Should you worry about your cholesterol on a keto diet?
Are your cholesterol values problematic and something to worry about?
Dave Feltman, who runs the site Cholesterol Code, has made a video where he goes through a standard cholesterol test and what it means on a keto diet:
YouTube: Basics of cholesterol part I – Standard test
Want to know more about potentially elevated cholesterol levels on a keto diet? Check out the links below.
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HDL - 52; Triglycerides - 110 and LDL - 242
Now this is significantly different from my results February which are as below:
HDL - 39; Triglycerides - 192 and LDL - 149
Should I be worried?
I see your HDL ("good" cholesterol) has gone up. :)
I see your Triglycerides have gone down. :)
I'd say 2.5 weeks of a complete dietary lifestyle change is probably not long enough to draw any conclusions. Test again in 6 months. Watch the videos linked on this page, especially "Why high cholesterol is healthy"
Good luck and stick with it!
These are my numbers:
Total - 243
HDL - 71
LDL - 156
Triglycerides - 56
CHOLl/HDLC ratio - 3.4
non-HDL cholesterol - 172
Should I be worried? What can I tell my doctor if he wants me to stop or go on cholesterol meds?