I think he's in the process of melting fat and it's showing up in his blood
test.......  Tell him to give it a couple more months and then do the test
again...... Oliva

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 Howard Stasin wrote:
> > He has now had a full test and the results are really bad,
> >Total cholesterol    7.69 mmol/l
> >LDL                      6.0
> >HDL                     1.1
> >Triglycerides          1.0
>
> To convert into the Americans' units, divide any cholesterol type by
> 0.0259, and TG by 0.0113. So we get:
>
> TC      297
> LDL     232
> HDL     43
> TG      89
>
> Was the breakdown the same as before?
>
> >I don't know if he has been totally strict with the diet
>
> Not necessarily. If one kept up the carbs, and increased the fats, it
could
> get worse. But since his triglycerides aren't high, I don't think this is
> what he did.
>
> Don.
>