Lipids! Woot - NSV!!
kikih64
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I know there was a thread out there, but I couldn't find it. Unfortunately I don't know what my numbers were before Paleo/Primal, but I am so excited about my recent report:
HDL - 137 - doctor said this was the highest he's ever seen
LDL - 129 - at the high end, but well offset by the HDL
Total - 276 - high but again the HDL makes up for this
Triglycerides - 53 - very very good
I've been pretty much paleo/primal for 9 months (I will admit to falling off a few times, but not too badly). Although I read so many posts and articles about this eating style improving bloodwork, I still was a little worried. No more!!!
:drinker: Cheers to me. I wish there was a cartwheeling emoticon!
HDL - 137 - doctor said this was the highest he's ever seen
LDL - 129 - at the high end, but well offset by the HDL
Total - 276 - high but again the HDL makes up for this
Triglycerides - 53 - very very good
I've been pretty much paleo/primal for 9 months (I will admit to falling off a few times, but not too badly). Although I read so many posts and articles about this eating style improving bloodwork, I still was a little worried. No more!!!
:drinker: Cheers to me. I wish there was a cartwheeling emoticon!
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I know there was a thread out there, but I couldn't find it. Unfortunately I don't know what my numbers were before Paleo/Primal, but I am so excited about my recent report:
HDL - 137 - doctor said this was the highest he's ever seen
LDL - 129 - at the high end, but well offset by the HDL
Total - 276 - high but again the HDL makes up for this
Triglycerides - 53 - very very good
I've been pretty much paleo/primal for 9 months (I will admit to falling off a few times, but not too badly). Although I read so many posts and articles about this eating style improving bloodwork, I still was a little worried. No more!!!
:drinker: Cheers to me. I wish there was a cartwheeling emoticon!
It is such a wonderful feeling isn't it?0 -
Awesome triglyceride number! I was just looking at my numbers over the last four years but my Triglyceride number is not that low!
All: what is a good glucose number?0 -
Technically, even LDL doesn't matter like we've been told (in fact high cholesterol numbers are associated with longevity and lower cancer rates!). It's worth checking out "The Cholesterol Myth"; even if I don't agree with the dietary recommendations they do explain the cholesterol thing very well and how testing is still not usually done in a way that is meaningful as an indicator of health.
The triglycerides are a good indicator though and that's awesome.0 -
Very nice0
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Technically, even LDL doesn't matter like we've been told (in fact high cholesterol numbers are associated with longevity and lower cancer rates!). It's worth checking out "The Cholesterol Myth"; even if I don't agree with the dietary recommendations they do explain the cholesterol thing very well and how testing is still not usually done in a way that is meaningful as an indicator of health.
agree with the cholesterol - I've been learning a lot about this lately and the rampant use of statins in the U.S. Thanks to big pharma marketing BS.0 -
My blood glucose was 88, and the doc said should be between 70-110 if that helps you Ortega. I requested my lipid numbers from 2013 - when I was eating the Standard American Diet and they were:
Total - 282
HDL - 117
LDL - 151
Triglycerides - 50
so...20 pt gain on HDL, 22 pt drop on the LDL and pretty level tris. Eating all the bacon didn't hurt me!0 -
Did they check your CRP? Very high HDL levels can indicate inflammation which can be quite damaging to the body.0
