phoenix
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YMMV. We all have very different forms of diabetes; stick very low insulin production into the mix and those fats do indeed slosh around.then you are getting energy from oxidised body fat, instead of fat in your diet. This is a good thing if you're trying to lose weight, but one way or another, the fat is still going to get sloshed around your blood plasma. The good news is, that on a low-carb diet, your metabolism becomes more tuned to burning fat, leading to lower levels of blood triglycerides, even though they are now your major source of energy
cholesterol at diagnosis, after presumably surviving at least partially on metabolised fats for awhile:
serum, initial: opalescent (unchanged after 24hr @ 4C)
Trigs 3.19mmol/l
TC cholesterol 8.38mmol/l
LDL 5.75mmol/l
From it's description I think my plasma looked something like this:
http://www.duke.edu/~ema5/Golian/Slides ... ages1.html
Unfortunately I had probably had this type fats in my blood for some time and there was more plaque in parts of the femoral and carotid arteries than was normal for a woman of my age.
I was put onto 40g simvastatin and told to see the arteriologist at 6 month intervals.
2 months later with diet exactly as prescribed moderate carbs, low sat fat, but not low fat; for example a salad with tbs of olive oil every day; oily fish twice a week etc, not told to avoid butter or cheese just to eat in moderation. There aren't that many low fat products here in any case; and on the whole those that are tend to be dairy made with lower fat milk rather than with substitutions. The advice was perhaps nearer that on the Havard link than some of the advice I see in the UK.
serum clear/lemony colour (well I think thats what citrin means!)
Trigs 0.83mmol/l
TC 4.72
LDL 2.97mmol/l
Seven years down the line, seven years of good diabetic control and eating a conventional 'healthy diet' + some exercise I now have far less plaque in the arterie. I only have to see arteriologist every 2 years now and no longer take statins.
Obviously there are a lot of variables in the mix, we all vary. My problems were caused because I had too little insulin.
As things have improved so much I'll stick to what I know works or me; ie keeping my intake of sat fats fairly low (and avoid trans fats like the plague... something we can all agree on ; label reading is essential as they pop up in the most unlikely places)