Still waiting for formal diagnosis but had two blood tests, just got told they were 7.4 and 7.6 and at appointment with nurse was also told cholesterol very high too. So now not sure LCHF will be good for me......
Still waiting for formal diagnosis but had two blood tests, just got told they were 7.4 and 7.6 and at appointment with nurse was also told cholesterol very high too. So now not sure LCHF will be good for me......
For most people lchf actually lowers their numbers in the long term. (Although weight loss caused by any method can temporarily raise it til it stabilises as losing body fat releases lipids into the blood from the cells)Still waiting for formal diagnosis but had two blood tests, just got told they were 7.4 and 7.6 and at appointment with nurse was also told cholesterol very high too. So now not sure LCHF will be good for me......
hello welcome, have you had an A1c test done yet and which is your cholesterol. I do LCHF and my cholesterol dropped from 7.3 to 6.3 in 11 weeks my A1c dropped from 106 to 59 and i lost 21 lbs too .Still waiting for formal diagnosis but had two blood tests, just got told they were 7.4 and 7.6 and at appointment with nurse was also told cholesterol very high too. So now not sure LCHF will be good for me......
Rachox, the nurse showed me LDL and HDL, I can't remember exact numbers but second test of LDL was 4 and she said it should be 2
Cana, I kind of want to try it as the diet really appeals to me, almost like permission to eat higher fat compensates for the lack of carbs, which I love :-D But she put the fear of God into me, saying a positive diabetes diagnosis will put me at high risk of a heart attack or stroke (despite the fact my blood pressure is A*)
hello welcome, have you had an A1c test done yet and which is your cholesterol. I do LCHF and my cholesterol dropped from 7.3 to 6.3 in 11 weeks my A1c dropped from 106 to 59 and i lost 21 lbs too .
I personally wouldn't say your cholesterol is very high, it is just that doctors seem obsessed about cholesterol and if you look on here there are lots of threads about cholesterol and nobody bothers much about it , and most doctors want to give statins which is also frowned upon on here .
Hope this helps , i wouldn't be worrying if it were me put it that way .
Rachox, the nurse showed me LDL and HDL, I can't remember exact numbers but second test of LDL was 4 and she said it should be 2
Still waiting for formal diagnosis but had two blood tests, just got told they were 7.4 and 7.6 and at appointment with nurse was also told cholesterol very high too. So now not sure LCHF will be good for me......
this is the problem we have been brainwashed into believing that animal fats cause high cholesterol and they do not , sometimes cholesterol does rise on lchf but in my personal opinion i don't worry about cholesterol because i know it is all a big con , but it is only my belief you can research about cholesterol and there is so much about it .I have another test next Monday, I think this will be the A1c, then another appointment 3rd April. She mentioned statins, I'm just worried if I start eating high fat (I've always tried to stay low fat, it's carbs that were my downfall) my cholesterol with go thru the roof!
I can't get over the fact that if I hadn't gone for blood tests to establish where I was in menopause, I would be none the wiser i.e no symptoms AT ALL!You need to find out the HDL and triglyceride numbers too and feed them into one of the calculators available on line. My LDL is 4.1 but when all my numbers are entered into one of these calculators my ratios are perfect. As a @bulkbiker says (he taught me well!) it’s uncontrolled Type 2 which puts you at risk.
I can't get over the fact that if I hadn't gone for blood tests to establish where I was in menopause, I would be none the wiser i.e no symptoms AT ALL!
I can't get over the fact that if I hadn't gone for blood tests to establish where I was in menopause, I would be none the wiser i.e no symptoms AT ALL!
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