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GREAT blood cholesterol results for a fat guy!

Friday, January 27, 2012

TOTAL Cholesterol - 151 mg/dl (less than 200 is good, 240+ is high risk.)
HDL - 39 mg/dl (getting that up to 40 would be best, or higher, work to do!)
LDL - 101 mg/dl (right on the edge of fantastic - reduced chance of atherosclerosis, heart attack, stroke. 160+ is high.)
Cholesterol Ratio - 3.9 (well into low risk, less chance of heart disease. 9.5+ is moderate risk, 23+ is high risk.)
Fasting Blood Glucose - 4.6 mmol/L (great result! 7.0+ would likely be diabetes.)
Triglycerides - 55 mg/dl (lower risk of heart disease. less than 130 is what you want, 200+ is high.)
So overall, I’m elated at these results. Apart from HDL which is holding steady, all the other results are lower than the last result mid last year. The trigs in particular are down from 169 to 55!

I put it 90% down to the Paleo type of eating I’ve switched to - healthy fats, great quality proteins, little carbs, minimal processed food and dairy, lots of veggies. Obviously my lot of walking is helping too I guess. Can’t weight to get off the treadmill tonight, sleep, and wake up for weigh-in. Yeah I know, rock and roll… :)
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BOOKWORM27S 1/29/2012 12:32PM

    More good news! Please keep up your healthy lifestyle, and you will begin to reverse your health problems.
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BILL60 1/28/2012 8:08AM

    Super!!

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MSEMBERSTORM 1/27/2012 7:42PM

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XPHOENIX 1/27/2012 6:24PM

    Fantastic ;)

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