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<blockquote data-quote="Antje77" data-source="post: 2458666" data-attributes="member: 372207"><p>I don't know too much about all the scientific background, as it's not a subject which greatly interests me much. But I think the traditional advice of eating low fat, and especially saturated fat is based on the belief it will mess up your cholesterol levels.</p><p>My 'knowledge' doesn't go much further than a vague notion that HDL is the good one and LDL is the bad one.</p><p></p><p>So here's what changing my diet to less carbs, more fat (including plenty of saturated fats) did to my numbers between diagnosis 5 years ago and my latest blood draw last month, without medication for cholesterol:</p><p></p><p>LDL went from 3.8 to 2.1</p><p>HDL went from 1.04 to 1.50</p><p>triglycerides went from 5.1 to 1.22</p><p>cholesterol/HDL ratio from 6.1 to 2.6</p><p>total cholesterol from 7.0 to 3.9</p><p></p><p>I'm only one person and not a substitute for a large study, but if eating more fats of all kinds is bad for me, it clearly isn't because of my lipids.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Antje77, post: 2458666, member: 372207"] I don't know too much about all the scientific background, as it's not a subject which greatly interests me much. But I think the traditional advice of eating low fat, and especially saturated fat is based on the belief it will mess up your cholesterol levels. My 'knowledge' doesn't go much further than a vague notion that HDL is the good one and LDL is the bad one. So here's what changing my diet to less carbs, more fat (including plenty of saturated fats) did to my numbers between diagnosis 5 years ago and my latest blood draw last month, without medication for cholesterol: LDL went from 3.8 to 2.1 HDL went from 1.04 to 1.50 triglycerides went from 5.1 to 1.22 cholesterol/HDL ratio from 6.1 to 2.6 total cholesterol from 7.0 to 3.9 I'm only one person and not a substitute for a large study, but if eating more fats of all kinds is bad for me, it clearly isn't because of my lipids. [/QUOTE]
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