Hi everyone. I am starting on a lchf eating plan. I received these results last week as part of a liver blood test. Could anyone please let me know if these are really bad and will a lchf way of eating help? My results also indicated fatty liver disease- I don’t drink alcohol. I have never taken statins and don’t want to if I can avoid them. I am 62. Thank you.
TOTAL CHOLESTEROL
0 - 5 R
6.88
mmol/L
LDL CHOLESTEROL
< 3 R
4.26
mmol/L
NON HDL CHOLESTEROL
< 4 R
5.51
mmol/L
HDL CHOLESTEROL
> 1.3 R
1.37
mmol/L
TOTAL CHOLESTEROL : HDL
< 4 R
5.02
ratio
TRIGLYCERIDES
< 1.7 R
2.74
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Don't fret over cholesterol numbers. They have almost no predictive value.
For what it's worth, your TG:HDL ratio is 2.0, which is considered "borderline", but I'd take that with a very large pinch of salt.
All that matters here is that you've decided to start eating a healthy diet, and things like NAFLD will rapidly reverse themselves. Don't believe me just watch
You can also check out the related posts concerning cholesterol here, some are listed on the right side of the screen. Lots of people have posted information and videos that may help you out. You actually NEED cholesterol, particularly your brain. Statins can reduce your memory to mush. The whole war on cholesterol does nothing but line drug company pockets and destroys the health of those who take statins. Natural fats are good for you!
Worth noting that statins are a synthetic analog of an obscure fungal toxin, which presumably exists as a defence mechanism. I find it interesting to ponder why an organism would synthesize a toxin that debilitates its attacker but doesn't kill it outright. My theory is that a weakened insect is easily picked off by predators or disease. Wonder if the same thing happens to humans? The raw stats suggest that statins do nothing whatsoever for life expectancy: CVD events are reduced by an infinitesimal amount, but people on statin "therapy" die just the same from other (unknown or undocumented) causes.
The number you should be concerned about is Triglyceride. 2.7 mmol/L is quite high. Optimally it should be below 1.2. Having said that, you may be significantly overweight which raises TG number. This is all due to high insulin circulating in the blood as a result of high carb dietary intake. Once you reduce carb intake and your body starts using fat as fuel, TG number will start dropping. Your HDL number will also move upward which is desirable.
In my opinion, you have made a smart move choosing LCHF dietary approach.
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