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High fat - saturated versus traditional 'healthy' fats

Indy51 said:
I recently saw a Q&A with Prof Tim Noakes on the subject of trigs going up as well as liver function/fatty liver issues on LCHF and his advice may be surprising to some - consider trying one of the plant based/low fat diets. It was the final question (at 32:04 of the video):

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Thanks Indy, just listened to the relevant section, very interesting.
However my trigs did go back down once I went to 'healthy' fats such as Extra virgin olive oil, nuts, fish etc., in fact at my last blood test my trigs were really low. It was when I first started low carbing that my trigs, which had always been excellent, not just good, went up.
If I could have blood tests on request then I would try increasing my saturated fats as it would make my diet easier, I don't knnow if that initial rise was because I lost a small amount of weight. But my GP was concerned enough to call me into the surgery and suggest a retest in three months.
 
Jo123 said:
Thanks Indy, just listened to the relevant section, very interesting.
However my trigs did go back down once I went to 'healthy' fats such as Extra virgin olive oil, nuts, fish etc., in fact at my last blood test my trigs were really low. It was when I first started low carbing that my trigs, which had always been excellent, not just good, went up.
If I could have blood tests on request then I would try increasing my saturated fats as it would make my diet easier, I don't knnow if that initial rise was because I lost a small amount of weight. But my GP was concerned enough to call me into the surgery and suggest a retest in three months.
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Just checking. @Jo123

the cholesterol results you are talking about were all Fasting Tests, weren't they?

Only Chol tests can either be Fasting or Not, and if they are Not, then the Trig result is utterly meaningless - because it varies according to any fats contained in your last meal.

This is why the Fasting Tests are (IMO) the only ones worth having. By fasting, you get to see the level of 'background' Trigs, which are (according to Sikaris) the best indicator of bllod lipid health.

Hope that made sense!
 
@Brunneria, no worries:)

My blood tests are all fasting.

My last blood test done in December 2015, my hba1c was 32, my total ch 4.1, hdl 1.91, ldl 2 and my trigs are 0.47, total cholesterol :hdl ratio 2.1.which are all excellent figures, I do realise that, hence the hesitation to throw myself into eating saturated fats again, which I would enjoy.

I haven't got the figures for the tests when I first started low carbing, but I know that everything increased and my trigs and ldl were higher than before, with the trigs to me as a particular concern as I knew I hadn't cheated with the diet!
 
Indy51 said:
There is a fairly common genetic mutation that can affect how well you process saturated fat, especially if you aren't balancing it with other types of fats like monounsaturated and polyunsaturated. I've cued this video to start at the relevant explanation:


Oops, doesn't seem to keep the starting point - it's at 6:31
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Hmm, thank you, very interesting, kind of think I should stick with what I am doing.
 
@Brunneria, oh gosh, just listened to the Trudi Deakin video, that is a very compelling argument.
I really would like to read a transcript of that talk and look at some of the studies she quotes and have a good think about it.

Thank you for posting that link.
 
With no limit on double cream and cheese both hubby and our cholesterol
Etc went upside down and bad.. By changing to one single cream coffee, only 15g max feta cheese with 50g avocado my cholesterol had got better again. Now changed again due to a tablet.. As I have limited eating I don't think I can do much to try and improve cholesterol more..told cancer risk was more than heart risk so got to really keep taking cancer tablet and just put up with cholesterol hdl/ldl. Trigs ok so just hoping really

Heavy saturated fats didn't do us any good....
 
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