Keto diet: expected lipid test results?

[audreyh1]

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Originally Posted by Time2 I talked with my doc yesterday and mentioned my triglycerides dropping from 397 to 82, he said, that's not really as big as it seems because 60 of that is your LDL, (that dropped from 106 to 54) That's 62, 60 was a quick calculation in his head. He also said losing 19 lbs had a lot to do with the drop in triglycerides. So, is your LDL count included in the triglyceride number? I'm confused by his statement.

No, I don’t think so. Never heard that. Total cholesterol number includes LDL, yes. Eating low carbs drops triglycerides regardless of weight loss AFAIK. Sorry, you’d have to do a lot more research and maybe find some papers for your doc.

My trigs dropped drastically and my LDL went UP. So that doesn’t jive with his statement.

[Time2]

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Originally Posted by audreyh1 No, I don’t think so. Never heard that. Total cholesterol number includes LDL, yes. Eating low carbs drops triglycerides regardless of weight loss AFAIK. Sorry, you’d have to do a lot more research and maybe find some papers for your doc. My trigs dropped drastically and my LDL went UP. So that doesn’t jive with his statement.

I found a couple of things, the Friedewald Method is commonly used to calculate LDL-C, not measure it.

https://scottyketo.com/wp-content/up...LDLmiscalc.pdf



Then I found Quest no longer uses the Friedewald method and has switched to the Martin-Hopkins calculation, which is still a calculation but supposed to be more accurate at higher and lower levels of Triglycerides.
LDL Cholesterol Calculations


So, I'm not sure if my doc assumed the Friedewald Method and corrected for that (or if it need correction and how he made the correction) or if the Martin-Hopkins calculation needs any correction for the Triglyceride value

( I think not).


If you see any clarification, I 'd like to hear it.
It's all so interesting but so complicated.