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So low carb?

I don't really understand cholesterol I was just told it was high I don't know my numbers


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i hate cholesterol, its such a confusing subject to me
 
In simple terms you want to see your trigs reduced,your LDL reduced and your HDL(good cholesterol) increase.
 
Done lchf for the last two years and normalised all my stats bgs cholesterol and blood pressure. Like others say high fat doesn't mean your meals are oozing lard just that you are replacing starch with an increase in things like eggs and cheese ie natural unprocessed fats. You're also likely to up your protein by eating more meat and fish etc and also you'll likely replace starchy foods with far less bg raising carbs with high fibre carbs like green vegetables.

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Makes perfect sense really I need to find out what my cholesterol number is. But avoiding docs at mo as they want me to take all kinds of pills and I want to make myself well naturally


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I think some chemists offer cholesterol testing.

I am also a white coat dodger.

Cara
 
It's only because they too hell bent on pushing drugs and I say hellllllllll no


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lloyds pharmacy do chol check but its not a full lipid profile, just the basics ratio etc £30
 
i only know that because i had it, i am also white coat dodging, id rather go to the fun fair and ask the bloke with the floating ducks for advice
 
we have a vested interest in db, they have to know alot about alot, you cant expect them to know as much as us, but some basic non lethal instructions would be nice
 
Yeah I agree I just would like them to show an interest that's all


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You can buy a cholesterol test kit I think I saw it on the website that sells the codefree meter But if not Mr Google will be able to find it
CAROL
 
wow, thats cool, now that i didnt know i wonder can you test your own hba1c too?
 
If we could I would be happy them I would fully manage it on my own


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