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Cholesterol

ajwolters
ajwolters Posts: 78
edited January 7 in Social Groups
The beginning of last year, my diet was horrible. I wish I had the blood work from then (all I remember is that my total cholesterol was around 240), but my doctor mentioned cholesterol meds at our regular visit. I raised a brow at him, and said I'd get back on my Paleo diet and we'll see how it looks next time. He was skeptical. I didn't stick to it 100%, but it was close. Got fresh blood work done December 19, and my numbers are much improved...

Cholesterol, Total 166 mg/dL
Triglycerides 80 mg/dL
HDL Cholesterol 50 mg/dL
VLDL Cholesterol Cal 16 mg/dL
LDL Cholesterol Calc [H] 100 mg/dL

Getting back to Paleo now, and will try harder to stick to it. I go back at the end of June and we'll see if I can't improve those numbers even more :)

How's your cholesterol on the Paleo/Primal diet?

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  • 33runnergirl
    33runnergirl Posts: 80 Member
    I was hard core paleo about 3-4 weeks prior to my last annual physical and my cholesterol was in the normal range for the first time in 15 years. My total cholesterol was down 43 points from the previous year and 68 points from my all time high.
  • monkeydharma
    monkeydharma Posts: 599 Member
    Comparison between January 2012 and July 2012:

    Triglycerides: 125 to 63
    Total cholesterol: 200 to 128
    HDL: 37 to 43 (cool!)
    LDL: 138 to 72 (even cooler!)
    Ratio: 5.4 to 3.0

    My January 2013 moved back up a bit, but that was because I was backsliding big-time during the holidays. I'm back on the straight and narrow again, and I expect July 2012 to be at least as good as July 2012.
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