accurate just a little difficult to read. I didn't think it was too hard to draw blood for either, (but then I don't have an issue drawing blood) I used my glucose lancet pen instead of the lancets that come with the test pack and just made sure I had a good globule of blood to cover the test area. Happy to provide specifics if you require, just PM me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ryhia, post: 2331947, member: 503862"] I followed a low cal/lowish carb diet of around 800 cals when I was first diagnosed. Did 8 weeks, then ran into issues so I had to abandon it on the advice of my GP. My HbA1c three month into my diagnosis (the results of the low cal effort) showed that my cholesterol was 4.7 which was fine. My cholesterol only started going higher after I changed to low carb eating proper, my next HbA1c was 6.7 but I was losing weight so assumed levels would go down when weight stabilised. A year after cholesterol had risen so much everyone was telling me I needed statins. I didn't do low cal shakes on my 800 diet I just used to live on salads or home made soups and I also have the 800 fast diet. My cholesterol results after following the 800 diet were ok hope yours is too.. If you can't wait for your test, the whole cholesterol test kit I purchased for £9.99 for 2 tests turned out to be pretty accurate just a little difficult to read. I didn't think it was too hard to draw blood for either, (but then I don't have an issue drawing blood) I used my glucose lancet pen instead of the lancets that come with the test pack and just made sure I had a good globule of blood to cover the test area. Happy to provide specifics if you require, just PM me. [/QUOTE]
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