Suddenly High Cholesterol & Underactive Thyroid ... oO

As others have pointed out, deal with the thyroid. That may solve the cholesterol issues.

If not, exercise is your best bet. You don't need to eat low carb to lower cholesterol, but too many fast digesting carbs (sugary drinks or desserts, bread (esp. white bread), pasta, etc.) can raise blood cholesterol.

Need2Exerc1se wrote: »

As others have pointed out, deal with the thyroid. That may solve the cholesterol issues.

If not, exercise is your best bet. You don't need to eat low carb to lower cholesterol, but too many fast digesting carbs (sugary drinks or desserts, bread (esp. white bread), pasta, etc.) can raise blood cholesterol.

To be clear, when I'm talking about lowering your carbohydrates I'm talking about carbohydrates that are readily digested and absorbed as glucose and its congeners. The other forms of carbohydrates, the soluble and insoluble fibers, do not count towards your glucose loading. Soluble fiber gets consumed by the guts microbiome and they produces short and medium chain saturated fatty acids from the fiber. Have you ever wondered why kale increases HDL? That's your answer. Insoluble fiber is just that, fiber that goes towards your rear end. But if you look at the carbohydrates of a potato, only a little bit is actually counted as sugar and the rest is under carbohydrate. The thing is, a potato is almost entirely broken down and absorbed as glucose.

So some math and study is required to determine what to avoid.

Also, increase fat intake in place of the carbohydrates I'm talking about is the best method to improve your cholesterol panel to rock star status as long as you do not have a genetic disorder causing the problem.

Like I've said many times though, fix the thyroid first. This is most likely the cause.