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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ianf0ster" data-source="post: 2730570" data-attributes="member: 506169">Most, but not all people doing Low Carb reduce Blood glucose, weight and Blood pressure (if high), Most overweight people reduce LDL cholesterol on Low Carb, but for many it also increases HDL, so that overall Total Cholesterol is little changed.I am/was a slim T2D and although my BG and weight dropped, my LDL cholesterol increased quite a lot while my HDL almost doubled and my triglycerides almost halved. This put me close to the borderline on the Low Carb 'Hyper-responders' studied by Dave Feldman et al. The Lipid energy Model postulates that this reaction to low carb means that my LDL is primarily composed of the 'light fluffy' LDL which is not a cardiovascular risk.It also suggests that I could lower my LDL (should I wish to - and I don't) by eating more carbs. I'm unclear as to whether this is approx 100gms per day, or an additional 100 gms per day.</blockquote>

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