Had my annual physical this week and the news was generally good. The only comment was that I need to raise my HDL cholesterol. So I did a quick google search and found this link. http://heartdisease.about.com/cs/cholesterol/a/raiseHDL.htm And #4 on the the list of things to do? Drink more alcohol. (one or two drinks per…
A little back ground- I'm 6' tall and in January of 2010, I was 255 lbs. I did a little research and eventually chose to go on the South Beach diet. I found it relatively easy to balance carbs and fat/fiber and lost about 30 lbs in a little over six months. At that point I was pretty happy and didn't really care about…