Alyne wrote:

>Todd:
>  
>  I beleive you stated that a low carb diet that doesn't avoid saturated  fat is the best way to raise HDL.  Do you have a reference for  that?  My husband is trying to increase his HDL.  
>  
>  Thanks.
>  Alyne
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>  
>

This article, 
http://www.pubmedcentral.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=1368980, 
which we were recently discussing, might interest him.

For the record, when I started paleo my HDL was at the lower limit of 
acceptable for me: 32 mg/dl.  Last time I had it checked it was 50 
mg/dl.  That's not stellar, but it's an improvement at least.  
Personally, I think there is now sufficient evidence that HDL is not 
irrelevant to health but is, indeed, "good" cholesterol. A year or so 
ago, experimental intervention studies of "HDL therapy" showed reveral 
of atherosclerosis.  Gaziano's 1997 study showed that the strongest 
predictor of heart attack was the HDL:triglyeride ratio. 
http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/96/8/2520

Todd Moody
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