Type 2 Puzzled. Non-HDL lipids continue to rise.

Speedbird said:

Hi Dr Snoddy,
I was in the same predicament as you.

Here are my readings:
HDL 2.41
LDL 5.6
TRI 0.6
So my ratio HDL/TRI is 0.24

I'm happy with that. I hope this helps.
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douglas99 said:

I did think I asked a question, either it disappeared, or I forget to press 'post reply'

What is the link to the graph?
Is there a cut off point for raised cholesterol, as the WHO curve has a clear fall, then a rapid rise as cholesterol increases?
Can you provide a link to the data or the study the graph is from?

(checking the 'post reply' this time)

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Indy51 said:

http://journals.co-action.net/index.php/fnr/article/view/31694

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librarising said:

Errr ... your signature trigs/HDL ratio seems to be the wrong way round. I make it 0.48
Geoff

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Indy51 said:

DOH! I guess I transcribed the wrong thing.
Now fixed - thanks Geoff

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Indy51 said:

http://journals.co-action.net/index.php/fnr/article/view/31694

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Dr Snoddy said:

I would appreciate support and comments on the following. Type 2, female, 62, BMI 29, HbA1c in non-diabetic range for 3 years, 1000mg Metformin per day, much increased daily exercise.
At diagnosis I put myself onto Low carb - moderate fat diet. I quickly lost weight and all blood readings improved. Initially my total cholesterol reduced from 6.4 mm/ L to 6.1 but since then it has steady increased. Four months ago it was 7.3 so I cut out nearly all saturated fat. I had very little in my diet anyway. I do not eat meat, have very little cheese and no butter or cream. The lipid sources in my diet are avocado, rapeseed and olive oil and oily fish, all of which are supposed to help decrease LDL levels. I do not eat oats very often because of their carb content. Despite this my latest results are HDL 2.1 and non-HDL 5.3mmol/L. I realise that this a ratio of less than 4 which is deemed acceptable but I cannot understand why this increase is occurring when I am doing all the recommended things (and wasn't before diagnosis). I do not want to take statins. Am I mobilizing more body fat or something?

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Indy51 said:

Tagging @DaveKeto as I'm sure he can explain this better than I can. I think you may be a hyper-responder to the LCHF diet - I seem to be as well (my latest lipid test results are in my profile). If Dave is right, the more saturated fat you eat, the less your LDL will be.

You might want to check out Dave's site: http://cholesterolcode.com/

I don't ever plan on going back on a statin - the first go-round cured me of ever wanting to try them again. Plus all the reading I've done indicates that higher cholesterol is beneficial for post menopausal women. It seems we're more likely to have cardiac events with normal/low cholesterol:

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