I have had a slightly more relaxed summer since last tests. Partly through plain old lethargy and partly because in the back of my mind I wondered if I had gone overboard by jumping straight into very low carb on diagnosis. I was wondering if I was unnecessarily depriving myself of a few extra carbs. So I’ve been having more “amber” foods, rather than outright naughties. And been testing less frequently.
Hb1ac up from 40 to 43. Not huge but the wrong way!
I also got a call from the nurse. I explained I understood the rise as had been eating more carbs so I’d go back to previous diet choices. She was more concerned about cholesterol! All she was initially going to mention was a rather high total of 6.3 Before she got any further I explained that as for hb1ac that was undoubtedly due to the extra carbs. I asked for the breakdowns and ratios. The only ratio she had was total /hdl at 4.1. So that’s a whole 0.1 over where the latest goal posts are set apparently. I interrupted with a no way was I taking statins at a single blip marginally high. (Actually not at all). No mention of trigs til I asked and at 0.7 I was pretty impressed. Not a reaction to the call she expected I think. Overall a slight deterioration since June mostly in LDL to the wrong side of 4 which appears to be the magic number for this too.
Ran the numbers through Hughes and
https://cholesterolcode.com/new-report-tool-launched/ and satisfied that I’m not about to keel over. All lowest third risks, ldl could stand with being a little lower to improve ratios, hdl and trig just fine. These results highlighted I might be a “standard hyperresponder” re ldl. Interestingly my entire maternal family are on statins so maybe a little genetics being thrown into the mix. Only cholesterol results I’ve ever had are since I think the insulin resistance began so no “healthy” comparisons of me before having carb issues.
So it’s back to lower carbs and fewer “Amber” items and more regular testing. Sigh. I was really hoping that I was like some that don’t need to cut carbs so much and that I’d over reacted with near keto levels - but my IR would appear to be deeply ingrained still. I’m even trying to convince myself to utilise exercise more, but need to lie down just thinking about it