Re:CONFUSED ABOUT Latest Cholesterol testing

[Guest guest]

The HDL is what I am most happy about as that

> has been dropping every year from a high in 1994 of 40 (when I was

50

> lbs heavier and eating burgers andfries every day for lunch). What

I

> have done different the past year to boost the HDL is eat a

handfull

> of nuts to my CRON diet (mostly Almonds and one Brazilian nut).

THIS DOES NOT MAKE SENSE TO ME. YOU SAID IT WAS DROPPING FROM A HIGH

OF 40 AND IT IS NOW 42 WHICH MEANS IT HAS GONE UP AND THAT. PLEASE

EXPLAIN..... THANKS

KUDOS ON YOUR PROGRESS. CALORIE RESTRICTION IS THE ONLY EFFECTIVE

METHOD PROVEN TO IMPROVE BLOOD LIPIDS. YOU HAVE THE ANSWER, KEEP IT

UP.

[Guest guest]

Perhaps I wasn't clear although I thought I was. In the the early

90's (during my earlies 30's) I could care less about diet, eating

the classic western horrible diet. I have a record of my chloesterol

from 1994 which shows high total cholesterol (204 if I recall) but my

HDL (the good Cholesterol) was 40. Soon after (which coincides with

my first kid being born) I decided to get healthier which included

eating better and excercising (not CRON) and also going to very low

fat diet (the low/non fat belief then). I started CRON May of 2001.

My HDL's have dropped every year to about 32-34 range which is below

the recommended HDL level. After my FEB 2002 chelesterol checkup I

started adding nuts to my diet and my FEB 2003 cholesterol checkup

shows a 42 HDL, the highest ever. My point is twofold: my good HDL

has dropped every year except for this year and HDL is the good

cholesterol and what you want. Alot of doctors really don't care

about total cholesterol by care about the LDL:HDL ratio, thus the

higher the HDL the better.

> The HDL is what I am most happy about as that

> > has been dropping every year from a high in 1994 of 40 (when I

was

> 50

> > lbs heavier and eating burgers andfries every day for lunch).

What

> I

> > have done different the past year to boost the HDL is eat a

> handfull

> > of nuts to my CRON diet (mostly Almonds and one Brazilian nut).

>

> THIS DOES NOT MAKE SENSE TO ME. YOU SAID IT WAS DROPPING FROM A

HIGH

> OF 40 AND IT IS NOW 42 WHICH MEANS IT HAS GONE UP AND THAT. PLEASE

> EXPLAIN..... THANKS

> KUDOS ON YOUR PROGRESS. CALORIE RESTRICTION IS THE ONLY EFFECTIVE

> METHOD PROVEN TO IMPROVE BLOOD LIPIDS. YOU HAVE THE ANSWER, KEEP IT

> UP.