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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Melgar" data-source="post: 2689555" data-attributes="member: 520626">This format is how we get our results from Canadian labs. So in the UK it's under 5 for people without diabetes. Interesting.And a big wow on lean mass hyper-responder Phenotypes, totally fascinating. I had never heard of ‘lean mass hyper-responder Phenotypes. I  read through a number of studies and yes I may well fit the LMHR phenotype criteria. They even mentioned long distance runners in one of the papers I read. I have a low BMI 19, low trigs 0.61 mmol/ls, very fit and metabolically healthy apart from those high cholesterol figures. I have always had lowish trigs, and prior to being on the very low carb diet my LDL cholesterol was within the normal range. To be honest I just thought it was the increase in fats and proteins in my diet replacing the carbs that had driven my cholesterol up. I have already started adjusting my diet and have increased my carb intake. I will evaluate it further after reading these papers on LMHR, and make further dietary adjustments to drive down those LDL figures. To be honest I don’t eat much red meat, may be a couple of times a month I’ll eat a ribeye steak. I think the culprit is the dairy: cream, cheese and butter. I would use 35% lactose free cream. I cook with olive oil, I eat fish and chicken and veggies so I was taken aback. Thank you for mentioning lean mass hyper-responder phenotypes. It,s definitely given me something to think about and it certainly answers why my cholestrol went so high.I will leave you with this from the article ‘Elevated LDL Cholesterol with a Carbohydrate-Restricted Diet’ by Norwitz, Feldman, Soto-Mota, Kalayiian and Ludwig.“We speculate that this effect may be greatest in lean, insulin sensitive individuals with high energy demands,”I’m all those elements.Mel</blockquote>

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