
When people hear about high fat diets they assume that cholesterol levels and other indicators of heart disease risk will go up.
So after changing from low fat diet to a high fat, low carbohydrate diet (ketogenic) I wanted to find out whether or not there was an increase in HDL/LDL and cholesterol. I just received my lab results today which were the following:
Cholesterol: 176 and the optimal range is 140-200
Triglycerides: 26 and the optimal range is 35-150 (really low)
HDL: 91 and the optimal range is >40 (referred to as good cholesterol)
LDL: 80 and the optimal range is 80-130 (referred to as bad cholesterol)
These numbers definitely suggest that for some a ketogenic diet does not increase cholesterol levels. The good news is I not only see differences on the outside, but also on the inside.
Yay, Stacey! This is, in my opinion, the most important benefit of eating right and exercise. :-)
ReplyDeleteAnd you are one to prove it! Congrats on your anniversary of being a true athlete.
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