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Since Al left I hesitate to start a health thread, as he did it so well and presented his data very clearly. But I think this could be helpful to others, as it seems to show that blood chemostry may well respond to diet and lifestyle changes.
Some here might remember that I have been following a very low carb diet for 10+ years. For many people this improves cholesterol profile. All my numbers got better, except for that pesky LDL. Over the past 3 years my LDL-C has increased, to where my Doc was pretty strongly recommending that I start a statin. This was not something I was eager to do, so we came up with a plan for a diet and exercise trial. First I got a nuclear-magnetic resonance particle count test, which showed many good effects of my low carb diet, but also more LDL-particles than is considered healthy.
At this point we agreed that I might try some diet and exercise changes to see if I can bring down that total LDL-particle count. Staying with a very low carb approach, I just switched from butter to olive oil for cooking, and ate more fish. In 6 months my particle count is now normal, and I have almost 0 small particles.
About a month ago I met a guy who told me that at age 66 he had a total cholesterol of 330, and his brother had just had a heart attack. So he immediately quit eating red meat, and switched to mostly chicken and fish and within 6 months on no meds dropped his TC to 170.
If I can get more skilled at preparing chicken, I will move toward largely replacing red meat with chicken and fish and see if my particle counts drop even further. I already eat all the fish I can afford, and I cook it well.
I also think that my almost daily rowing is helping a lot too.
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Some here might remember that I have been following a very low carb diet for 10+ years. For many people this improves cholesterol profile. All my numbers got better, except for that pesky LDL. Over the past 3 years my LDL-C has increased, to where my Doc was pretty strongly recommending that I start a statin. This was not something I was eager to do, so we came up with a plan for a diet and exercise trial. First I got a nuclear-magnetic resonance particle count test, which showed many good effects of my low carb diet, but also more LDL-particles than is considered healthy.
At this point we agreed that I might try some diet and exercise changes to see if I can bring down that total LDL-particle count. Staying with a very low carb approach, I just switched from butter to olive oil for cooking, and ate more fish. In 6 months my particle count is now normal, and I have almost 0 small particles.
About a month ago I met a guy who told me that at age 66 he had a total cholesterol of 330, and his brother had just had a heart attack. So he immediately quit eating red meat, and switched to mostly chicken and fish and within 6 months on no meds dropped his TC to 170.
If I can get more skilled at preparing chicken, I will move toward largely replacing red meat with chicken and fish and see if my particle counts drop even further. I already eat all the fish I can afford, and I cook it well.
I also think that my almost daily rowing is helping a lot too.
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