Keto chat

My triglycerides were high when I went low carb. Even with the addition of a little more fat into my diet they dropped. My total and HDL went up a little but not enough to cause me any concerns.
I am not Keto, I bought a meter and by testing before and two hours after meals found my blood glucose dropped into the normal range on 85g of carbs a day and no more than 30g in a single meal.
There is no way to know unless you test - I had to fund my own meter but it's worth asking you GP.

Since getting into remission I aim for 120-130g a day.

I am on Keto purely because it suits me better. Cholesterol high but GP will not do a full panel.
I actually told them what I was doing. As I was losing weight and now sugars coming down they were happy. I also test on a very regular basis. It helps me know what is going on.
Keto is also good from the point of view that you don't get cravings.
Good Luck and just don't worry.

leatherbikerboy said:

Hi
I was advised by my GP to consider the Keto diet. Obviously that's lower carb intake but a higher fat intake.
I also suffer with high cholesterol and triglycerides with results hitting 14.4 and 25.2 respectively.
Anyone else been advised to do this in a similar situation?

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I’m another one whose cholesterol improved on keto, although it wasn’t as high as yours. In fact most of us do improve. Have a read here https://www.dietdoctor.com/low-carb/cholesterol-basics. There’s loads more out there to consider way way beyond the “fat raises cholesterol and risks death” message we hear so often. Impressed your dr suggested keto. I assume you’ve discussed cholesterol with them?

have you been checked for familial hypercholestemia (sp?) as I understand that changes a lot of advice - both historical and more recent