Hi. My cholesterol has been 6.7 for years, but my GP isn't bothered! The DN wanted me to have another blood test and possibly go onto statins but I haven't gone back for the blood test yet! That's not to say you shouldn't go on statins - do your research and make up your own mind. No-one can make you take them.Thank you. What do you think about the cholesterol xx
This is a complex subject. The vast majority of healthcare professionals believe the ‘diet / health / cholesterol’ hypothesis, but a lot of other people believe that this has been a fatally flawed hypothesis, and actually Cholesterol has been demonised for no good reason.
This article was only released today, and it very accurately sums up the situation.
http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2018/01/16/bjsports-2017-098497
Interesting people who do not agree with the Cholesterol theory include Dr Malcolm Kendrick, I can’t recommend ‘The Great Cholesterol Con’ enough. Dr Aseem Malhotra also has an interesting perspective, as a Cardiologist.
If, as part as your LCHF diet to reduce your HbA1c has actually induced weight loss, your cholesterol will have gone up because you are mobilising fat stores for fuel, and your cholesterol levels will likely drop back normally when your weight has stabilised.
38 is non diabetic
On diagnosis my first reading was 100 and finger prick tests were constantly high
Just curious to know...
What does fasting bg levels now read?
I would ignore that and do it anyway. You can decide to stop when you know what's happening.I don't test much now as was told not to
This is a complex subject. The vast majority of healthcare professionals believe the ‘diet / health / cholesterol’ hypothesis, but a lot of other people believe that this has been a fatally flawed hypothesis, and actually Cholesterol has been demonised for no good reason.
This article was only released today, and it very accurately sums up the situation.
http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2018/01/16/bjsports-2017-098497
Interesting people who do not agree with the Cholesterol theory include Dr Malcolm Kendrick, I can’t recommend ‘The Great Cholesterol Con’ enough. Dr Aseem Malhotra also has an interesting perspective, as a Cardiologist.
If, as part as your LCHF diet to reduce your HbA1c has actually induced weight loss, your cholesterol will have gone up because you are mobilising fat stores for fuel, and your cholesterol levels will likely drop back normally when your weight has stabilised.
Oh, sorry, didn’t realise this was behind a paywall, must have originally read it somewhere that I subscribe to.
Good evening all. I had my first three month review and I rang receptionist today and she said my HBA1C was 38 (hopefully she read it right) but she said my serum cholesterol was 6.3 does that mean I need statins now sniff I was really chuffed one minute then down the next thinking what else can be chucked at me
When you try to follow the link to the medical journal you have to pay to read the article.What does that mean
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