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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KennyA" data-source="post: 2673986" data-attributes="member: 517579">Hi. I have been on 20g carb /day for over four years. My total cholesterol as calculated hasn't changed in that time, providing I test fasted. If I have a coffee with cream before the test, I will not surprisingly get a higher reading. In fact my fasted cholesterol hasn't altered since my very first test, when my level was good. It's now officially "too high" but not because my figures have changed - the definitions have. The official guidance still says what it says. Bear in mind that we have had quite a bit of recent research calling the "cholesterol risk hypothesis" into question - I'll attach one recent paper, on a very large group, which argues that the risk is over-stated. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3303886/[/URL]Here's their conclusion: Our study provides an updated epidemiological indication of possible errors in the CVD risk algorithms of many clinical guidelines. If our findings are generalizable, clinical and public health recommendations regarding the ‘dangers’ of cholesterol should be revised. This is especially true for women, for whom moderately elevated cholesterol (by current standards) may prove to be not only harmless but even beneficial.</blockquote>

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