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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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Everything is relative.
I wouldn't like an LDL higher than 2

I put in a lot of effort, currently I'm down to 1.8
 
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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Thank you, Speedbird. It is good to know that I am not the only one!
 
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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Try adding ~30g of crushed flax seed daily. It should reduce your cholesterol.
 
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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I think, reality isn't good, but if you look at the graph, all that shows is health care saves lives.
Look at 50% raised cholesterol.
A women is Russia is one of the highest death rates.
Live in Spain with exactly the same cholesterol, and you're in one of the lowest death rates.

if you actually look at the graph, it's a reflection on healthcare, not cholesterol.
Raised cholesterol, third world, you die.
Raised cholesterol, first world, you don't.
That actually suggests healthcare seems to have it right, if you do want to live.
If not, dump the healthcare, and go third world.
Or move to Georgia. (unless Geo is somewhere else?)
 
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