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On Wed, 17 Feb 1999, Ray Audette wrote:
> Todd is refering to the fact that Stefanssonson's and Anderson's
> cholesterol rose dramaticly during during this experement. This cannot
> be explained by their fat consumption as this degree of increase has
> never been seen clinically from fat consumption. It is explained in
> Stef's autobiography when he talks of their spending long hours in the
> hospital drinking endless cups of boiled coffee. This is the only way
> known to science to produce this degree of cholesterol increases.
> (from a previous post)
Ray, this doesn't explain how my cholesterol went from 226 to 320
in three months without drinking any coffee at all. I can cite
other literature documenting substantial rises in cholesterol on
ketogenic diets, though not as dramatic as Andersen's. I have
probably had my cholesterol tested more often than anyone on this
list, and there is a strong correlation between LDL and animal
fat intake, whether my diet is ketogenic or not. I grant you
that some people will not find this correlation, but obviously
some of us do, for reasons still unclear. People for whom
cholesterol is a concern should at least be aware of this. I
persist in mentioning it because you assert in Neanderthin that
this kind of diet improves cholesterol.
But it ain't necessarily so.
Todd Moody
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